218i SE auto

Well built, smart and comfortable

Very well built. Superb quality. Comfortable seats and suspension. Lovely dashboard display and central computer screen.
Plenty of room for my needs which is usually 2 adults and sometimes at least 3 grandchildren. Boot is perfectly adequate. Powered tailgate very handy. Only a 1.5 litre 3 cylinder engine but performance is pretty good and I never find myself struggling to keep up with traffic or to overtake. Nice driving position.
Mostly my journeys are short so I don’t expect top mpg figures but I’m happy with what I get considering the size of the car.
I always try to use super fuel (Shell or BP)
I will criticise the stop/start system which I find extremely irritating. It can be ok when stopped at traffic lights and you probably save a molecule of fuel but then there are all the occasions, such as momentary halt at a junction or stopping to reverse into a parking space or to reverse onto my driveway when in the time it takes me to slip the electronic selector from D to R the engine stops then starts again in a millisecond. Absolutely stupid and damaging to the engine?
The only thing to go wrong so far was a failure of the central computer screen which was cured by the old favourite - a software update.

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