White van man treated inhumanely.

[nickyboy]

I shuddered when I saw the steering wheel, in the same way I do whenever I see white bar tape

It's just wrong

 

[Tanis8472]

While dropping the van off i noticed one of these in the showroom..

Fiat 124 spyder..ohh yes id have one of those..bloody lovely

https://www.fiat.co.uk/fiat-124-spider

You mean an MX-5

 

[Crackle]

Im missing her like mad...



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It's a Fiat, you should expect some garage time. The only Fiat I have ever owned and will ever own was a Tipo. It developed a tick which permeated your living consciousness even when you weren't in it. So I took it to my closest Fiat garage. Itself a challenge, as there aren't many and they stick them in the country away from civilisation.

They gave me a Panda in exchange for my Tipo, which I launched down the motorway, teeth bared, hunched over the wheel in an effort to hit 50. I did this dance several times as the garage failed to diagnose my tick. Perhaps they couldn't hear it over the surrounding moos and ribbets.

Eventually I rang Fiat customer service to complain about my Fiat and the lack of diagnosis and they put the phone down on me! They did leave me one tantalising clue though, asking me why I'd picked that garage. I began to have my doubts over the re-assuring customer service bloke in his Al Capone suit and asked him some awkward questions next time I was in, coupled with a mock conversation with Fiat customer service whilst standing in front of him. Well it might as well have been real, they would have just put the phone down again. Anyway it worked and he wriggled and got on the phone to a Bosh injector place and did some quick talking as the Bosch injector place plainly didn't want to know.

When I eventually got there, it transpired that the farkers had done nothing on my car in three visits but had claimed for work from Fiat whilst I hammered about in the damn Panda, going slightly deaf from the engine noise on the motorway at 50. The Bosch blokes came to an agreement with Fiat, who didn't slam the phone down on them and fixed the faulty injector and I handed back the hammered Panda.

I won't tell you about the bubbled bonnet but Fiat denied all knowledge of ever having painted it, at all, still, they didn't put the phone down this time.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Fiat pay @Accy cyclist £50,000 a year not to drive a 500, which keeps the models cred intact and values high.

I wish!!

 

[Vapin' Joe]

I like Fiats. I've driven plenty, some for an extended period and never suffered anything more than the run of the mill problems you get with any car. Every make and model will have a few rogues now and again, but Fiats are plentiful round here because of a nearby main dealer and do get a lot of brand loyalty, which is the true sign of a decent brand.

 

[gbb]

TBF, I seem to remember some early models were hideously underpowered, unable to hill start etc but...one guy at work has one and he's about 18 stone...and loves them. His family is happily on their second one, although they're quite high spec ones.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I had a Ducato from new for 11 years @Crackle all i had fail and that was under warranty was a rear shock. Even the bulbs were original when i sold it!!
Brilliant van..but you treat em mean they break.

I had a Strada many years ago..id break my tablet if i listed all the faults i had with that ..
My supermirafiori tho rusty was a superb car..fast and handled..
I like italian stuff..especially the motorbikes

 

[Drago]

I briefly had a Strada 105TC. Twas pretty nippy

 

[Dan B]

I like pink. I can't see the problem here

 

[Levo-Lon]

I briefly had a Strada 105TC. Twas pretty nippy

Mine was a basic one but it bloody flew..i would love an Abarth

 

[Levo-Lon]

I like pink. I can't see the problem here

That's a good to know,they sell loads

 

[tyred]

Nowt wrong with Fiats now that they have well and truely put the rust problem that plagued them in the 70s and 80s to bed (unlike Merc and Ford).

 

[Salar]

My "Fiat 500" is one of these.

Abarth 595 Yamaha Racing Edition, no room for the bikes though.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I think Fiat 500's look nice when they've had their eyelashes done.

 

[Drago]

Suits you, Sir!