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TONY404 said:
Woodleigh sound good,
Looking at their 0% offer, are they loading the cost of the finance in the car costs?
Anyone have any experience with them
General Which would you buy?
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Woodleigh sound good,
Looking at their 0% offer, are they loading the cost of the finance in the car costs?
Anyone have any experience with them
Buy another make of car instead. Fiat are the pits. Following on from a history of problems with mine which the garage & Fiat UK have only added to I am going to take legal action agaist them. If I could clear the finance on mine it would be gone!
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I guess no CD player on the Active Aircon - would be a big factor for me. 
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sbaddison said:
My Punto has been perfectly reliable. even after abusing it.
My Dads Laguna is falling to bits mind.
My Local Fiat Dealer allways get things right first time.
KingChris. What dealer do you use? Fiat quoted right first time to me but I think they should have spelt it ****e! After 1 year they still have not fixed my clutch or door seal. Today, they actually managed to damage the door (bend & chip the upright). All this and poor service from Fiat UK. They don't have a clue!
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sbaddison said:
Sidwell Motors in Exeter
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No one is disputing you had a bad car, but there are also a lot of good FIATs out there - I got two, and even with problems I am getting, still think I made the best choice.sbaddison said:
Me and Jules have owned a lot of marques - Renault, Ford, Suzuki, Vauxhall, Mini, Citroen - my dad has owns Mercs - dealers can be good, dealers can be bad, irrespective of make.
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I've been looking at prices and it seems the multi wagon devalues the quickest.
Going to test drive one later.
Anyone own a multi?
Going to test drive one later.
Anyone own a multi?
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Do you need a MW? What about increased fuel consumption, presumably?!
There are a few guys who own a MW on here, can't recall names off top of my head. Will go and check a few sigs
There are a few guys who own a MW on here, can't recall names off top of my head. Will go and check a few sigs
kingchris said:
I've got one with the 115BHP JTD engine.
Great car. Fast, economical (47-50mpg in normal use) plenty of space and, so far, reliable (touches wood frantically
).What else do you wanna know?
Hang on, it's called the xBox but it has nothing like an xbox inside etc?
This Xbox stilo thing is terrible what are thinking of!! Got some advertising for it through the post today after reading about it on here literaly yesterday! Its got a disc i assume with spec's etc for it or something along those lines; i'll have a look at it later as i just chucked it aside this morning!
@1.8 any news on your car yet mate?
Nope, not yet! It's been gone about a week now; going to ring the garage and ask em what stage they are at and if everything is going ok, etc, etc! I managed to get them to write me up an letter basically saying if they dont return my car in the condition that it left me i will get a full cash refund! Ive found a nice abarth i will get if my stilo isnt returned, which i hope it is though! Been taking my anger out on the courtesy car the have gave me! Hehehe! Ill post in the thread once i know whats happening more!
Cheers for asking though!
Cheers for asking though!
Good to see some folk defending the 1.2. Yeah its gutless when your doing 70mph in top gear and you want to overtake..... hmm but yet you could change down to 5th gear (something the owners of the other engine'd models can't do)! 6th gear gives great economy (and makes the journey very quiet) but unless your doing over 70 or in favourable roads then there is no point in trying to overtake in 6th.
Diesels are a good bet, but ignore anyone that says the difference in price between the Diesel and petrol doesn't mater if you don't do big miles. AA research say your looking at 58k miles before you recover the difference. Especially worth noting at the moment there is 7p a litre difference between Petrol and Diesel, so if you don't do big miles its hardly worth it.
Diesels are a good bet, but ignore anyone that says the difference in price between the Diesel and petrol doesn't mater if you don't do big miles. AA research say your looking at 58k miles before you recover the difference. Especially worth noting at the moment there is 7p a litre difference between Petrol and Diesel, so if you don't do big miles its hardly worth it.
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Decided on spec:
1.4 Active Aircon 5 door
Sky Roof
Chrome Grey.
Does anyone know the cheapest place to get one brand new.
1.4 Active Aircon 5 door
Sky Roof
Chrome Grey.
Does anyone know the cheapest place to get one brand new.
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Try a few internet brokers...Jamjar, coast2coast, drivethedeal, etc. Then print out quote, go to local FIAT dealer, and haggle
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Stuart DemonD said:Try a few internet brokers...Jamjar, coast2coast, drivethedeal, etc. Then print out quote, go to local FIAT dealer, and haggle
Will give it a go,
Any Idea how long it would take to make a new car ?
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A new car? Well, if to spec, and not already built, usually 11 to 13 weeks maximum! There was a thread on here recently about that. Will go and dig it out in a bit.
