Does your Fiat have a FIRE engine?
If so whats the millage, I want to see who has the highest millage FIRE engined car on the forum
If so whats the millage, I want to see who has the highest millage FIRE engined car on the forum
I'm sure they could hit 200k but Fiat is a cheap brand. Most people buy them, never service them and they die around the 100k mark.
That's encouraging for my upcoming purchase thenI voted before reading the question, I'm the 200K+, only because I've seen a 999cc Panda with this on the clock
Shocked, 300,000 miles.
On an original engine? Really? How on earth?
In that case I have never seen a well maintained engine ever. Never seen a car with more than about 180k on it in person.I'd expect any well maintained engine to do that.
Hi,
I'm new to the forum and just wondered if my good old Fiat Punto 1.2 8v sets any sort of a record. I have owned it from new (registered Sept 2004) and have just clocked up 290,508 miles (it only had 17 miles on the clock when I bought it). Looking forward to passing 300,000 miles.
I have to say it is one of the best cars I've owned.
Hi Dave,
No problem with reposting it.
Yes, it still has the original Headgasket. I have done very little maintainence to the car. I stopped having it serviced at the Fiat garage at about 60,000 miles, when the warranty ran out (after 12 months!) and have only really changed the oil (ocassionally) and the front disc brakes, every so often. Have had a couple of cam belt changes, new shock absorber and a track rod end at the last MOT, and a new clutch at 240,000 miles, a new gear lever change cable and a new radiator fan. Oh and a new battery two years ago. I changed the spark plugs recently and realised that the old set I was taking out must have done nearly 100,000 miles!
It justs shows that there are some cars you can pretty much neglect and they keep on working in spite of that. That is why I love my old Punto.
Steve
Sounds like a lot of bad luck. I don't blame you for the switch to a Suzuki in that case, even if it isn't really my taste.I must be hard on them...my uno gearbox was on the verge of letting go at 41k (engine was sweet though)...highest mileage one was a punto 55s which I got rid of at 86k when the piston slap started to sound like a traction engine on could starts (that one was my fault it never went anywhere at less than flatout) and the 85 16v did a whole 68k before it needed a new motor despite being fully historied and serviced every 6k.