It's all about personal experience! My personal experience with Fiats is all
bad.
Joe
Laura Gharazeddine wrote:
>
> > You made a Giant leap in class and power when you went from the Fiat to the
>Model A! :)
> >
> > Joe
>
> What is all the ill will people have towards Fiats? Fiats are to Italians
>(and other Europeans) what Chevys and Fords once were to us Yanks-good
>transportation, easy to repair (back when repairing meant something more than
>just changing a part) that came in cheap entry level models up to more luxe
>models.
>
> Italians (and most Euros) don't change cars every two years but hang on to
>them-pass them down even. For Fiats to last as long as I've seen them last,
>they can't possibly be as poorly built and engineered as the jokes go! I think
>the difference is the difference in the mentality of the general population
>and that in Italy you can still find mechanics who can actually take a piece
>off the old Mini in the back and modify it himself to fit your Spitfire-these
>guys are *real* mechanics-they're artists.
>
> Which brings us to all the disparaging remarks people make about not only
>Italian cars, but French cars-and British cars (which we're all familiar with
>and deal with on almost a daily basis...)When I was at the Monterey Historics
>this past August, there was a place in the paddock filled with Formula One
>race cars of the late 70s into 80s-cars raced by guys like Schecter and
>Ragazzoni et al-and these cars were either French or Italian or English built!
>(Not to mention all the gorgeous cigar shaped racers of the generation
>previous-and the ones I saw racing were primarily British built!)
>
> The only car I've had that was tougher and easier to repair than my Fiat 124
>coupe was my Renault 4!
>
> Laura G.
> >
> > Stephane St-Amant wrote:
> > >
> > > Funny, the Fiat 850 Spyder is the reason I'm into car right now. To make
>a
> > > long story short: From 850 Spyder to 1930 Ford Model A Street Rod to
>Triumph
> > > TR6/Spitfire. And I'm only 29!!! (But not for long anymore!!!) :-(
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