puntofan01 said:

That looks fantastic!







When you say departed, you don't mean scrapped, do you?

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I expect many were scrapped eventually (!) and our daughter who now has the 2003 Punto in London is doing her best to dent every panel...! To be fair the last gouge along the passenger side was caused by someone driving the wrong way down a 1 way street and then not stopping!

I guessed the 90s Fiats will have been scrapped sadly. I was thinking more about that Punto and the 159, lol!

I can claim the following in order of purchase between my wife and me:
1981 Panda 45
1983 X1/9
1984 Panda 45S
1985 Uno 55S
1985 Uno 70SX
1987 Panda CLX
1989 Uno 60S
1990 Tipo 1.6 DGT
1992 Tipo 1.4 Formula
1993 Tipo 1.9 TdSX
1994 Punto 1.2 S
1994 Punto Sporting
1995 Punto 1.6 ELX
1997 Alfa 145 2.0 Cloverleaf
1998 Punto 1.2 SX
2001 Barchetta *
2002 Alfa 156 2.0 Lusso
2006 Alfa GT 1.9 diesel
2006 Idea 1.3 diesel
1989 X1/9*
1995 Tipo 1.4ie S *

(* = currently owned)

Also I learned to drive on my mother's 1968 Fiat 850 saloon and shared the use of her 1973 127 Super until I left home.

Wonder what all this makes me?

Iggy64 said:

I can claim the following in order of purchase between my wife and me:
1997 Alfa 145 2.0 Cloverleaf
1998 Punto 1.2 SX
2001 Barchetta *
2002 Alfa 156 2.0 Lusso
2006 Alfa GT 1.9 diesel
2006 Idea 1.3 diesel
1989 X1/9*
1995 Tipo 1.4ie S *

(* = currently owned)

Also I learned to drive on my mother's 1968 Fiat 850 saloon and shared the use of her 1973 127 Super until I left home.

Wonder what all this makes me?

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nice list.
obviously appreciative of the "Italian Vehicle experience",

when I bought my TA Punto back in 2013 I had a tot-up ..that was #30

had a few more since - getting an X1/9 on Sunday

Charlie - Oxford

Panda 100hp since May. That's it.

BUT I have been working on fiats since 2004, and feel like I know very well the punto (mk1, mk2, mk2b, grande), stilo, marea/bravo/brava, cinquecento, seicento, sedici, Ulysses, doblo, Ducato, new panda, new new panda, new 500, 500 X, 500 L

And on the Alfa side throw any 145, 146, 147, 156, gt, 159, Brera/spider, GTV/spider, giulietta, mito my way and I'll fix it with my eyes closed

Forgot to mention a couple more. Mito 1.4 Lusso in 2011; 500 1.2 Lounge in 2013! Would like to see some photos of your X1/9. This is really my all time favourite Italian car and my dream project to get one when I retired, now fulfilled.

Our 500 lounge 105 is our first Fiat, and I must admit I was a bit unsure about it. I'm old enough to remember when Fiats were very unreliable, plagued with electrical probs and a tendency to rust. By all accounts they have improved a great deal over recent years so we went for it. Fingers crossed!

Only 2 Fiats out of 3 cars for me. But I love them!

2014: 2004 '54 Fiat Punto Active Sport 1.2 8v Grey Got written off
2015: 2004 '04 Citroen C3 Desire 1.1 Light Blue
2016: 2016 '16 Fiat Punto Easy+ 1.2 8v Exotica Red

My new Fiat is lovely and comfortable and looks awesome with the red paint!

2002 Punto 1.2 8v


2008 Bravo Sport 1.9 m-jet


1998 Cinquecento Sporting 1.1 8v


2013 Abarth Punto Supersport


2004 Punto Active 1.2 8v


1990 Panda ST


1990 Panda Sisley 4x4


2009 Panda 100hp

Now on numbers 3 &4 two Unos and now Panda 100HP and Bravo 1.6D.

I can remember back in the 70's seeing a Fiat 124 only 18 months old with a rust hole big enough to put your shopping into the boot through! The newer ones however seem to be rust free and reliable and are good to drive. Sir Percival the Panda is spectacular and quite the best of the 75 or so vehicles I have owned or driven as company cars. Dad had two or three Uno's and these too seemed . The simple engineering and easy servicing still seem to be present and 55 -85mpg from the Bravo is decent too. What I don't like is the high depreciation. (Panda is good in this respect Bravo is appalling)

I keep looking at the Alfa Giulietta and thinking if I had paid the extra £5K for same age one I would be intensely disappointed in it though. I really want a very low mileage Panda 100HP in blue as a retirement present but they are getting so hard to find. Need to be quick or the Bravo will be worth nothing at all in PX. Its four next year that must be very old for a Bravo....

1 97 fiat punto and im in love with it

Always driven Fiats Always will.

First car - '86 Panda 1000S which was 11 years' old when I got it in '97 and had a number of previous owners who'd hit it in so many different panels. I'd two accidents in it to add to the list but it was 100% reliable and I loved it; that car had more hits than The Beatles and still kept going.

In Jan. '98 changed the Panda to a '95 Cinq. S which I sold in '09 to a mechanic friend I know. I'd kept it like new and it's still about and currently SORNed but will be back on the road soon by his Granddaughter.

In '07 bought a '99 Punto S for work purposes which was very reliable and was the reason I sold the Cinq. as I'd no room for both as I was between houses at that time.

The Punto was replaced in 2010 by a new Alfa Mito which is the most unreliable of all my cars. Gearbox crown gear went at start of this year at 66K miles and had to replace entire gearbox! Had another few niggles and still have it on the road along with two other cars now that I've settled into a new house. Bit miffed about the gearbox issue as I never drive it hard or abuse it so always waiting for something else to go when I'm out in it. Still a lovely driving car though.

Bought another Punto 6 months' ago, this time a '05 Sunroof Special which was bought for work purposes and to keep mileage off the Mito after the gearbox saga. It's great and for £800 was a bargain even if I did have to then get the previous owner's door damage on it repaired.

Got a '90 Panda 1000CL which is my latest venture and will be restoring it slowly, this is for keeping and will never be sold and only for summer use and to take to shows. Bought it on ebay a month ago and currently getting good driving out of it before the restoration starts; I love driving it.

I've not changed the cars too often as I like to get value out of them. The Panda is my favourite as it always amuses me ; the looks you get from people and the 'raw' driving experience is what I like along with their shape. Fantastic

This is my 3rd Fiat. Ive had a Sceicento Sporting (my first brand new car) and a 500 and now a 500X.

A boyfriend many years ago had a Fiat X19 that was a rusty wreck!

Beth. x

How many fiats have you had ?

Theres a simple answer to this question, Not Enough !!!!!

3, first was a 1996 broom yellow cinquecento sporting, then a green Bravo, then a multitude of other marques and now I have a Vauxhall Insignia VXR and a Fiat 500 for commuting

1988 a new Fiat uno 45 Fire The engine was good but it started to rust in just a coupple of years. i drove 160000 km with that uno.
fiat 600 and a fiat 126 as a wintercars when i ride motorbikes in summertime.

Today i own a Fiat 500 lounge 2016 I love that car.Have drive 9000 km this summer/fall just for fun.

Bjorn...

Ok, here we go: since 1979...
850 Sport, 124 coupes (all the series), 600, 500, Uno, Punto, X1/9, 131, 132, 124 estate, 124 spider, 128, 125 special.
Mostly restored them and sold them on. Still got 124 spider and a 500F. My daily driver is a Punto.

3:

first one was a 5 door blue Fiat Punto 1.2 16V Abarth

second one was a 5 door white punto evo (with very cool red interior) 1.3 85 bhp

third and current is a 500x bronze metallic 1.4 multiair with 140 bhp

madly in love with the 500x

... but it kind or runs in the family, all of the past FCA cars owned by me or direct family:

3 (!) fiat multipla's
1 alfa romeo mito
1 fiat punto 1.2
1 fiat grande punto
1 punto evo
1 500x
1 lancia ypsilon
1 ducato (camper)

Fiat uno x2
Fiat marea
Fiat bravo mk1
Just got fiat idea

Michael Dranfield said:

How many fiats have you had ?

Theres a simple answer to this question, Not Enough !!!!!

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How many fiats I have before I die ? Hopefully more than I have now !!!!!!!