Steve X16XE
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Registered: 31st Dec 06
Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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My sister has just passed her driving test today and is wanting one of these.
Does anyone work for FIAT or know anything about them. How reliable they are even though they are only a year old.

She likes this colour.
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Planty02
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Registered: 5th Mar 05
Location: Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
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Kurt on here works for fiat/alfa
possibly u2u him?
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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ed on here has one mate
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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I really like then, had a 1.0 3 pot one as a rental on holiday, was slow but i liked it.
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Scotty_B
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Registered: 11th Jun 03
Location: East Kilbride
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Basically a Corsa D, but looks nicer.
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Haimsey
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Registered: 8th May 05
Location: Nottingham Drives: Corsa B
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i like the advert 
Marcy Marc 
White Sport Progress Thread
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Batmanman
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Registered: 19th Jun 07
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i saw some boy racer ragging the shit out of one near my house, and it seemed to go quite well, thoe.. it was screaming.. pretty sure that car has never seen what it's like to be under 3000 rev's.. lol
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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i work for fiat/alfa, theyre actually quite reliable tbh better than alfas anyway, ive driven a 1.3 jtd and it went well enough, only annoying thing i can think of is the seatbelt buzzer when your not wearing your seatbelt, it wont shut up, they have just released a face lift range though i think and also 1.4 petrol turbo
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Batmanman
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quote: Originally posted by Kurt
i work for fiat/alfa, theyre actually quite reliable tbh better than alfas anyway, ive driven a 1.3 jtd and it went well enough, only annoying thing i can think of is the seatbelt buzzer when your not wearing your seatbelt, it wont shut up, they have just released a face lift range though i think and also 1.4 petrol turbo
blimey, i bet the 1.4 turbo would go well!
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Steve X16XE
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Registered: 31st Dec 06
Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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I think she'll be more than happy with the 1.2 16v.
Cheers for the help
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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quote: Originally posted by Batmanman
quote: Originally posted by Kurt
i work for fiat/alfa, theyre actually quite reliable tbh better than alfas anyway, ive driven a 1.3 jtd and it went well enough, only annoying thing i can think of is the seatbelt buzzer when your not wearing your seatbelt, it wont shut up, they have just released a face lift range though i think and also 1.4 petrol turbo
blimey, i bet the 1.4 turbo would go well!
theres plans for a 2.0 20v turbo too
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Sunz
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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quote: Originally posted by Kurt
I work for Fiat/Alfa, they're actually quite reliable tbh better than Alfas anyway,
No reflection on you but there customer service is said to be appalling along with the build quality of there cars.
What does quite reliable mean, there shite but not as bad as ppls think but still pretty much shite 
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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How can you comment on a particular brands customer service? All the garages are franchised so it's down to ain individual dealership basis really.
I have the 1.3 Multijet which is really really good for what it is. It handles really well, it doesn't seem to fall apart, looks good and I've only had one problem with it - the electric window switch seems to have broken so I need it replaced
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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Ed, need a price on the window switch?
as for sunZzz i work for one of the better dealerships, well infact ill drop the name, i work for Mangoletsi the country's oldest and largest Alfa Romeo and Fiat dealership... i work in parts so im not going to tell you some marketing crap that fiat passed down, i can only comment on what i know, and i know from workshop requests theyres very little going wrong
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Nope, it's under warrenty so I just need to find the time to drop it in
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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no worries
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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I like these. Ed was saying how good they are on fuel a while back and seeing one earlier today made me thing why not I'm just too tight to spend money!
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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ill rub in that dealership staff can get upto 20% off
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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Like these especially in orange
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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quote: Originally posted by Kurt
ill rub in that dealership staff can get upto 20% off
Can you beat 5.5k on my corsa and get me 20% off?
*seeing it and driving my Corsa today made me wanna keep it *
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