RE: PH Carpool: Fiat 500F
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I bought a 126 in 1990 to use as a spare car for the princely sum of £25, including 6 months of MOT and rattling big ends. To bring it home, a friends dad towed me back 10 miles in the snow with with his audi 90 quattro which he drove in his usual brisque way. This was fine until on a large A road roundabout, when the newly formed 126 and quattro pairing resembled boat and water skiier, as the quattro held steady in the slippery conditions whilst the 126 and I understeered wildly before penduluming (if isn't a word it should be) back behind after a few vomit inducing moments.
Big end rattle was resolved with 2 mins and a screwdriver poking out the detached fan blades from the wings under the sump removing the rattle! I used to drive it about with a raised drivers seat and my head poking out of the full length sunroof like a tank commander.
The best fun was pulling out the hand throttle fully out and driving about "flat out" or starting it with a trolley jack handle to hit the starter switch in the boot when the lever didn't work. Sold it to a friend and then had it back before it self cremated.
I will have a 500 one day
D
Big end rattle was resolved with 2 mins and a screwdriver poking out the detached fan blades from the wings under the sump removing the rattle! I used to drive it about with a raised drivers seat and my head poking out of the full length sunroof like a tank commander.
The best fun was pulling out the hand throttle fully out and driving about "flat out" or starting it with a trolley jack handle to hit the starter switch in the boot when the lever didn't work. Sold it to a friend and then had it back before it self cremated.
I will have a 500 one day
D
Edited by Dunk130TC on Tuesday 22 January 06:43
Edited by Dunk130TC on Tuesday 22 January 06:45
If you get a Fiat 500 or 126, be prepared for all the tales of people lifting them up and putting them somewhere hillarious, amazes me how a couple of otherwise average blokes that problably couldnt bench 50 kilos, in these tales can deadlift a 550 kilo car over hedges, turn it upside down or carry it some distance, got sick of it after about the fourth version of this tale I took a chap at work to task about it and it changed from "me and a mate", to "me and a few Rugby mates"
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