Hi everyone!
I'm new on this forum, so first a short introduction. My name is Torino, 26, I live in Rotterdam (Netherlands) and after a couple of older and classic (mostly Italian) cars I now drive my first brand new car: a Panda 1.2 Dynamic (2004).
Problem: I like my new car, but taking into consideration that one of my hobbies is the working on, and servicing of cars, it's also quit boring. Nothing breakes down (yet), and the servicing is done by the Fiat dealer (because of the garantee)
The solution: buying an other car for practising my hobby! I was thinking of a beautiful Fiat Tempra SX (1991-1993), I always adored it and my father has had one.
Most of them have the 1.6 engine and I've read a lot about the realiability and problems of the 1.6. But now I've spotted a Tempra that I like a lot: a beautiful, dealer serviced Tempra 2.0 SX with only 110.000. It's actually sold by a Fiat dealer and is in beautiful (original) shape.
Finally, here comes my question: is this 2.0 a fine engine? Or has it a lot of problems and expensive parts? What's the fuel consumption in practice? In holland, having a 2.0 is more expensive in tax, insurance and of course fuel, but that's allright with me as long as I'm sure this engine isn't an engine with a lot of trouble....
Has anyone experience with this enige? Thanks very much for the replies.
I'm new on this forum, so first a short introduction. My name is Torino, 26, I live in Rotterdam (Netherlands) and after a couple of older and classic (mostly Italian) cars I now drive my first brand new car: a Panda 1.2 Dynamic (2004).
Problem: I like my new car, but taking into consideration that one of my hobbies is the working on, and servicing of cars, it's also quit boring. Nothing breakes down (yet), and the servicing is done by the Fiat dealer (because of the garantee)
The solution: buying an other car for practising my hobby! I was thinking of a beautiful Fiat Tempra SX (1991-1993), I always adored it and my father has had one.
Most of them have the 1.6 engine and I've read a lot about the realiability and problems of the 1.6. But now I've spotted a Tempra that I like a lot: a beautiful, dealer serviced Tempra 2.0 SX with only 110.000. It's actually sold by a Fiat dealer and is in beautiful (original) shape.
Finally, here comes my question: is this 2.0 a fine engine? Or has it a lot of problems and expensive parts? What's the fuel consumption in practice? In holland, having a 2.0 is more expensive in tax, insurance and of course fuel, but that's allright with me as long as I'm sure this engine isn't an engine with a lot of trouble....
Has anyone experience with this enige? Thanks very much for the replies.