why, when the conversation pops up about:
"so what do you drive then?"
and i say
"a fiat uno"

why do people laugh?

its a good car. never let me down. never met anyone that hated their uno. and they dont even rust and house the FIRE engine, a break through in car engineering!!!!

its so annoying! argh.

Try explaining to people why you go rallying in a 1 litre Uno - unless they have owned an Uno they don't know whjat their talking about.

I prefer driving my uno and will stay with Fiat products till I win the national lottery, then I'll buy a merc SL65, otherwise I'll stay with Fiat.:slayer:

My mates just laughed!

But i am now wise and have renewed respect for the great Uno! I love it! Its just such a joy to drive and its deciptively quick too!

SuperUno said:

Try explaining to people why you go rallying in a 1 litre Uno - unless they have owned an Uno they don't know whjat their talking about.

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you are right i know something about it,

uno is good car , also in rallies

yeah for a 1.0 they really are quick, lol someone from work tried it on and wasnt best pleased lol he has a 1.0 106 (old skool one)

everyone laughs because they dont understand how good the car is, and about the comment on rust you might want to go take a look about at some more uno's most seem to be rust buckets

Uno's are sexy!! (IMO)

Yeah, Uno rally action pics, check out my first stage rally here :-

http://www.mandh-photography.co.uk/events/Spring2006/spring-stages-52.htm

http://www.mandh-photography.co.uk/events/Spring2006/spring-stages-52a.htm

http://www.mandh-photography.co.uk/events/Spring2006/spring-stages-52b.htm

Cool photos. Interesting set of cars you are up against. So what do you need to get into this rallying lark. Looks like it could be fun.

Best thing to do is to join your local motor club, which given your location is probably SevenOaks Motor MC. Do a search for their website and get in touch with them, they will explain what is needed to take part in all sorts of motorsport. They even have an event near Brands Hatch on Thursday evening, where hopefully the Uno will be out

To save you the work use this link :-

http://www.sevenoaksmotorclub.com/

One their forum you may spot someone you recognise

when lads ask, most are impressed by my UT, but girls just think "a uno???"

but then i just think, if i need a car to pull then its sad times! also, when they see it like it is at the mo, they laugh even more!!

most round my area and the local town know about it tho and know that it'll pan alot of their cars lol

Dunc

Uno Rep.

Oooo I like this thread .

My days of Unoing started back in 1987 IIR.

My gran bought a beige one brand new. I must admit I have spent many youthful hours calling the Uno . Her driving wasn’t really up to scratch god rest her soul. My worst Uno moment was as a passenger with my gran. She had taken the wrong exit from a busy roundabout. She decided to reverse back onto it to hit the M1 slip road .

It seemed my gran picked on me as a child, so I was never too pleased to see the car .

As time passed by, my gran sold the car on to my mum. Due to the points gap forever slipping, my mum didn’t get on with the Uno. By this time I was learning to drive, and was looking for my first car.

My Mum sold me the car with a little over 18K on the clock . there was already signs of rust though .

Ten years later, I’m onto my 6Th Uno, and have never looked back (well apart from regretting the treatment I subjected the beigh Uno to) .

Distortionrockets, don’t be too self conscious. We know they only laugh in ignorance .

SuperUno – keep representing

Dunc, well said matey .

Emma nutter, U no dat .

Regards All,
Louie Bee.

Dunc Uno Turbo said:

when lads ask, most are impressed by my UT, but girls just think "a uno???"

but then i just think, if i need a car to pull then its sad times! also, when they see it like it is at the mo, they laugh even more!!

most round my area and the local town know about it tho and know that it'll pan alot of their cars lol

Dunc

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Lol most guys laugh at my car then are impressed when realise its a turbo and girls just like it because its cute and yellow

Ok i know its not a uno but i can relate

p.s. how ace is that pic!


bit of bodyroll mind

Cheap and cheerful

By nature I am a biker, and a car is a neccesary evilso I buy them cheap and run them till they aren't worth fixing.

I also like smaller cars as they are cheap to run, insure, and tax.

In the past I ran a Panda and was well impressed with it, so when my last car died (a big Renault with all the gizmos that stopped working) and I saw a low mileage Uno going for less than £200 I snapped it up.

Basic, simple, uncomplicated driving.

Since buying I have done 2000 miles of hard driving and the only downside being that the head gasket went on me half way down the M1. Looking back it was probably why it was so cheap in the first place:bang:

An afternoon of happy spannering and it now has a new gasket along with a timing belt (might as well do both at once).

Good basic motoring and even I can fix it and afford to keep it on the road.

Dunc Uno Turbo said:

when lads ask, most are impressed by my UT, but girls just think "a uno???"

but then i just think, if i need a car to pull then its sad times! also, when they see it like it is at the mo, they laugh even more!!

most round my area and the local town know about it tho and know that it'll pan alot of their cars lol

Dunc

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ahem...not all girls think like this Dunc

Unos are old cars, therefore people regard them as "bangers" etc the same can be said of other old cars fiestas, novas etc which is why people probably laugh when you tell them you got an uno. Cars are like a status symbol these days, too many people buy expensive cars to just show off, not to suit their needs etc

As for myself well i get respect cos i drive an uno turbo from a lot of the lads around here, but i do get the odd VW driver sayin their G40 polo or golf etc will obliterate my uno turbo etc
i just say bring it on and make them eat their words. Not saying the G40 is a bad car by the way, in fact it is a very good challenge as it goes but not quite in the same league as an Uno Turbo.
But back to the topic girls on the other hand 98% of the time they hate my car and say its too boxy etc but like Dunc says if u need a nice car to pull then times are desperate lol I say my cars like marmite, you either love it or you hate it
Best thing to do is ignore it, Dont let it get to you

F R O $ T Y

I agree with Frosty.
Only a few more years now and the Uno will not be 'old', it will be 'properly old', and it will be less of an embarassment and more of an amazement that it is still on the road... I'd secretly like a Stilo Abarth to drive around in, so it would be 'new'.

I think I like my Uno best of my three, umm, four cars... but there is the snag that it is 'old'. Once I have it shining like a new one, this will be less of a problem.

<general ramble follows>
Actually I have some grocery shopping to do. Right now. It's been several weeks so it's now an essential. I could use my scooter, but that's about half a week's groceries - I want to do the job properly! The license fee ran out on my Alfa 164 in February, and on my X1/9 last week. The 164 is out on the driveway, the Celica in the garage. The Celica is missing the sunroof panel, tail lights, and sundry other bits.

What does all this leave? The Uno! It's been buried in the garage for a month or so now... It's split CV boot won't matter (the roads are dry) and there's only about twenty things piled in the garage behind it (so, ten minutes to move 'em all).

I'm off! Don't try to hold me back! I don't CARE what the people at the supermarket think of my Uno (with half the side in primer grey) - what can compare with the satisfaction of reviving the Uno (again!) The sight of the boost gauge spinning past the 1, the thrill of the steering tugging as the wheels spin... What is life, if you're always in control?

-Alex

Just one little point from me

I am a teacher at a girls high school and I have had a few comments from my students about my bright yellow uno. Some comments are along the lines of it being to small for me, but quite a few are about my cool car. They like it in fact I had another good comment about it just last week of course if it had a rotary and crome wheels and a 20" sub it would be better but you need to remember I aint trying to 'pull' at work

The moral of the story, girls like Unos

That said wasps and bees like my car too (I think thats because they are attracted to yellow)

The moral of this story is, if you dont like wasps and bees dont get a bright yellow car :yuck:

well its not just about the uno being old.

i get stick from cars of the same era
ie: nova owners, metros, corsa.

like this one guy told me he would thrash me in his 1.1 metro when i know that my uno would have a good go at his car. i aint gonna race unless its a straight drag.
maybe your right anyway, metros are **** thats why rover is OVER

as for the uno being boxy, i hate bubble cars such as the corsa.