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Adam Kindness

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Is that all they cost these days :(

 

I bought a brand new one back in '96, broom yellow - I loved that car, it was so quick compared to the stuff my mates had, unreliable as hell but quick when it worked :)

 

I'm tempted to pick one up as a toy if they are that cheap, yours was in great condition by the looks of it.

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Mine got hit from behind the week I got it, Fiat had it for over a month for fairly minor repairs, every since then it was weird, engine would cut out all the time - they replaced bits, it went again, they replaced the same thing it went again.... 2 ECUs, loads of sensors, set of shocks in 2 months, bonnet respray due to original paint being poor and a black hair under the top coat, paint peeled off bumper, they resprayed it the wrong shade of yellow..... twice.....

 

I still loved it though :)

 

I reckon I only drove it for 50% of the time I owned it, the rest was courtesy cars - quite good fun swapping them every few days, I got a 20v Coupe from them for a weekend once and a Bravo HGT which I took up to Newcastle - the electric window switch fell inside the door and I couldn't put the window up in a massive storm.... joy :)

 

I've got another Punto sat outside now, number 3 since I got an EL 6 Speed in '94, the newer one seems a lot better but it needs more power, 50mpg is nice though :)

 

I guess my GT was a Friday afternoon car, a neighbour an L plater the same colour as yours and had no problems, he traded it for a 145 Cloverleaf though, he regretted it :)

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What do those Punto's take? Are they triple A's?

:p

Only messin!

 

LOL - they are quite nippy so watch out :)

 

I seem to remember one of the mags quoting it as being quicker than a 355 at 50>70 in a certain gear, it was 0.1 of a second or something and a daft gear where the 355 is probably totally out of it's powerband but it was good for pub bragging :tongue:

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I took one of my old cars to Kwikfiit once in my work lunchtime (yes, i was young and stupid) the mechanic dropped me off back at work in a totally wrecked looking Fiat Uno. I didn't know they did a turbo version and that little heap was like sh1t off a shovel! Jesus Christ it was quick! I was shocked!

 

:eek2:

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