My funny Fiat Barchetta
Discussion
Little update.
Went over to Germany for 4 days in this ,its 3rd trip overseas this year and stuck
another 14-1500 miles on it [car's at home and haven't checked exact miles] without any problems.
1000 miles in first 2 days,just like the last trip and this car just keeps taking
all the punishment of driving hours on end at 75-80 mph on the continent.....
Now where can i go next ?...
Should have done a lap of the Nurburgring in it though....
Went over to Germany for 4 days in this ,its 3rd trip overseas this year and stuck
another 14-1500 miles on it [car's at home and haven't checked exact miles] without any problems.
1000 miles in first 2 days,just like the last trip and this car just keeps taking
all the punishment of driving hours on end at 75-80 mph on the continent.....
Now where can i go next ?...
Should have done a lap of the Nurburgring in it though....
1st update for 6 months.
Got back last night from a trip to Sweden.
Total mileage about 3800,could have been more if I hadn't got a bad back,was planning on driving
to beyond the arctic circle.I abandoned that with "only" 350-400 miles to go.
Also drove non stop Sweden to Calais,which is quite a feet for both car and 50+ driver.
Car was absolutely faultless,although the stupid keycode fault meant I had to fiddle with changing
keys before exiting the ferry at Dover.
Have also been to Italy this year which put on 2400 miles in 5 days.
I am going to stick my neck out and say this 17 year old Fiat is the best car I have owned,out of 37
cars in 34 years.
There I said it.
I would post some of the many pics of Fiat and Swedish scenery but my laptop isn't the best I have ever owned.
[rolleyes]....can't even do smilies with it.
Got back last night from a trip to Sweden.
Total mileage about 3800,could have been more if I hadn't got a bad back,was planning on driving
to beyond the arctic circle.I abandoned that with "only" 350-400 miles to go.
Also drove non stop Sweden to Calais,which is quite a feet for both car and 50+ driver.
Car was absolutely faultless,although the stupid keycode fault meant I had to fiddle with changing
keys before exiting the ferry at Dover.
Have also been to Italy this year which put on 2400 miles in 5 days.
I am going to stick my neck out and say this 17 year old Fiat is the best car I have owned,out of 37
cars in 34 years.
There I said it.
I would post some of the many pics of Fiat and Swedish scenery but my laptop isn't the best I have ever owned.
[rolleyes]....can't even do smilies with it.
2 year update.
I picked this car up 2 years ago,yesterday.
Still pigging love it.
Last weekend I drove this all the way to and from Italy in 50.5 hours,1800+ miles.
I did it to challenge myself,utterly insane but enjoyable all the same,mostly.
It passed it's MOT in November with no advisories and not 1 thing has gone wrong with it this year.
And with 29 days of 2014 left,so far I have driven nearly 12,000 miles in this Fiat.
There will be a thread about the trip,mostly Maserati biased,in GG soon.
I picked this car up 2 years ago,yesterday.
Still pigging love it.
Last weekend I drove this all the way to and from Italy in 50.5 hours,1800+ miles.
I did it to challenge myself,utterly insane but enjoyable all the same,mostly.
It passed it's MOT in November with no advisories and not 1 thing has gone wrong with it this year.
And with 29 days of 2014 left,so far I have driven nearly 12,000 miles in this Fiat.
There will be a thread about the trip,mostly Maserati biased,in GG soon.
iva cosworth said:
Last weekend I drove this all the way to and from Italy in 50.5 hours,1800+ miles.
I did it to challenge myself,utterly insane but enjoyable all the same,mostly.
Has your back got better? It was a shame your back meant it didn't enter the Artic circle.I did it to challenge myself,utterly insane but enjoyable all the same,mostly.
Regarding wheels, the steels look lovely but I have seen one advertised with the Alfa teledials on that looked good to me.
Little update,nothing for 8 months as so little goes wrong I just have nothing to report.
Anyhoo,got back from my latest Euro trip ,to Sweden,Finland and the Arctic circle.
Nearly 5000 miles in 15 days with almost no issues at all.
This little car is amazing !
I'll post a couple of location pics when the phone is recharged.
And at least 3 different Swedes said "nice car" to me.
Everybody loves a Barchetta.
Anyhoo,got back from my latest Euro trip ,to Sweden,Finland and the Arctic circle.
Nearly 5000 miles in 15 days with almost no issues at all.
This little car is amazing !
I'll post a couple of location pics when the phone is recharged.
And at least 3 different Swedes said "nice car" to me.
Everybody loves a Barchetta.
iva cosworth said:
Nothing much to update/report but the speedo is now all working correctly.
It's also nice to have a speedo needle that doesn't wobble all over the shop
[FORD]
And for some reason the speed reading looks really accurate to me,it just feels rightand
i don't use a Satnav to compare it with either.
Went down to Worthing today to pick up an Ebay win so went down the coast looking for a nice
location for a pic and voila
I also passed the French car above again and it still looks forlorn and grubby
Emerald Quay on Shoreham Beach?It's also nice to have a speedo needle that doesn't wobble all over the shop
[FORD]And for some reason the speed reading looks really accurate to me,it just feels right
andi don't use a Satnav to compare it with either.
Went down to Worthing today to pick up an Ebay win so went down the coast looking for a nice
location for a pic and voila
I also passed the French car above again and it still looks forlorn and grubby
I grew up down by the Harbour Club further down the road....
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And this is in Sundsvall where they appear to be building a huge bypass/bridge around the town.
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This construction is now complete and I drove over it twice this year.
You have to register to pay the toll for it which going by the signs is currently 9SEK which is less than £1.
Take note M6 toll,charge stupid amounts,no one will use it.
And this is in Sundsvall where they appear to be building a huge bypass/bridge around the town.
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This construction is now complete and I drove over it twice this year.
You have to register to pay the toll for it which going by the signs is currently 9SEK which is less than £1.
Take note M6 toll,charge stupid amounts,no one will use it.
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