General One Year On...

[raton_laveur]

Yesterday marked one year of Qubo ownership for me. I had covered 50736 Km or 31558 miles. The only problem I had was the Stop & Start that decided to stop working. That's a common problem according to my dealer. He did the necessary and nothing else has gone wrong since.

No complaints then but a number of Niggles. I'll do those separately in the near future. My big project at the moment is moving house and my Qubo has done most of the moving so far.
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[philnicandamy]

Great to hear all is well...hmm know what you mean with start/stop mine packed up a few wks ago thankfully now sorted!

I still dont understand it...came from a large hatchback to the qubo & seem still to have more space than we had in the other one!!!!

and hope everything in the new place goes well!

 

[raton_laveur]

The Qubo is really a commercial van. The standard capacity without rear seats is 2.5 cubic meters. It goes up to at least 2.8 with the front seat back folded and 2.9 if you have the dropdown front seat, which mine does. I'll soon be putting a link to some photos on here that demonstartes how this works in the real world.

 

[philnicandamy]

look forward *when you get chance* of piccies

dont see many the same colour as yours around these parts!

 

[raton_laveur]

I've only seen one other one of my color around here but the same color is available for both of her French sisters even though it was originally a Fiat color. PSA has a color called Blue Neysha that I really like but Fiat isn't using it.

The photos are already taken. I've just got to run them through the digital darkroom on Friday and get them sent on Saturday.

Here's something odd about my car.

I rolled off the dealer's lot just after ten past three on the day that I took delivery. My first destination was a filling station that wasn't far away. Just before I arrived I noticed something amusing. I got a Triple Hit on the number 15. What's that? That's when the time was 15:15 and the temperature was 15 degrees! The odd part is that on the same day one year later I got a Triple Hit on the number 11! I've also gotten TH's on 07-08-10-11-13-14-15-16-17-18-19 during the past year. I even posted the one for 13 on here back in may if anyone remembers. Actually, the one for May was a Quadruple Hit because the date was also 13 as well as the time and temp!
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[philnicandamy]

Hmm I wanted flamingo red to start...and ended up with jazz blue thanks to the useless dealership!

ohhh 15.15...spooky!!

 

[Qube O]

Numbers are numbers.......MPG, HP, CC, %, Vital Statistics, whatever o.k.......apart from that......yawn.

Wakey wakey.

This is only light fun, and no offence meant......

Cheers Qube O.

 

[raton_laveur]

OK, here are the pics. Somehow I got logged off of here and had some trouble getting back on again.

This is a Picasa Web Album. After it opens, click on the photo in the upper left corner. The photo opens along with the caption below it. After it opens you'll see an arrow to the right of the image. Clicking on it advances you through the album.

Please leave any comments about any/all of the photos on this forum and not directly on Picasa.

Enjoy.

https://picasaweb.google.com/118025...House?authkey=Gv1sRgCJD6_Y792taqTA&feat=email#
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[raton_laveur]

PN&A, It's Flamenco Red, not Flamingo. Can't see myself driving around in a pink van.

 

[philnicandamy]

I did intend to type flamenco...stupid voice software I use!!

superb photos! I do think thats one of the nicest colours in the whole range...although Hmm know what you mean about the mounting points for the rear seat I found out about those in a similar situation

Hope the move went well
Phil )

 

[Qube O]

Morning Fellow Qubist, Nice set of photos. I'm fairly sure my dealer has a Qubo in of the same colour, though it may not be, pictures can be deceiving. Yes indeed, good luck with the move, sorry about your split up, never nice.
Cheers Qube O.

 

[raton_laveur]

I did intend to type flamenco...stupid voice software I use!!

superb photos! I do think thats one of the nicest colours in the whole range...although Hmm know what you mean about the mounting points for the rear seat I found out about those in a similar situation

Hope the move went well
Phil )

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Thanks for that. This is just the run up to the move. The big day will be on the 27th. I'll have five vehicles and up to nine other people helping out.

 

[raton_laveur]

Morning Fellow Qubist, Nice set of photos. I'm fairly sure my dealer has a Qubo in of the same colour, though it may not be, pictures can be deceiving. Yes indeed, good luck with the move, sorry about your split up, never nice.
Cheers Qube O.

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Unless something's changed recently, there's no other color like this one for the Qubo. There's another red, but it's a standard Italian Racing Red no matter whay they may call it. Fait also calls this color Rosso Exuberante or Exuberant Red. The paint code in 293/2.

 

[Qube O]

Take your word for it, no probs. The Qubo at my dealer is a flat (non metallic) very dark/bold red.......beyond that I've no idea.
Cheers Qube O.

 

[raton_laveur]

I've only seen one other one of my color around here but the same color is available for both of her French sisters even though it was originally a Fiat color. PSA has a color called Blue Neysha that I really like but Fiat isn't using it.

The photos are already taken. I've just got to run them through the digital darkroom on Friday and get them sent on Saturday.

Here's something odd about my car.

I rolled off the dealer's lot just after ten past three on the day that I took delivery. My first destination was a filling station that wasn't far away. Just before I arrived I noticed something amusing. I got a Triple Hit on the number 15. What's that? That's when the time was 15:15 and the temperature was 15 degrees! The odd part is that on the same day one year later I got a Triple Hit on the number 11! I've also gotten TH's on 07-08-10-11-13-14-15-16-17-18-19 during the past year. I even posted the one for 13 on here back in may if anyone remembers. Actually, the one for May was a Quadruple Hit because the date was also 13 as well as the time and temp!
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Yesterday (17 OCT) I got an unprecedented TWO Triple hits! First was 9 degrees at 09:09 and the second was 10 degrees at 10:10. More interesting, the first one was in Belgium and the second one was in Holland. As it happened, I had to work in our branch office near Maastricht that day. I took my own car because doing so saved me four hours of driving to go to my normal office and getting a company car and then reversing the process at the end of the day.
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