General Factory Shut Down For Summer Holidays

[Dwinsor]

Just got a phone call from company im getting my grande punto from and apparently the fiat grande punto factory has been closed for 1 month reccently to allow workers to go on holiday or some thing similar to that!

Has anyone else herd anything about this?

David

 

[-DrEw-]

yep my mate has orderd his and cant get it until october, whereas i orderd mine a few days before and im picking it up 1st of sep

 

[Dwinsor]

you lucky sod lol when did you order yours? i ordered mine begining of july.

 

[tommy_8884]

classic! you gotta love the italians! eeey letsa go ona holiday

 

[Luke M]

Yer we noticed this when in italy at the beggining of the month. all shop times and bus times changed for a time which the name alludes me! seems like the holiday season for the italians.

 

[punto_matt]

Standard italian practise. Everything shuts down in august for a few weeks so they can all go on holiday.

 

[Im-Mia]

lol thats a classic... we should do that over here....

 

[colin79666]

lol thats a classic... we should do that over here....

you also gotta remember that it gets quite hot in Italy (especially in the south) so nobody wants to be doing a manual job in the hottest weeks of the year

 

[OCZedd]

This reminds me of a joke.

FIAT = Frenzied Italian At Traffic-lights.

 

[NumanR]

I was on holiday in the canaries, and the local italian restaurant was closed all of August for their summer break, (obviously made enough money the rest of the season)

 

[ChrisUK]

Standard italian practise. Everything shuts down in august for a few weeks so they can all go on holiday.

:yeahthat:

Their summer break in 06 nearly led to my car being late but luckily it was just finished the week before august

 

[Whintersby]

Looks like we'll all be waiting a bit longer for our Series 2's, as it has just been confirmed that the one I ordered back in the first week of June still hasn't even been built yet (was expecting to pick it up next week).

They're supposedly starting build next week, so I can expect it to arrive very end of October / start of November I've been told.

Only bit of good news is they confirmed I'll get a 5 year warranty, even though I'm not buying it from Fiat direct.

 

[Dwinsor]

that dont make a whole lot of sense yours was ordered before mine and isn't due till end of october, where as mine is due middle of october yet ordered after you lol

also the 5 year warrenty is a good point cause i havent ordered throught dealer either. Il have to find out

 

[Whintersby]

that dont make a whole lot of sense yours was ordered before mine and isn't due till end of october, where as mine is due middle of october yet ordered after you lol

If you get yours before mine I will not be happy

 

[Dwinsor]

haha its a race to who gets theres first lol to be fair if it was the other way round and u got yours first i wudnt be happy either lol so is yours guna be a 1.6 or 1.9?

 

[Whintersby]

haha its a race to who gets theres first lol to be fair if it was the other way round and u got yours first i wudnt be happy either lol so is yours guna be a 1.6 or 1.9?

I've been told it will definitely be a 1.6. What the exact performance details are, etc, I still don't know yet...

 

[Dwinsor]

klkl that might be what is making it later than mine. and i would hope it has the same sort of performance as the 1.9 if thats what its replacing.

 

[marty27]

that dont make a whole lot of sense yours was ordered before mine and isn't due till end of october, where as mine is due middle of october yet ordered after you lol

also the 5 year warrenty is a good point cause i havent ordered throught dealer either. Il have to find out

mine is due 13th october and has move forward 2 days form the 15th, ordered mine on the 8th of august from a dealer

 

[Whintersby]

mine is due 13th october and has move forward 2 days form the 15th, ordered mine on the 8th of august from a dealer

Which model is yours again Marty? It's not a 1.9MJ is it?

 

[marty27]

Which model is yours again Marty? It's not a 1.9MJ is it?

mine is a 1.4 dynamic, i would be interested to know who u ordered yours from that offered a a 5 year warranty as i couldnt find anyone who would offer me this as it was a fiat retail offer