Sulli
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Hi guys, just bought my first fiat and was advised from my older brother who owned a yellow Punto sporting many moon ago to join the Fiat forum and get talking to other members and share any potential problems I may have. touch wood I've owned the car for a few weeks now and its been bang on.
I spent about 6 months looking for a new car on the auto trader and initially was looking for a solid German built fast diesel saloon, something that would be an ease to drive up and down the motorway for my daily drives to uni and work (why am I lying, the real reason was my friends all have German cars and to feel part of the crew I felt the need to part ways with my workhorse 60mpg Astra asap)
. This turned out to be a much harder task than I expected. I viewed numerous Audis and BMWs and even one Mondeo ST, not knowing in a few weeks time id be parting ways with £4500 and buying myself a 1.4 Punto T-jet...
...strange I know.
Cut a long story short... saw it, drove it, loved it... bought it!
Hoping to keep it completely standard, ride is great, hardly any body roll, with 4 continentals on it holds the road really well and pull beautifully in 2nd and 3rd (embarrassing a lot of my friends Audis and Bmws). In addition to this, might I add, am I right in saying the the T-jet is the quickest of all its rivals? i.e 120bhp league!? Interior could be better, but the seats are wonderful and the standard sound systems is half decent. Hands free calling, message reader and media player are areas I haven't properly explored (will do this week) but overall, great buy and will definitely consider buying another hot hatch Punto again.
My question to my fellow Puntorians is...
Right choice?
What should I look out for?
Been told I should change water pump and belt as soon as it hits 50K miles, is this something while is prone to fail?
Worth re-mapping?
Looking at HID conversion, what's the best kit/supplier to buy from for fiats as I don't think the Puntos take H7 bulbs, leaving my current HID kit worthless.
I spent about 6 months looking for a new car on the auto trader and initially was looking for a solid German built fast diesel saloon, something that would be an ease to drive up and down the motorway for my daily drives to uni and work (why am I lying, the real reason was my friends all have German cars and to feel part of the crew I felt the need to part ways with my workhorse 60mpg Astra asap)
Cut a long story short... saw it, drove it, loved it... bought it!
Hoping to keep it completely standard, ride is great, hardly any body roll, with 4 continentals on it holds the road really well and pull beautifully in 2nd and 3rd (embarrassing a lot of my friends Audis and Bmws). In addition to this, might I add, am I right in saying the the T-jet is the quickest of all its rivals? i.e 120bhp league!? Interior could be better, but the seats are wonderful and the standard sound systems is half decent. Hands free calling, message reader and media player are areas I haven't properly explored (will do this week) but overall, great buy and will definitely consider buying another hot hatch Punto again.
My question to my fellow Puntorians is...
Right choice?
What should I look out for?
Been told I should change water pump and belt as soon as it hits 50K miles, is this something while is prone to fail?
Worth re-mapping?
Looking at HID conversion, what's the best kit/supplier to buy from for fiats as I don't think the Puntos take H7 bulbs, leaving my current HID kit worthless.
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