Stilo Enzo, my shumey GP.

[gadge]

and here he is at MITCAR ....... all that elbow grease paid off

 

[BLKC99]

Could I tempt you back to fiat ownership? It doesn't have to be a shumey it could be a grande punto or a 1.6 stilo? You know you wanna

One day mate, one day, trust me I will own more than one Fiat thats for sure if i can, if anything i have a collection in my dream garage.....

- "Scheumey GP Stilo"
- "Coupe 20v Turbo"
- "695 Abarth & Ferrari tributo 500"
- "Essesse 500"
- "Grande Essesse punto"
- "Alfa 156 GTA"
- "Alfa 159 GTA"

and the list goes onnnn..............

Lol you can only dream i suppose, but i will let you in to a secret, I am endlesssly trying to get the missus to buy a 500 abarth, once that is done, the car will be all mine to attend forum meets :devil:

 

[gadge]

Good man!! then get yourself to a few of these shows!

 

[BLKC99]

Good man!! then get yourself to a few of these shows!

I pomise

No matter what motor im driving or what event i do and dont attend we are still mates Gadge

 

[MarkThompson4]

Your car is looking sweet Gadge, those wheels just set them off perfectly

I need to get myself along to one of these shows sometime, everyone up here if a VAG obsessive and I'm yet to meet another Stilo at any of our local meets

Hmm...I think a Coupe 20VT would make an ideal weekend car when my 1.4 swap is done...

 

[gadge]

I pomise

No matter what motor im driving or what event i do and dont attend we are still mates Gadge

Just come along anyway you can park with the rest of the muggles in the non fiat car parks and joint in on the forum fun! Your still on the events team after all

 

[gadge]

Just a few pics from the midland Italia meet at Newtown Linton

 

[Rob Manchester Abarth]

Very nice - I'm jealous!!!

 

[gadge]

Well Enzo passed his MOT third time in a row in my ownership .......... Just. The once powerful washer jets that were reduced to a mere dribble last week was sorted yesterday by a blast out with an air line (there seemed to be a gunky substance inside both the jets ) and my initial concerns about the pressed number plates were put to bed once the MOT man issued me my new mot certificate - not before he bollocked me for not telling him about the subframe brace which caught his jack, oops my bad

But it wasn't a pass with flying colours however, just like a child having a tantrum in a library, Enzos airbag light came on during the test! I was astounded when the chap told me as it's never came on before and of all the times to do it, it does it on an MOT test! DOH! :bang: So naturally he couldn't pass it. I noticed he had moved the seat back and wondered if he had nudged the seat airbag wires so I had a quick fiddle. I also plugged in my Little diagnostic reader which I keep in the boot to clear my engine light and within seconds the light was out and he was happy enough to pass it - phew not sure what caused it so I'll have to keep an eye on it.

Another year of Stilo ownership to be continued

 

[rat20v]

Well Enzo passed his MOT third time in a row in my ownership .......... Just. The once powerful washer jets that were reduced to a mere dribble last week was sorted yesterday by a blast out with an air line (there seemed to be a gunky substance inside both the jets ) and my initial concerns about the pressed number plates were put to bed once the MOT man issued me my new mot certificate - not before he bollocked me for not telling him about the subframe brace which caught his jack, oops my bad

But it wasn't a pass with flying colours however, just like a child having a tantrum in a library, Enzos airbag light came on during the test! I was astounded when the chap told me as it's never came on before and of all the times to do it, it does it on an MOT test! DOH! :bang: So naturally he couldn't pass it. I noticed he had moved the seat back and wondered if he had nudged the seat airbag wires so I had a quick fiddle. I also plugged in my Little diagnostic reader which I keep in the boot to clear my engine light and within seconds the light was out and he was happy enough to pass it - phew not sure what caused it so I'll have to keep an eye on it.

Another year of Stilo ownership to be continued

congrats dude..... don't you just love em lol, mine flew through this mot and then i managed to split a tyre on the way home lol, last year, whilst checking the lights on the mot, one headlight bulb popped, so i sorted that out and then one rear foglight went so i did that whilst i was there lol.... then it passed lol, the week before my mot this year, my gauges stopped working just after i had been round to parent to take my dads dash out his stilo (powersupply gone) but luckily it was just my battery

 

[gadge]

congrats dude..... don't you just love em lol

yeah I certainly do bud I cant complain too much it hasn't let me down ever (touching wood!)

 

[Reuuk]

haha stupid airbag light!

at least he gave you the MOT once he released it was just the wire on the seat!

 

[gadge]

That's what I think it was, when I fitted the leather seats I had to modify the connector switch and I reckon he touched it when he put his ape like hand under the seat to find the seat adjusting handle....... Takes more than that to keep Enzo down

 

[MarkThompson4]

Glad to hear Enzo made it near enough trouble-free the first MOT I put my Stilo through required £200 including MOT price to get it through which consisted of the majority of the lights being changed, de-tangling a brake hose, de-smoking the rear clusters, fixing a broken front spring and sorting a damaged and dangerous front wing lol the next (most recent) one wasn't so bad; passed with only an advisory on one of the front tyres which was close to legal limit, technically it should have failed due to my decat manifold but the MOT tester was decent enough to stick an emissions test off a Ford Ka onto my certificate so that it passed it's a great feeling when a Stilo passes an MOT test!

 

[gadge]

Definatly! I hate MOT time, I get nervous as fook sitting in those waiting rooms

 

[gadge]

Here's Enzo suffering an owner related f**k up at the midland Italia super sausage meet :bang: I blame Sweex even though it wasn't his fault (but he's cursed you know! )

 

[Westie200]

Here's Enzo suffering an owner related f**k up at the midland Italia super sausage meet :bang: I blame Sweex even though it wasn't his fault (but he's cursed you know! )

Oh no!! What's happened? :bang:

 

[Sweex]

Here's Enzo suffering an owner related f**k up at the midland Italia super sausage meet :bang: I blame Sweex even though it wasn't his fault (but he's cursed you know! )

Hahaha cheers you pleb! Just glad it was a easy fix!

 

[gadge]

Oh no!! What's happened? :bang:

It all started yesterday when I decided to change the thermostat. To get at it I had to remove the induct pipe. When I put it back on I didn't tighten the jubilee clamp up enough where it goes into the air box so when I took a very excited Sweex out for a spin it came away from the air box which has the air mass meter on it so started spluttering and miss firing and eventually it just wouldn't run. Me and the guys where nearly in the right area because we thought perhaps I got coolant on the lambda sensor plug but it turns out it was because the induct pipe was sucking in fresh air and the air mass meter wasn't picking up any airflow, the car was running extra lean and ergo wouldn't run over tick over. :bang:

 

[Sweex]

Was absolutely gutted when it happened mate but like i said, at least it happened at super sausage and not on the way to silverstone!