General i got my car back now after accident, i wasgiven a 56 reg fiat punto to drive around.

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General i got my car back now after accident, i wasgiven a 56 reg fiat punto to drive around.

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well couple weeeks ago a woman driver reversed in to my car and caused some damage to my 2001 punto which i love, well when that was taken in to the garage i was given a 56 reg fiat punto which i could not wait to drive as i have always wanted on, well i dont anymore. it was the worst car i have ever drievn, it was only a 1.2 like my current car so i thought it would be nippy, i could of pushed that car faster then it drove. it drank so much fuel you could nearly just sit and watch the needle move on petrol gage, i put it down to the new punto being lots bigger then my punto which makes it heavier, but i will def not be buying one of the new ones. sorry for all you people that have but i am right about the speed and petrol compared to my punto.

first picture is of my car on the left the green one and the hire car blue on the right
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and here is the awful hire car

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Small petrol engined Punto's :yuck:
 
Bit unfair to compare them though.. I mean look how much bigger the GP is. I bet it's a lot better on emissions too. Much better engine for the economically minded is the 1.3 multijet.

Another thing - don't ever base your opinion of a car being rubbish on a drive of a hire car. Most likely the thing will be thrashed and abused.
 
i have already said that it was a lot bigger then my punto, the punto had only been in that place for about 4 weeks so not long.i put in £50 of petrol, i had it 2 weeks but i only drove it for about 5 days because i was ill and i didnt even drive very far i drover about 100 miles if that. driving on the motor way was like driving a slug compared to mine. im only saying what my views are of that new punto im sure others will say different.
 
My daughter has a 1.5 Swift and had a 1.2 GP as a loan car while her car was having a few minor warranty things looked at.

She described the 1.2 on this Forum as "Dangerous" and hated it.
 
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