I get the mickey taken out of my car all the time. The joys of driving a 20 year old Fiat

I found one way of shutting them up. I ask those detractors how much they just paid to replace one tyre on their super dooper modern day anonobox. It's normally over £50, to which I reply that I bought my WHOLE Uno for £46!

Not only that, but in 25K miles of my ownership all that's gone wrong is the rear box of the exhaust rusted through (cost £22 to replace myself), the cambelt tensioner needed replacing (£12, did that myself), and the clutch(£40, did that myself too!)

It's got through one set of front brake pads, a set of tyres (picked up two almost new Pirelli P2000's off Ebay for £5!) and the odd light bulb.

So I've done 25K in a 20 year old Fiat, taken the mileage up to 87K and still it runs and runs. After a while a lot the detractors grudgingly admit "It seems very reliable....." Then they see how little it costs to maintain, how it cruises at 70 - 80mph on a motorway, and then the final nail in the coffin is when they find out it does 110 - 120 miles to £10 of fuel

And it has very little rust!

Bow down to my humble little Uno :worship: Made in Italy with that flair only the Italians can give a small car

most lads round my way respect the uno, prob due to the fact its kicked most their arses at some point over the years!

but girls, lol, well they hate it! its a box and ugly! i always say tho, if u need to buy a car to pull the girls then its sad times! u should use ur looks and charm
anyway, wehn i take a girl for a spin, i can soon get her holding on and say, ahhh this is much quicker than my ex's car lol

Dunc

Cyber5 said:

In my opinion all fiats are crap apart from the stilo & perhaps the mk2 punto!

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OUTSIDE NOW!

black_cinq said:

You should see it now its ace

I've got 2 flowers in the vase, two giant flowers on the passenger side, a singing dancing flower and two yellow bugs I think i'm cool anyway. (I wont mention the eeyore holding a bunch of flowers on the back shelf)

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Dunc Uno Turbo said:

most lads round my way respect the uno, prob due to the fact its kicked most their arses at some point over the years!

but girls, lol, well they hate it! its a box and ugly! i always say tho, if u need to buy a car to pull the girls then its sad times! u should use ur looks and charm
anyway, wehn i take a girl for a spin, i can soon get her holding on and say, ahhh this is much quicker than my ex's car lol

Dunc

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And probably quicker than the ex to

Cyber5 said:

In my opinion all fiats are crap apart from the stilo & perhaps the mk2 punto!

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get out your a saxo driver realy arent you
my little sei is ace, its like a little go-kart with a roof and windows, as someone else said its not the 0-60 that counts, taking sharp corners and making your passangers that dont like your car crap them self

Fiat Fan said:

get out your a saxo driver realy arent you
my little sei is ace, its like a little go-kart with a roof and windows, as someone else said its not the 0-60 that counts, taking sharp corners and making your passangers that dont like your car crap them self

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put a HB turbo in and get both

I had a guy ask for a lift, he wish he never had, I threw my poor little cinq around so much, he got bruises on his shoulder from the seat belts, he only ever had nice things to say after that.

hmallett said:

Go for a ride in a Coupe 20V Turbo... (Quick, before mine goes)
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Sorry forgot about that one & the bravo hgt & the marea 20v & the tipo seidicivalvole & the uno turbo & the 131 mirafiori & strada abarth!

custard boy said:

OUTSIDE NOW!

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Hahaha! Only if you fancy a 6hour drive mate!

hmmm 6 hours,well im heading down to petes next week so you could meet me there then its halfway(ish)

Cyber5 said:

Some people take things the wrong way! I guess Ben was right about this place.

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Bloody hell we are only yanking your chain

custard boy said:

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Cant see it but this is my car

black_cinq said:

Cant see it but this is my car

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So many flowers.........................

well its well known that the fire engine is pretty potent for its size.

and a mk1 punto sporting is quicker than a paxo (mk1 or otherwise).


Its not just numbers and figures but the way it delivers it! e.g. a 1.1 55punto is err ~55bhp (its actually 53 but it really doesn't matter after 70,000miles!), but they have a damn site more go in them than the 1.2 8v & 16v that you find in a corsa B&C (one of dodgiest handling cars I have had the disfortune to end up in).

Only one person has ever had anything bad to say about my Tipo.. hes acient, collects doctor who stuff and drives a green Vaux Astra so he don't count really so on that note,

No one has ever had anything bad to say about Tipo. Everyone calls it by name its that cool! Not, "are you driving?" or "did you drive here?" but "Is Tipo coming?" and "Wheres Tipo?"



One Policeman pulled me over and I heard him say to he's police friend, "my bad I called it in as a Red VW Golf, its a Fiat" I didn't know if that was a good thing... it didn't feel like a good thing

Trancendental said:

One Policeman pulled me over and I heard him say to he's police friend, "my bad I called it in as a Red VW Golf, its a Fiat" I didn't know if that was a good thing... it didn't feel like a good thing

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Dont worry my mate got pulled his sierra saphire cosworth, and the officer apologised as he was supposed to pull an orion, my mate was more upset he thought it was an orion, than being stopped

Dunc Uno Turbo said:

most lads round my way respect the uno, prob due to the fact its kicked most their arses at some point over the years!

but girls, lol, well they hate it! its a box and ugly! i always say tho, if u need to buy a car to pull the girls then its sad times! u should use ur looks and charm
anyway, wehn i take a girl for a spin, i can soon get her holding on and say, ahhh this is much quicker than my ex's car lol

Dunc

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SO true dunc!
Or
"slow down please its well fast!"
"Whats that funny wooshy noise?"

But the funniest thing was when my mate sat in the front and used to hold onto the dash because of the turbo when it came on boost!
He looked like a nodding ginga dog! lol

And a mate of mine had a very tuned 1.0ltr Uno FIRE engine and got clocked doing 64 in a 30:

Officer - "An UNO?"
Mate - "Yes officer"
Officer - "What engine size?"
Mate - "1.0ltr!"
Officer - "That fast then!"

Still got 3 points......from 1.0ltr FIRE power! lol

...yes...i'm a homicidal maniac..

Here's a good idea, remind them theres no airbag when they're in the car, that'll keep em quiet for the rest of the journey in your Sei! Don't even have to go fast round corners, though it does add to the tension!

I get a bit of stick aswell, the usual "oh its a fiat, itll probably go on fire" or some **** like that. And as for the "its a bit small" comments, the 3 door punto is one of the roomiest 3doors around (mark1's anyway) when you compare it to corsa's,micra's etc of the same era. I remember one day a few of us where bailing into the back of my mates 03 pug 206 when one of them says "jesus its a bit tight innit? theres much more room in cash's car!" I just said nothing but was secretly well smug with that!
My favourite thing to say when theyre ragging on your ride is "wheres YOUR car?"
Shuts em up straigth away.