StripeyMiata
New member
Hi,
Been a member of the forum for years, but my last login last March 2008. I had a FIAT 126 which I adored, and even raced it once (check out http://youtu.be/CPlDNXjYrZI ) but then my son was born in 2008 and the wee FIAT wasn't really safe to take him around in so I sold it.
We then got a JEEP Patriot as our sensible family car, and it was fine if a little dull and you could argue it was a FIAT since they bought Chyrsler
Fast forward to last week, we decided to get rid of the JEEP as while it was only 3 1/2 years old, little things were going wrong with it. Nothing major, but things that shouldn't be happening to a car that young so worried it would turn into a money pit soon.
The wife charged me to find a nice sensible family car around £4000 that did 50+ MPG and was big enough for the kids. She had in mind a nice diesel second hand Audi A3 or Golf.
I ended up with this:
https://www.fiatforum.com/gallery/showgallery.php?ppuser=10728&cat=500
She was a bit annoyed but has come around now she's driven it.
Will write more later about how I came to choose it, Top Gear is on soon so have to go.
Been a member of the forum for years, but my last login last March 2008. I had a FIAT 126 which I adored, and even raced it once (check out http://youtu.be/CPlDNXjYrZI ) but then my son was born in 2008 and the wee FIAT wasn't really safe to take him around in so I sold it.
We then got a JEEP Patriot as our sensible family car, and it was fine if a little dull and you could argue it was a FIAT since they bought Chyrsler
Fast forward to last week, we decided to get rid of the JEEP as while it was only 3 1/2 years old, little things were going wrong with it. Nothing major, but things that shouldn't be happening to a car that young so worried it would turn into a money pit soon.
The wife charged me to find a nice sensible family car around £4000 that did 50+ MPG and was big enough for the kids. She had in mind a nice diesel second hand Audi A3 or Golf.
I ended up with this:
https://www.fiatforum.com/gallery/showgallery.php?ppuser=10728&cat=500
She was a bit annoyed but has come around now she's driven it.
Will write more later about how I came to choose it, Top Gear is on soon so have to go.