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 mines a 1991 fiat swift capri and no probs at all

Quote: Originally posted by tentpegjenny on 09/9/2006

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I do remember in the bad old days FIAT  stood for

' Fix It Againnnn Tony'

Am sure things are much better now...

Post last edited on 09/09/2006 18:56:28

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I thought FORD was Fix Or Repair Daily and FIAT was Fix It Again Tommorrow

Nothing wrong with Fiats, the Iveco Daily and the Fiat Ducato are excellent motors.

Hi

We have had a fiat ducato motorhome from new for the last 3 years we had early problems with fuel guage not working, cigarette lighter not working, immobilizer problem where we just had to disconnect it and lately the engine overheats after 1/2 an hours driving and won't start untill it cools down

we have also had problems with the boiler and heater and even after being fixed problem re-occurred and now it is out of warranty!!!

regards

Carmel (new member today)

Ive had 2 ducato`s and havent had one single problem with them at all, travelled thousands of miles in Europe and UK

The latest a 2.8 turbo is excellent, yes the Fifth gear is high but when cruising at 60 the engine is doing a paltry 2000 revs and the fuel economy knocks spots off the competition.

Pulls the 3.8 tonne Autotrail with motorbike and trailer with ease.

Latest outing Berlin 1700 mile round trip

Pete

only 2 issues with our only fiat   - 1. it was underpowered and no fun to drive..     and  2 the dealers were abysmal.  now have VW which is streets ahead on both counts.  

I was quite confident that the Ducato would have gone on and on and on, but it was only really at its happiest on short runs, ie doing the job it was designed for.

Franchises can be lost if the dealer is not giving satisfactory service, or if the marque are unhappy in anyway, [Subaru used to be famous for dropping any suspect dealers for any reason in no time flat] Fiat obviously didn't care about that aspect of their rep.

Fiat my be lower on performance than some of the other makes but they are easily tuned with an add-on tuning module for £150, it takes 15 minutes to fit is easily done by a diy person. and improves the performance by at least 25BHP plus lots more Torque which is what you need with heavy campersand in my case towing.

It basically alters the fueling and increases the power low down and mid range we are not really interested in top speeds.

Having one and going on holiday in Europe i found a vast difference it was a totally different engine and a pleasure to drive, with the high fifth gear and a lot of Autobahn an motorway driving, i was able to stop in fifth were before i would have to go into fourth on occasions. Cruise control is happier with the extra torque. This gave me better fuel consumption so basically its paying for itself.

With the new European Omittions coming into force engine power will be sacrificed to keep within them.