Last night I sold my Stilo. It sold in less than 24 hours which kinda suggests to me I may have sold it a little too cheap

It's never once failed to start or ever broken down in all 8+ years of ownership and rates as the most reliable car I've ever owned (in a list that includes VW) and by a long margin too.

It also rates top in performance and economy (in fairness it was the first diesel I owned so I guess the 'economy' goes without saying). I've owned some sporty cars in my time but nothing else has matched it for it's formidable ability to get from A to B as quickly as possible :devil: Part of this was being able to take corners as such consistently high speed and yet still maintain stability. A certain Italian driving style needed to be learnt here though. Drive on the accelerator and the Stilo is superb but drive on the brakes and it's dire

As a practical car it rates top too. The rear sliding seats is a brilliant idea and allows masses of stuff to be taken on holiday (you just compress it all in the rear).

Something of a sad moment as I'm sure I'll miss the Stilo in the coming weeks especially knowing the car was was still in top form and had plenty of life left.

So what replaces it?

Well, I kept to the Fiat family and now drive an Alfa Giulietta Lusso 1.6 JTDM-2 (which a bit like the Stilo, also has a panoramic sunroof)

how many miles did you put onto it..??,
charlie

Sorry to hear that, Argo. You have been a wise and helpful Stilite, and helped countless people here.

My second Stilo is on 150,000 now, and I'll have to replace it next year. If I see an end-of-line 2006 JTD with low miles I'll grab it, but there's not many about. If not, then likely to be Bravo JTD 165, Guiletta JTDM 170 or Astra CDTi 165.

It was only on 69k which of course for a diesel is barely run-in.

Just about over the shock of seeing it go (having an Alfa in the driveway instead makes it a lot easier )

The Stilo was sold with the luxury mats already fitted (in fact when I bought it the special twist clips had already been fitted) so first job was to buy a set for the Giulietta.

Had to laugh, as the new mats or more or less the same as the ones in the Stilo except they have 'Giulietta' written on them instead of 'Stilo' and just discovered that fitting the twist clips is a bit of nightmare (as the carpet's so thick) so that one up for the Stilo already

Argo:
Enjoy the new car!
Your contributions to the stilo fraternity have been much appreciated and will be missed.
Best regards