How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard...
April 30th - Peugeot 308T is a '2-car-in-1'
After owning, driving and testing the car for more then a year and clocking just over 20Mm I can conclude that:
"The 308T can either be driven for performance or for fuel economy. NOT both at the same time tho'. "
Apart from high-speed stability [excellent!] the overall handling and comfort are acceptable but not up to any Peugeot standard character I've ever experienced before [2o4S, 5o5SR, 4o5GL, 4o5SRi, 4o5SR, 2o6B...] . Not even close to Peugeot 405 and 505. Peugeot/Bestari 206 is more agile than the 308. Peugeot 308 rear suspension still need refinement.
In general the car performs beyond the ordinary even though it is not up to a hot-hatch standard. Peugeot 308 can be described as a performance family hatch. Nothing more. Nothing less.
PERFORMANCE - Don't play play...
Wonder why Peugeot 308 tops the list for century acceleration?
Horse power isn’t actually what makes a car accelerate. It is the torque - which is the twisting force generated by an engine. Peugeot has 240Nm torque - the highest amongst cars in the list. For instance Mercedes E200k and BMW320i have only 221Nm and 200Nm respectively!
FUEL ECONOMY - UTM to UUM on less than one full tank
Left UTM @ Skudai around 10:00pm, drove 2+km to the nearest Petronas Stn to feed AHW308 with RON95 to the brim then drove north along PLUS to UUM near Chang-Lun. Only one 'pit-stop' at Behrang. The car was driven on AutoCruise around 95~115km/hr. Arrived at the destination just before sunrise. The remaining fuel was enough to drive for another 60km!
On-board computer tells the average fuel consumption was 6.6iter/100km for the 797km trip. The best average was 6.2liter/100km from JB to Sg Besi Toll Plaza - similar to previous economy drive. Read also RON97 vs RON95 and Wrong Tips on Fuel Saving.
April 30th - Peugeot 308T is a '2-car-in-1'
After owning, driving and testing the car for more then a year and clocking just over 20Mm I can conclude that:
"The 308T can either be driven for performance or for fuel economy. NOT both at the same time tho'. "
Apart from high-speed stability [excellent!] the overall handling and comfort are acceptable but not up to any Peugeot standard character I've ever experienced before [2o4S, 5o5SR, 4o5GL, 4o5SRi, 4o5SR, 2o6B...] . Not even close to Peugeot 405 and 505. Peugeot/Bestari 206 is more agile than the 308. Peugeot 308 rear suspension still need refinement.
In general the car performs beyond the ordinary even though it is not up to a hot-hatch standard. Peugeot 308 can be described as a performance family hatch. Nothing more. Nothing less.
PERFORMANCE - Don't play play...
Wonder why Peugeot 308 tops the list for century acceleration?Horse power isn’t actually what makes a car accelerate. It is the torque - which is the twisting force generated by an engine. Peugeot has 240Nm torque - the highest amongst cars in the list. For instance Mercedes E200k and BMW320i have only 221Nm and 200Nm respectively!
FUEL ECONOMY - UTM to UUM on less than one full tank
Left UTM @ Skudai around 10:00pm, drove 2+km to the nearest Petronas Stn to feed AHW308 with RON95 to the brim then drove north along PLUS to UUM near Chang-Lun. Only one 'pit-stop' at Behrang. The car was driven on AutoCruise around 95~115km/hr. Arrived at the destination just before sunrise. The remaining fuel was enough to drive for another 60km!
On-board computer tells the average fuel consumption was 6.6iter/100km for the 797km trip. The best average was 6.2liter/100km from JB to Sg Besi Toll Plaza - similar to previous economy drive. Read also RON97 vs RON95 and Wrong Tips on Fuel Saving.click for
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Uncle, you've made it clear that our 308 is not a fuel guzzler... =)
As I mentioned before, 308T is always '2-car-in-1'. It can either be driven as a 2-liter car [for performance] OR as an economy 1.6-liter car [on fuel]. NOT BOTH at the same time.
It depends on driver's right foot.
Good for bragging rights at least...
What I have found out (btw bang Wan, I took delivery of 308 Friday 16th) is in the same drive, I can either cruise along and save some fuel, or I can opt to show that overmodified Wira some manners....
Congratulation bro...and welkom.
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