General R.I.P Multipla

[Steve 75]

No, I mean diesel cooler.

They're fitted to cars with the PD engine to cool diesel in the return pipe from the pump before dumping it back into the fuel tank.

I was surprised to learn about this, too.

 

[the frog]

I like the multipla and would consider a nose job but the original shape is what I wanted when i bought mine - a March 03 so one of the last early shape ones.

The tax bracket it falls into now doesn't help it.

I'll probably buy a 'normal' car next, an estate would be handy but it won't be a FIAT. There are too many good 'normal' cars around where as the Multipla was simply an excellent versitile vehicle - shame they didn't sell. My family love the space and 'proper' seats, not the dolls furniture you get in cars like the Zafira.

 

[booklady]

we have had our multi from new and it's nearly 10 years old now.

It is such a shame it didn't catch on. All my mates loved it, once they had got inside it, yet their husbands just wouldn't give it a chance because it was a bit different and not as dull as a Scenic or Zafira.

I don't think it helped that Fiat then gave it a nose job which basically meant it appeared to disappear many years ago, the bug stands out in a crowd, the nosejob hides in it.

If you own a multi bug or nosejob, why not join in the annual Ugly Bug Ball in May this year, meet lots of friendly Buggers and have a fun day out with the family!

 

[ivantate]

Its the Honda FRV and I think Honda announced they were stopping production. Although it seemed last year that Honda was trying stop building just about everything.


Another nail in the coffin of the Multi arrived yesterday, my employee discount price list arrived and the Multi is now 'order from dealer stock' only with no petrols listed at all.
£15k is still a bit steep for a new Eleganza for me so I will have to continue looking for the perfect second hand example.