Grande Punto review

AliceAmber · Oct 23, 2012

I currently have a 02 Punto Active sport 1.2L

Im looking to buy a newer model next year. Anyone got a review for the Grande punto or maybe even the Grande Punto Abarth if I save up enough

Im looking to spend anything up to £5000.

Cheers!

Andi9386 · Oct 23, 2012

£5k should get you a bog standard 1.2L Grande, that was my budget.... it kinda went out the window though with Dubster :dozey:
I've had my GP since Feb 2011, really good car to drive, esp on long journeys i.e. Ayrshire to Dundee to Aberdeen to Pennan & back to Ayrshire.

Practical enough cars, decent boot (I think) economical, cheap to insure, good on fuel, I normally get around 310- 315 miles on 1 tank (approx £50)

Can't think of anything else wright now, but wouldn't swap/ trade/ sell Dubster for any other car.

AliceAmber · Oct 23, 2012

Andi_F said:
£5k should get you a bog standard 1.2L Grande, that was my budget.... it kinda went out the window though with Dubster :dozey:
I've had my GP since Feb 2011, really good car to drive, esp on long journeys i.e. Ayrshire to Dundee to Aberdeen to Pennan & back to Ayrshire.

Practical enough cars, decent boot (I think) economical, cheap to insure, good on fuel, I normally get around 310- 315 miles on 1 tank (approx £50)

Can't think of anything else wright now, but wouldn't swap/ trade/ sell Dubster for any other car.

Same, now that I have had a fiat I don't want anything else. What stuff did you get with the Dub and GP, like the trim level?

Thanks!

imported_abyss113 · Oct 23, 2012

im currently selling mine and love it to bits but unfortnatly im moving to somewhere i need as much money as possible and dont want a nice car to be sitting on the streets

i have the 1.9 sporting Grande in red one of my favourite cars ive had

and ive not had a ounce of bother with mine

Andi9386 · Oct 23, 2012

alice said:
Same, now that I have had a fiat I don't want anything else. What stuff did you get with the Dub and GP, like the trim level?

Thanks!

Not much different to a standard GP
DAB Radio which I removed as it was faulty & didn't have bluetooth.
Red DUB Stripes along both sides of the car
Alloys
That's about it

mrcinquecento · Oct 23, 2012

Andi_F said:
Practical enough cars, decent boot (I think) economical, cheap to insure, good on fuel, I normally get around 310- 315 miles on 1 tank (approx £50)

i get that from my 6cyl BMW

ok.... i cheated, it's a much bigger tank

£50 would get me about 200-220 miles

Andi9386 · Oct 23, 2012

Mrcento said:
i get that from my 6cyl BMW

ok.... i cheated, it's a much bigger tank £50 would get me about 200-220 miles

Try filling a Mk1 Doblo 1.9JTD Dynamic.... approx £80, but it gets you over 500miles on 1 Tank, not bad for a 7.5yr old car with near 100K on the clock.

mrcinquecento · Oct 23, 2012

Andi_F said:
Try filling a Mk1 Doblo 1.9JTD Dynamic.... approx £80, but it gets you over 500miles on 1 Tank, not bad for a 7.5yr old car with near 100K on the clock.

the fact it's a diesel is a slight advantadge for economy....

imported_abyss113 · Oct 23, 2012

£60 gets me my 500 miles

Andi9386 · Oct 24, 2012

abyss113 said:
£60 gets me my 500 miles

Aye because Bepe's Derv isn't he?? same spec as Steve's iirc

lkc · Oct 24, 2012

If you're willing to travel you should be able to pick up a lot more than a 1.2 for 5K - abyss's car is a great example of the type of bargain you can pick up if you look around (pay me later Daz

)

GP review? don't buy an mjet sporting if you want a boring car that is uncomfortable to drive and gives very poor mileage

imported_Jodie · Oct 24, 2012

Buy a 1.3 Mjet 90 HP

They are the utter BOMB. I love mine

imported_abyss113 · Oct 24, 2012

haha cheque is in the post harper

steve119 · Oct 28, 2012

Speak for yourself Harper, my motor gives me lots of fun with loads of comfort and good mpg daily

If you're doing city driving though MPG is a total biatch!!!:cry2:

imported_abyss113 · Oct 29, 2012

if you read it steve thats what she says

GP review? don't buy an mjet sporting if you want a boring car that is uncomfortable to drive and gives very poor mileage

that to me is a sarcastic sentence see it has DONT at the start of it

lkc · Oct 29, 2012

Sarcastic? Me? As if lol

Course the winking smilie on the end of Steve's post could be interpreted as equally tongue in cheek and in reality he finds his car boring, painful and overly thirsty

:laugh:

imported_abyss113 · Oct 30, 2012

dunno why he has a prbolem with city driving though 45mpg for me i know many a car that could only dream of that on motorways

mrcinquecento · Nov 2, 2012

abyss113 said:
dunno why he has a prbolem with city driving though 45mpg for me i know many a car that could only dream of that on motorways

F off!!!!! :laugh:

imported_abyss113 · Nov 6, 2012

youve seen 45mpg before so stop whinging ..................

crap i forget the . its 4.5mpg your used to

mrcinquecento · Nov 7, 2012

abyss113 said:
youve seen 45mpg before so stop whinging ..................

crap i forget the . its 4.5mpg your used to

:laugh:

45gpm is much closer to what i get

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