The Smile was fading because I could not get a professional answer to my front suspension knocking.
This was however the first time that the car had let me down at all. Also as it turns out, just the result of a pot hole collision. So the Councils fault and not Fiats.
My last car was an Alfa 156 and spent more time in the garage than on the road with me. No one could ever diagnose the faults.
I went to 2 different garages with the Bravo before I found one that knew what they were looking at.
For a short while I thought I was in the same boat that I was in with the Alfa and changed my sig.