Why a Fiat

[stef78]

Yet again i am off down to the dealer with another fault :bang:

FIAT REPAIR LOG STAR DATE P_SS_D OFF

Year 2001-2 Fiat Bravo 1.6 Trofeo 100

Trips to the dealer X5 Airbag fault light would not cancel
Unable to start the car imobilser would not cancel, had to push it out of a six storey car park to wait for the AA X1 :bang:

Year 2003-4 Stilo Dynamic 1.8

Trips to the dealers X2 Airbag fault drivers seat.X2

Year 2004-05 Stilo 2.4 selespeed

Aircon leaking into the foot well x1

Gearbox Fault x2

Now unable to change from second to third :bang: down the dealer again.

But the thing is i love the car when it bloody works

I think i need to be sectioned if i buy another :yuck:

 

[Alex]

get another 'spair', and hopefully they'll work alternatly

 

[egsaenze]

Good question... why a Fiat? I got in this forum trying to answer that same question myself. I saw the Fiat Stilo 1.8 5 door at the dealer and fell in love with it. Before getting started in this affair I wanted to know a little bit more about the car's reliability. From what I have seen, it will take a lot of willpower not to get involved with it... reviews are not pointing me toward buying one. Computer problems seem to be one of the main and most common problems.

What shall I do, stay with my boring and reliable Toyota or go ahead with an adventure with this unknown Fiat made in Brasil.

Why a Fiat, that is the question...

 

[Steven]

Why a Fiat? Because they have soul. Something your Toyota sadly lacks.

 

[wimmy]

Why Fiat?

AlfaNige answered this very well quite some time ago. I loved the answer so much I have kept it for many years.

"We know that the Fiats have a bad reputation for reliabilty etc compared to other makes from around the world, so why did I buy a Fiat? Well, let me explain.

Let me be sexist for a minute. A car is like a woman.

German Cars, like German Women. Everything in the right place, works all day, shops on the way home, cooks dinner perfectly, clears up and makes your sandwiches for the morning - day after day after day. She has the hips for childbearing and could protect you in a dark alley - BUT, you dont really lust after her do you!

Swedish Cars, like Swedish Women. Reputation isnt everything! The cars are actually more exciting than the women and now have more curves!

British Cars, Like British Women (wheres the noose). Bit of a dodgy past, sedately styled nice to take home to your mum and always makes a great Aunty, but again - does she really make you want her?? There is an exception here to the rule - TVR! Blackpools finest are actually more like Essex Girls - Fantastic for a night, but you dont want to have to live with her!

OK still with me!

French Cars, like French Women. You are never going to understand them or why they look like that, but there is something beginning to stir the emotion, you aint sure what it is but you steer clear just in case!

American Cars, like American Women. You know they are as cavernous inside as they are bloated outside (oooeeer) and could be great fun until you mates found out. And have American cars ever sounded good - you get the odd one or two but the others sound like nails down a blackboard - just like the women!

And now.....

Italian Cars, like Italian Women. You KNOW she is going to be tempremental, you KNOW she will let you down when you least want her to, you KNOW she may even bite you, but you want her, you lust after her because when she wants you she will blow your mind, so you keep going back to her. She looks fantastic and my god your mates are full of envy.

I would like now to apologise to al....nah ********, if you took the wheels off a BMW and looked under the arches you will find they are hirsuite - Iam sure of it!"