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Multipla five months on

freewing · 2006-01-24 12:00:52

Cast your minds back to sept last year and I announced my recent purchase . Well I thought it was about time for an update on all the problems that surely I have had by now Problems so far Busted fan belt ( could happen to anyone):mad: Cracked the sump on a GIANT speed bump:mad: actually thats it however it is still a joy…

24-01-2006 12:00pm

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freewing

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Cast your minds back to sept last year and I announced my recent purchase . Well I thought it was about time for an update on all the problems that surely I have had by now
Problems so far
Busted fan belt ( could happen to anyone):mad:
Cracked the sump on a GIANT speed bump:mad:
actually thats it however it is still a joy to drive and regularly carries four or five passengers with any luggage very comfortably and for a car this size the fuel economy is great ( average in the mid forties mpg )
seriously thinking of getting a newer model at some point this year :cool:

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#2 24-01-2006 12:27pm

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freewing wrote:

seriously thinking of getting a newer model at some point this year :cool:

Cool - personally I prefer the look of the frog-eyed one, but whatever rocks your boat. Thanks for livening up the roads for the rest of us.

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#3 24-01-2006 12:57pm

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Congrats on the car! Iv always thought those cars are way too underated. They are perfect all rounders with love em or hate em looks. Personally i think they are bargains!! Well to use sir,well to use!

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#4 25-01-2006 6:01pm

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I prefer the look of the older one too, actually. There's something very cool about that car - a touch of the two fingers to the herd about it!

Anan

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#5 26-01-2006 12:27am

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Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!

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I'm glad you like it. I kinda half remember you posting back then and some comments from other people here weren't very positive iirc

freewing wrote:

Busted fan belt ( could happen to anyone):mad:

At what mileage dit it snap and when was it last replaced before that? It is now generally recommended that it is replaced every 36k miles for any FIAT / Alfa. If only people would know about this, those cars would shoot up in the reliability survey rankings...

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#6 26-01-2006 12:38am

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Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!

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Ah! here's your original thread

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