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Doesn't stir my soul - Clio
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Re: Doesn't stir my soul - Clio -
04-27-2007
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SteveH (steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying : Total of unscheduled maintenance was a water pump (60 quid and an afternoon's work), and rear brake drum backing plates. boggle What the hell can go wrong with brake drum *backing* plates...? It's a Fiat, I'll give you one guess. Electrics? |
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SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark
Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL
BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
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Paul S <anybody (AT) anyone (DOT) plus.com> wrote: Although Cinq's are cheap to buy, are they maybe not so cheap to run, with ongoing repairs etc (I know you've had one). And does it have to be yellow ! The Imola Blue ones are also nice, but I don't like that orange bumper insert. Do all the IB ones have that ? Ours was dirt cheap to run. Bought it at a year old with 15k miles on it, sold it at 5-ish years old with 75k miles on it. |
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Total of unscheduled maintenance was a water pump (60 quid and an afternoon's work), and rear brake drum backing plates. |
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Lots of sheds out there. Really nice ones are holding value - yellow fades, as does red. Black looks the bollocks, IMHO - but I'm biased, 'cos mine was black ( http://www.italiancar.co.uk/cinq/Images/8.jpg ). |
looks nice.
Friend of mine had one of the first Punto 55's with the Cinq Sp'g engine
and gearbox, and I was always impressed with how urgent it felt. His next
car was a Bravo HLX, then an AR 156 2.0. Are you sure you weren't his
teacher :-) Lol!
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Adrian <toomany2cvs (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote: SteveH (steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying : Total of unscheduled maintenance was a water pump (60 quid and an afternoon's work), and rear brake drum backing plates. boggle What the hell can go wrong with brake drum *backing* plates...? It's a Fiat, I'll give you one guess. Electrics? No, I said Fiat, not Citroen :-P |
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Ours was dirt cheap to run. Bought it at a year old with 15k miles on it, sold it at 5-ish years old with 75k miles on it. Yes, but I'd be buying it at 10+ years old, so the scenario would be different ! |
So long as everything works when you buy it, it's not likely to go bang
in an expensive way later. There are quite a few low-ish mileage
examples out there as they were often bought by middle aged women.
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SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark
Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL
BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
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Focus 1.6/1.8 Nooooooo! Everyone has one, they're not as good as some people say they are. |
Chris
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Do you mind me telling you your clock's wrong; I'm having trouble reading the posts in order. |
it the timezone my computer's set at - it's set to follow summer time, and
corrected itself a few weeks ago accurately) - yours is showing as 21:25
BST, whilst SteveH's is showing correctly - and showing as timezone +0100 -
which is correct...
<shrug>
Anybody else having a problem with either my timestamp or Paul S's?
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Paul S <anybody (AT) anyone (DOT) plus.com> wrote: Ours was dirt cheap to run. Bought it at a year old with 15k miles on it, sold it at 5-ish years old with 75k miles on it. Yes, but I'd be buying it at 10+ years old, so the scenario would be different ! TO be fair, there isn't much to go wrong with a Cinq. So long as everything works when you buy it, it's not likely to go bang in an expensive way later. There are quite a few low-ish mileage examples out there as they were often bought by middle aged women. |
any reference to that colour anywhere e.g. on The FIAT Forum. Have you
heard of it ?
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SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' |
was ready to take it. Does that count ?
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So long as everything works when you buy it, it's not likely to go bang in an expensive way later. There are quite a few low-ish mileage examples out there as they were often bought by middle aged women. I saw one advertised in Grafitti Grey a few weeks ago, but couldn't find any reference to that colour anywhere e.g. on The FIAT Forum. Have you heard of it ? |
Can't recall what it's called, though.
Looks quite good, actually and probably the least common of the Cinq.
colours.
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SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' I had a 33 for a month, which I bought for a friend, and drove until he was ready to take it. Does that count ? |
the 1.7 16v Cloverleaf which was an absolute stormer of a proper old
school hot hatch. IMHO, of course, PeteM hates them...... but he likes
the Focus.
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SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark
Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL
BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
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Ibiza GTI 8v (the torquey 115bhp Golf engine) Great cars, IMHO. I'd have one. |
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