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    #7652
    YbFocus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,480 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    Quazzie wrote: »
    Whats the title of the thread you are posting in?

    Ì'm messing it's gone, big hiccup in my head earlier :D


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    #7653
    Kaiser D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭Kaiser D


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    Just found this, some of my previous cars. I do wonder where some of those cars are today.


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    #7654
    carzony
    Registered Users Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭carzony


    and what's the favourite? i'd pick that focus anyday..


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    #7655
    Kaiser D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭Kaiser D


    Probably my K10 Micra, or an EF Civic hatchback I had.

    I tend to just buy interesting(to me) old ****e, and I like that stuff.


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    #7656
    carzony
    Registered Users Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭carzony


    Kaiser D wrote: »
    Probably my K10 Micra, or an EF Civic hatchback I had.

    I tend to just buy interesting(to me) old ****e, and I like that stuff.

    I had one of them civics and I absolutely loved it.. Little nippy yoke it was lol.. Just aren't many clean ones left out there :o

    What engine size was the focus? I'v a 1.6 atm. Love it's interior and exterior but it's a bit slow for my liking...


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    #7657
    Kaiser D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭Kaiser D


    carzony wrote: »
    I had one of them civics and I absolutely loved it.. Little nippy yoke it was lol.. Just aren't many clean ones left out there :o

    What engine size was the focus? I'v a 1.6 atm. Love it's interior and exterior but it's a bit slow for my liking...

    The Focus was 1.4.

    I've driven the 1.6 Focus, I thought it was fairly decent.


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    #7658
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    Kaiser D wrote: »
    Probably my K10 Micra, or an EF Civic hatchback I had.

    I tend to just buy interesting(to me) old ****e, and I like that stuff.
    Id have that silver mb2 civic in your pics above. Yes they looked sh&te but they were great underrated cars. Not popular with boy racers either so plenty of un abused ones about.


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    #7659
    rizzee
    Registered Users Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭rizzee


    Jasus Kaiser a few mk1 and 2 Puntos, respect :D


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    #7660
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Mmmmm Seicentos :D


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    #7661
    Kaiser D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭Kaiser D


    JohnBoy26 wrote: »
    Id have that silver mb2 civic in your pics above. Yes they looked sh&te but they were great underrated cars. Not popular with boy racers either so plenty of un abused ones about.

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    A nice un-abused example. Was tipping on 200k when I got rid of it.
    rizzee wrote: »
    Jasus Kaiser a few mk1 and 2 Puntos, respect :D

    Cheers, really like Punto's. Have had my fair share!

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    (I was young and stupid :o)
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    dgt wrote: »
    Mmmmm Seicentos :D
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    This was a cracking little beast. Have had a few others but this all I can find atm :o

    The photos are from facebook so forgive the odd sizes of each.


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    #7662
    rizzee
    Registered Users Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭rizzee


    Was that 5dr 98 sx lowered? :D


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    #7663
    Kaiser D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭Kaiser D


    rizzee wrote: »
    Was that 5dr 98 sx lowered? :D

    No. I just have heavy friends.


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    #7664
    bear1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,812 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    Those Puntos... no offence were ugly :D

    Is it me or did everyone at some point have a Fiat? I had a Punto Sporting, lovely yokes to go and they just kept on going :) miss my yellow one now :(


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    #7665
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    I never owned a Fiat. My first car was a 1.3 Honda Civic, forget the year but the ones with the cool boot door. Then a 1.4i Civic. Old postvan for a while, Opel vectra 1.6, Toyota carina-e 1.6, Ford Focus 1.6 and Mitsubishi Mirage.


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    #7666
    rizzee
    Registered Users Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭rizzee


    Fiats are very underated and have a bad name....keep them serviced and don't drive them hard you'll be flying!! Same as most things.


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    #7667
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,387 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    rizzee wrote: »
    Fiats are very underated and have a bad name....keep them serviced and don't drive them hard you'll be flying!! Same as most things.

    For late 90s fiats that I had (146, brava, punto) I don't agree 100% with that. Sure I went through my share of gearboxes (not gonna mention mechanical stuff here) but I had a lot of stuff break that wasn't down to me, sunroof mechanism, central locking, rear wiper, front wipers, bonnet pull, windows closing outside the frame, foggy headlights, electric power steering fault, seat height adjuster gradually dropping seat down, lots more.

    They seem to have upped their game with the panda and grande punto but tbh I wouldn't go out of my way to recommend the earlier ones.

    In contrast
    I had 2 mitsubishi fto daily drivers that absolutely nothing went wrong on despite having the balls driven off them, the avensis was faultless bar a starter motor, civic has been a1 in the year I've had it too as have the many mazdas and toyotas that have been in the family.

    So yes, minding a fiat is a good idea, but in my experience doesn't mean nothing will go wrong. I didn't buy the fiats for reliability any way, they looked good relative to the competition and they were cheap (despite this they ended up costing a lot in depreciation)


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    #7668
    Wilberto
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 8,573 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wilberto


    My first was a Fiat Punto. What a machine!!!! 1.2l engine in a car that light was ridiculous!!! It'll always be my first love! :D:)


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    #7669
    Interslice
    Registered Users Posts: 3,506 ✭✭✭Interslice


    i drove a Mk 1 punto at once when I was about 17. From reading this thread maybe it was a bad example but it put me off fiats for life. I'd a citreon AX myself at the time and it felt like an awful underpowered tank of a yolk.


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    #7670
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Don't drive them hard?
    Well ****... What's the point?


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    #7671
    Mister Man
    Registered Users Posts: 955 ✭✭✭Mister Man


    I actually learnt to drive (well, the basics) in a Fiat Punto. Guy who owns it has had is clutch and gearbox go in it since buying it. sub 100k miles on it and he wouldn't really drive it hard at all.
    Not a fan of the older shaped Puntos. New ones are lovely though.


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    #7672
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    I never owned a Fiat. My first car was a 1.3 Honda Civic, forget the year but the ones with the cool boot door. Then a 1.4i Civic. Old postvan for a while, Opel vectra 1.6, Toyota carina-e 1.6, Ford Focus 1.6 and Mitsubishi Mirage.
    That would be the EG 1991-1996 Civic. Brilliant little cars they were. Unfortunately most have fallen into the wrong hands at this stage though.


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    #7673
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Don't drive them hard?
    Well ****... What's the point?

    Yeah was wondering that myself..


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    #7674
    bear1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,812 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    Aren't the Mark 1 Punto's the first to have ever put the tail lights in a vertical position? If yes then it was quite revolutionary at the time.
    Many cars used it afterwards and some still do


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    #7675
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Having had Fiats for years I can say that only 1 was a complete lemon (a Bravo I ended up writing off)

    I used to push those cars to their limits quite regurarly (young ang foolish) and they were great fun. Always served me well, always started up in the morning, always could rely on them. How come I could achieve this?

    My old Seicento would be regurarly pushed hard down the motorways

    However, one does get tired of buying in cars and having to undo the damage caused by lack of maintenance. The blue van was the limit altogether

    They were crap in the 70s. They wouldn't be a bad car if people minded them, which no one can seem to do


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    #7676
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users Posts: 5,193 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    dgt wrote: »
    They wouldn't be a bad car if people minded them, which no one can seem to do
    That's true for K series rovers, for Alfas, for bmws - actually for any car really that is owned in Ireland :P


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    #7677
    NobodyImportant
    Registered Users Posts: 585 ✭✭✭NobodyImportant


    My daily is the DART, but also have this.

    First pic is as it looked in the dealer, next is as of now. Made some improvements, my idea of how it should have been out of the Factory. 15mm spacers on the front, 20mm spacers on the rear, alloys, fogs, sports grill, little lip spoiler, subtle rear spoiler, exhaust triangles (instead of the blanks on the 1.4).

    Doesnt look so pathetic after those improvements. Improved, but not going to cause hassle being pegged as a boy racer by the Gardai etc.They are all pretty much OEM mods too.


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    #7678
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »
    That's true for K series rovers, for Alfas, for bmws - actually for any car really that is owned in Ireland :P
    Hold on a minute, some of these cars have well documented issues. Saying it's true of any car in Ireland is a ridiculous statment Imo. No amount of maintenance will prevent some issues occurring. Imo it's more down to the quality and design of the parts used in some instances.

    Issues also occur in uk cars which are religiously maintained and have fsh's so I don't buy this lack of maintenance thing.

    (not saying they are a bad car) but for example mk2 fiat puntos suffer from power steering failure and ecu failures. These issues also effect uk cars with a fsh. No amount of maintenance will prevent this from occurring.

    The same is true of the k series, hg and cooling issues have been experienced on a widespread scale in the uk as well, even with examples maintained to the best of standards.

    While maintenance will prevent some issues, it won't prevent every issue. Some things fail by design and by quality.


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    #7679
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    JohnBoy26 wrote: »
    Hold on a minute, some of these cars have well documented issues. Saying it's true of any car in Ireland is a ridiculous statment Imo. No amount of maintenance will prevent some issues occurring. Imo it's more down to the quality and design of the parts used in some instances.

    Issues also occur in uk cars which are religiously maintained and have fsh's so I don't buy this lack of maintenance thing.

    (not saying they are a bad car) but for example mk2 fiat puntos suffer from power steering failure and ecu failures. These issues also effect uk cars with a fsh. No amount of maintenance will prevent this from occurring.

    The same is true of the k series, hg and cooling issues have been experienced on a widespread scale in the uk as well, even with examples maintained to the best of standards.

    While maintenance will prevent some issues, it won't prevent every issue. Some things fail by design and by quality.

    The ecu failures and power steering failures are caused by failing batteries. Some genius at fiat thought it was a great idea to supply those cars with a relatively small battery rather than say a 50ah onwards job.

    Don't believe me, look it up or look into it yourselves

    Nothing to do with a bad design or quality but a bad decision from day 1


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    #7680
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users Posts: 7,289 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    First bad decision was to buy a fiat :p


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    #7681
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    dgt wrote: »
    The ecu failures and power steering failures are caused by failing batteries. Some genius at fiat thought it was a great idea to supply those cars with a relatively small battery rather than say a 50ah onwards job.

    Don't believe me, look it up or look into it yourselves

    Nothing to do with a bad design or quality but a bad decision from day 1
    Ok fair enough, but that highlights my point. It was fiat's decision to put an underpowered battery into the car.

    So for example if you average Joe went and bought a new fiat punto back in the day and had it properly maintained from new. Now a few years later the battery goes all of a sudden(as they sometimes do) brining the ecu or eps with it.

    Joe decides not to repair and instead puts the car on done deal as a fixer-upper. Someone in here spots it and posts a link. Another poster then will usually chime in with the Irish lack of maintenance argument without realising it wasn't Joe's fault and rather it was an error on the manufacturer's behalf instead.

    Lack of maintenance can cause some issues like a bottom end rattle in a car that hasn't been serviced and is left run low in oil etc, but you don't see much of that in this country.

    Imo the Irish lack of maintenance argument is blown way out of proportion.


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