montravia
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A couple of weeks ago.
Oh, that was nice, turned my head, fleeting glimpse
A new FIAT 124 Spyder
Had a few moments today, trolled around to TH White Swindon.
Looks just my cup of tea. Seems nicely proportioned, not bloated, no pretentious folded paper lines. Very evocative of late 60's classic sports brought up to date. Neat and pretty.
Cockpit feels good, but not sure how my 6 foot 2 wife would cope.
Handbrake correct side for LHdrive, but might be intrusive where it is RHDrive. Otherwise everything seemed to fall to hand well.
I know it's an MX5 floorpan, but with FIAT running gear. Not sure whether that's still good or bad. MX5's used to be very honest little cars, and bulletproof. Don't know now, and the FIAT lumps seem OK if the 500 is anything to go by.
Not overly concerned about out and out performance, the GT will do for me. Just like decent handling in the curves.
Not had a test drive yet
Twin air: Had a few of those in rented 500's. Not impressed, but they were the puny engine version rather than the regular 1200/1400 block, which are fine.
Am I right to deduce that this is to increase lean burn. If it is, it's the same thing that makes the BMW X1 I got for J, so rough sounding, almost diesel. Bit wary.
Turbo'd too, hate any lag in response more than a microsecond.
Anyone have any practical experience of one of these, I'd be very interested to hear.
Pretty, pretty car. Nearly wrapped it up and brought her home
Robin
Oh, that was nice, turned my head, fleeting glimpse
A new FIAT 124 Spyder
Had a few moments today, trolled around to TH White Swindon.
Looks just my cup of tea. Seems nicely proportioned, not bloated, no pretentious folded paper lines. Very evocative of late 60's classic sports brought up to date. Neat and pretty.
Cockpit feels good, but not sure how my 6 foot 2 wife would cope.
Handbrake correct side for LHdrive, but might be intrusive where it is RHDrive. Otherwise everything seemed to fall to hand well.
I know it's an MX5 floorpan, but with FIAT running gear. Not sure whether that's still good or bad. MX5's used to be very honest little cars, and bulletproof. Don't know now, and the FIAT lumps seem OK if the 500 is anything to go by.
Not overly concerned about out and out performance, the GT will do for me. Just like decent handling in the curves.
Not had a test drive yet
Twin air: Had a few of those in rented 500's. Not impressed, but they were the puny engine version rather than the regular 1200/1400 block, which are fine.
Am I right to deduce that this is to increase lean burn. If it is, it's the same thing that makes the BMW X1 I got for J, so rough sounding, almost diesel. Bit wary.
Turbo'd too, hate any lag in response more than a microsecond.
Anyone have any practical experience of one of these, I'd be very interested to hear.
Pretty, pretty car. Nearly wrapped it up and brought her home
Robin