http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252658103058?euid=8391ffc87a6043d296bebdea40e2adf1&bu=43985409380&cp=1&sojTags=bu=bu

I've been looking into these for a while and this one is pretty nice.

Less than an hour to go.

Cheers Liquid Knight.

Thanks for sharing - this is my / my wife's Abarth.

Sadly didn't sell at auction, nobody bid. I'm not keen enough to give it away though, so I think I may pop it in storage for the winter and bring it out again in summer. That'll give me chance to refurb the wheels, which I think let it down slightly with age and a bit of kerbing.

I've bought the wife a little Peugeot 206cc diesel for running around it so I've no rush to sell the Abarth.

Sad thing is I really like it. I've got too much going on personally and it's the wrong time of year to be selling a car right no so I'll sit on a decision for a while but I really am thinking that I'll sell my Audi A8 and keep the Abarth - that's how much I like it!

Good chatting to you on eBay, I love that spider of yours!

Valuable lesson there.

Always try the forum classifieds first.

https://www.fiatforum.com/classifieds/showcat.php?cat=28

If I had a 20V and not 16V turbo Coupe I would have bought your 2.4 for the block and six speed box. :devil:

PS the power hood on my Spider now works.

Liquid Knight said:

Valuable lesson there.

Always try the forum classifieds first.

https://www.fiatforum.com/classifieds/showcat.php?cat=28

If I had a 20V and not 16V turbo Coupe I would have bought your 2.4 for the block and six speed box. :devil:

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Tried to get hold of that guy and couldn't....

The 206cc has been going wrong in many new, interesting and fun ways since we bought it just 36 hours ago, so I've been having a real hoot.

So far I've had and gotten rid of an "antipollution fault" message yesterday, a "airbag fault" message this morning. I've adjusted the boot so it closes without rattling, as the mechanism is designed in such a way it loosens itself. I've fixed two bulbs that blew in the centre console display - making any error message nearly unreadable. I've also glued the drivers side wing mirror back together, seeing as that decided not to be attached anymore... I've also cleaned the corroded battery terminals.

I really don't get why people complain about Italian reliability and building quality - they should try owning something French!

Still thinking I'll sell my Audi in the new year and keep the Abarth. I like the idea of playing with the Abarth at the minute.

The thing about the 206CC is it was a rushed job to begin with. Peugeot wanted the cheapest folding roof on the market and cut so many corners to do it the whole car was compromised from the start.

My ex' had one brand new and for the first year she only had the car for about eight weeks. The rest of the time it was back at the showroom having faults deleted and parts replaced.

She got a full refund after the roof mechanism seized a motors caught fire.

Liquid Knight said:

The thing about the 206CC is it was a rushed job to begin with. Peugeot wanted the cheapest folding roof on the market and cut so many corners to do it the whole car was compromised from the start.

My ex' had one brand new and for the first year she only had the car for about eight weeks. The rest of the time it was back at the showroom having faults deleted and parts replaced.

She got a full refund after the roof mechanism seized a motors caught fire.

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Well, this one hasn't caught fire yet!

You're right they're a cheap car and you can feel it. It certainly wouldn't be something I'd choose for me. It's only a workhorse for the wife really and it wasn't my choice to buy. The wife saw them and liked them, they were within her budget and they're plentiful. She wanted it, I chose the best one I reasonably could. She loves it - so that's all I'm bothered about.

Until it goes wrong and it's all my fault and I spend every weekend fixing the dam thing anyway!

In two decades of commuting up and down the A14 dual carriageway I saw almost everything you could imagine (and some things you couldn't), but the saddest thing I witnessed was probably the brand-new Peugeot 206CC with the roof neither open nor closed: it was sticking straight up in the air, a bit like a sail.

The distraught-looking driver was doing about 35mph on the inside lane. It was absolutely pouring with rain, and the interior of the car must have got totally wrecked...

I've never owned a French car (always had Alfas and Fiats) and at that moment on the A14 I decided that I never would!

Alfettaman said:

In two decades of commuting up and down the A14 dual carriageway I saw almost everything you could imagine (and some things you couldn't), but the saddest thing I witnessed was probably the brand-new Peugeot 206CC with the roof neither open nor closed: it was sticking straight up in the air, a bit like a sail.

The distraught-looking driver was doing about 35mph on the inside lane. It was absolutely pouring with rain, and the interior of the car must have got totally wrecked...

I've never owned a French car (always had Alfas and Fiats) and at that moment on the A14 I decided that I never would!

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Well this is the first french car that I've had real dealings with. My parents and brother have always liked their french cars but I had a couple of Mazdas when I was 17 then got my Alfas

I found myself at a loss after my 159 - white with red leather, it was beautiful shouldn't have sold it - as I don't much like the Mito of Guilietta, so I've ended up with Audis as my daily until the Guilia hits the market.

Still in that time I've had a 147, GTV and this Stilo to keep something Italian in the fold.

This french thing is a sodding nightmare. It's thrown it's coolant these last couple of days, so I've had to take a days leave to get this one fixed so the wife can commute to work. Fecking thing!

As soon as the new Alfa Guilia hits the shelves both of my testicles and possible some non-vital organs will be on eBay and I'll be straight down the show room. Believe they're going to be doing something similar to the 1750tbi in RWD. I want that in my life!

My brother-in-law ran a used car business a few years back. He had so much trouble with French cars (mainly the electronics) that he made a decision not to deal in French cars at all...

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My brother-in-law ran a used car business a few years back. He had so much trouble with French cars (mainly the electronics) that he made a decision not to deal in French cars at all...

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Right now, I can understand that decision entirely!

I narrowed down the coolant leak on the wifes pug to I believe the thermostat leaking.

Absolute git to change. All the induction plumbing out. MAF off. Airbox has to come out - which splits into three parts because it's wedged behind the engine under the bulkhead. Battery out. Battery cradle out. Then remove the fuel filter. Then undo the wiring harness that bolts to the thermostat (WTF...!) and then you can drain and remove the stat.

The dam thing looked like it had a manufacturing fault and a slit in it that breached the seal and poured coolant out.

It just makes me want to keep the Abarth more so I can park the Abarth in from of the Peugeot and let her stare at it, so the stupid frenchie wagon knows how inadequate it is!

Sadly modern cars simply aren't built to last.

Enthusiasts and home mechanics are bottom of the list of priorities.

Most know the car has an effective life of about eight years and only plan that far ahead.

I had to swap the master and slave cylinders on my Alfa Spider a few weeks ago. Complete bloody nightmare as I could see it was already attached when the car was assembled. Fitting new parts without taking the engine out was a faff to say the least.

On my Bravo and Punto GT the same job took three hours from bonnet up to driving away (complete new clutch on the GT as well). The Spider took nineteen hours over the course of three days due to the wrong part turning up twice and some idiot putting a jubilee clip on the reservoir hose on the bulkhead that could only be removed with an open hacksaw blade through the gap between the pedals. :bang:

They are designed for assembly and destruction at the end of life. No more.