My father has covered 24k miles in 10 months. All covered in a 53 reg mk3 Punto MULTIJET, what an excellent motor!!!!

Ok, maybe I shouldnt venture into here owning a Bravo but I managed to clock up 89k in less than three years! 1.2 1999 MkII. Now with 105k on the clock!

I tend to do loads of miles on my Fiats so...

Fiat Panda Verde: Bought with 44,000 Sold (five years later) with 110,000 (original gearbox and only second clutch) to my Dad who, over the next four years, took it to 180,000 miles still on the same gearbox (which was really ropey by then). Sold to a gang of Aussie students, then to a colleague of my Dad's (who told us that it had about 220,000 miles showing). I saw it for sale about six months ago, but I have no idea what the mileage was up to by then, but pretty bloody impressive nonetheless. If anyone knows what E952RJT is showing now, I'd love to know...

Fiat Tipo 1.6 DGT SX: I bought this from my Dad - it was the car I learn't to drive on - but can't remember what the mileage was on when I bought it. However when it was eventually written off the mileometer was showing 240,000 miles. It was on its second engine and the suspension was pretty shot, but it still took some idiot crashing it to kill it (Tip: don't lend the thing to your Dad... )

Fiat Punto HGT (Mk2):
My current motor was bought 2 years ago with 10k showing, and I'm now looking at checking it in for its 48,000 mile service. There is the grand total of no mechanical faults (some electrical gremlins) and everything seems solid and tight - even the clutch. Happily trundles at 70 on the m-way for my daily 70 mile commute round trip, and responds impressively when you want it to!

So, I recommend servicing your Fiat on the dot no matter how broke you are feeling and the darn things will happily rack up mega mileage - it always used to be that the bodies would rot away before the mechanics gave up (I count myself lucky the Panda lasted as long as it did). Be prepared for some electrical probs on the way though....

enjoy

S

i have done 22k in my bravo in a year and a bit - all private mileage, dont know how i did it coz i never used to get a day off a week on average and commute to work is about 8 miles a day.

must be all those trips to cheltenham

Not quite a record, but y Uno 45 when i sold it had around 140k on the clock, and had a gearbox replaced at 135000, original engine and from what i can gather from the wadge of service history i had with it, original clutch (getting quite ropey though)

Wonder if it's still around, if anyone knows the whereabouts of black Uno 45 D275SMR?

i have done 30k in my bravo in 20 months, just driveng around and around because i can

lalli said:

My father has covered 24k miles in 10 months. All covered in a 53 reg mk3 Punto MULTIJET, what an excellent motor!!!!

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Just like to add the fact that from new there have been no problems in terms of reliability and build. All in all, a solid car.

I do obscene mileage in the Brava, 20k since last November.

Got back my Punto (4.25 years old now) yesterday after its 60k service. Amazingly about 1/2 mile from the garage it passed 60k, so was dead on! And I didn't plan it (other than to get it pretty close). Never broken down or anything. Under 1200 miles a month average, so not going to win any awards...

Got the timing belts all changed, making it a more expensive service, but otherwise its so cheap to run that it's worth it...

Have done 5k in my coop, after 7 wks of ownership... Can't stop driving the damn thing! I filled up with a full tank on monday, It was supposed to last me monday to at least thursday. Im currently half way through a second tank already

On the plus side, I haven't stopped smiling yet...

10k since March first...still going strong!

Steve C said:

I do obscene mileage in the Brava

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lol just like the driver

Go play with a bus...

17,000 miles in 7 months. no problem yet, apart from the exhaust going.
Coming up on it's third oil change now - and major service.

(MkII Sporting)

Sold on my 1997 Punto 75SX at 138,000. Amazingly the clutch only went at 105,000 and was on only second exhaust and third set of tyres.

Brilliant little car, used to give it a real workover - went to Spain, Portugal, Hungary and Serbia and once a 6,000 mile trip around France in six weeks and never let me down.

Having said that, a Trabant I drove last year had done 285,000 km and the odometer wasn't the original.....

heh ive racked up about 13k in each of my first cinqs, and probably about 4k in mums car heh oh and did 2k on a curtosey car, only been driving since december 1st lol