New car advice please

MattFalle

oxoman said:

And it's a fiat.

Nothing wrong with that at all. In fact its a bonus.

Like owning an Alfa. Jyst very, very cool.

First.Aspect

MattFalle said:

oxoman said:

And it's a fiat.

Nothing wrong with that at all. In fact its a bonus.

Like owning an Alfa. Jyst very, very cool.

You realise that this is just steroetype cr@p trotted out by lazy motoring journalists, right?

I've rented a few Fiat 500's. For the love of god don't spend actual money on one.

Pross

I had an Alfa Giulietta as a company car as I don't want to follow the crowd and go for a Golf. Within a few months I was wishing I'd gone for the Golf.

MattFalle

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

oxoman said:

And it's a fiat.

Nothing wrong with that at all. In fact its a bonus.

Like owning an Alfa. Jyst very, very cool.

You realise that this is just steroetype cr@p trotted out by lazy motoring journalists, right?

I've rented a few Fiat 500's. For the love of god don't spend actual money on one.

i've driven Abarths and 595s and they are wonderful.

The standard 500 is appalling flaccid and awful.

focuszing723

The most fun car in this segment must be a GR Yaris. It should be good in terms of depreciation too if the miles are reasonable and it's looked after.

MattFalle

agree completely but unfortunately falls out of contention for every single reason that i'm looking for a new car.

First.Aspect

MattFalle said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

oxoman said:

And it's a fiat.

Nothing wrong with that at all. In fact its a bonus.

Like owning an Alfa. Jyst very, very cool.

You realise that this is just steroetype cr@p trotted out by lazy motoring journalists, right?

I've rented a few Fiat 500's. For the love of god don't spend actual money on one.

i've driven Abarths and 595s and they are wonderful.

The standard 500 is appalling flaccid and awful.

They all have a Fisher Price interior though.

elbowloh

Pross said:

I had an Alfa Giulietta as a company car as I don't want to follow the crowd and go for a Golf. Within a few months I was wishing I'd gone for the Golf.

I had a Alfa 145 Cloverleaf 2.0.

Best car I ever had. Loved it, was really quick, it was like a van when I put the back seats down for taking the bike out and never broke down once in 9 years of owning it.

MattFalle

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

oxoman said:

And it's a fiat.

Nothing wrong with that at all. In fact its a bonus.

Like owning an Alfa. Jyst very, very cool.

You realise that this is just steroetype cr@p trotted out by lazy motoring journalists, right?

I've rented a few Fiat 500's. For the love of god don't spend actual money on one.

i've driven Abarths and 595s and they are wonderful.

The standard 500 is appalling flaccid and awful.

They all have a Fisher Price interior though.

nah fam, as they say in Turin.

The 595 is full leather easy to wipe clean, mega sweet.

Agree re the standard ones thougj

MattFalle

Well,

garage has come back with a price for a new one that is below Forces' discount and was going to be my highest price, so will haggle over £500 and a couple of tanks of fuel.

They also have a funky second hand one that I'll borrow and ponder about that.

First.Aspect

MattFalle said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

oxoman said:

And it's a fiat.

Nothing wrong with that at all. In fact its a bonus.

Like owning an Alfa. Jyst very, very cool.

You realise that this is just steroetype cr@p trotted out by lazy motoring journalists, right?

I've rented a few Fiat 500's. For the love of god don't spend actual money on one.

i've driven Abarths and 595s and they are wonderful.

The standard 500 is appalling flaccid and awful.

They all have a Fisher Price interior though.

nah fam, as they say in Turin.

The 595 is full leather easy to wipe clean, mega sweet.

Agree re the standard ones thougj

This is the mistake that Italian and US car manufacturers make. Leather seats does not make a car luxurious if all the other surfaces are made of Bakelite and Lego, the switch gear is from another car and there is an annoying squeak.

rjsterry

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

oxoman said:

And it's a fiat.

Nothing wrong with that at all. In fact its a bonus.

Like owning an Alfa. Jyst very, very cool.

You realise that this is just steroetype cr@p trotted out by lazy motoring journalists, right?

I've rented a few Fiat 500's. For the love of god don't spend actual money on one.

i've driven Abarths and 595s and they are wonderful.

The standard 500 is appalling flaccid and awful.

They all have a Fisher Price interior though.

nah fam, as they say in Turin.

The 595 is full leather easy to wipe clean, mega sweet.

Agree re the standard ones thougj

This is the mistake that Italian and US car manufacturers make. Leather seats does not make a car luxurious if all the other surfaces are made of Bakelite and Lego, the switch gear is from another car and there is an annoying squeak.

Lego is manufactured to surprisingly fine tolerances. Probably finer than a Fiat dashboard.

Pross

rjsterry said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

oxoman said:

And it's a fiat.

Nothing wrong with that at all. In fact its a bonus.

Like owning an Alfa. Jyst very, very cool.

You realise that this is just steroetype cr@p trotted out by lazy motoring journalists, right?

I've rented a few Fiat 500's. For the love of god don't spend actual money on one.

i've driven Abarths and 595s and they are wonderful.

The standard 500 is appalling flaccid and awful.

They all have a Fisher Price interior though.

nah fam, as they say in Turin.

The 595 is full leather easy to wipe clean, mega sweet.

Agree re the standard ones thougj

This is the mistake that Italian and US car manufacturers make. Leather seats does not make a car luxurious if all the other surfaces are made of Bakelite and Lego, the switch gear is from another car and there is an annoying squeak.

Lego is manufactured to surprisingly fine tolerances. Probably finer than a Fiat dashboard.

You'll probably tell me there already are but I'm surprised no-one is using a version of Lego in real-life construction.

rjsterry

Pross said:

rjsterry said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

oxoman said:

And it's a fiat.

Nothing wrong with that at all. In fact its a bonus.

Like owning an Alfa. Jyst very, very cool.

You realise that this is just steroetype cr@p trotted out by lazy motoring journalists, right?

I've rented a few Fiat 500's. For the love of god don't spend actual money on one.

i've driven Abarths and 595s and they are wonderful.

The standard 500 is appalling flaccid and awful.

They all have a Fisher Price interior though.

nah fam, as they say in Turin.

The 595 is full leather easy to wipe clean, mega sweet.

Agree re the standard ones thougj

This is the mistake that Italian and US car manufacturers make. Leather seats does not make a car luxurious if all the other surfaces are made of Bakelite and Lego, the switch gear is from another car and there is an annoying squeak.

Lego is manufactured to surprisingly fine tolerances. Probably finer than a Fiat dashboard.

You'll probably tell me there already are but I'm surprised no-one is using a version of Lego in real-life construction.

Insulated formwork is probably the closest equivalent.



Lego is made of ABS so pretty durable. I have some mid-70s stuff that inherited from a cousin, which my daughters still use today. The colour is a little faded, but otherwise it's still good.

pblakeney

Pross said:

rjsterry said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

oxoman said:

And it's a fiat.

Nothing wrong with that at all. In fact its a bonus.

Like owning an Alfa. Jyst very, very cool.

You realise that this is just steroetype cr@p trotted out by lazy motoring journalists, right?

I've rented a few Fiat 500's. For the love of god don't spend actual money on one.

i've driven Abarths and 595s and they are wonderful.

The standard 500 is appalling flaccid and awful.

They all have a Fisher Price interior though.

nah fam, as they say in Turin.

The 595 is full leather easy to wipe clean, mega sweet.

Agree re the standard ones thougj

This is the mistake that Italian and US car manufacturers make. Leather seats does not make a car luxurious if all the other surfaces are made of Bakelite and Lego, the switch gear is from another car and there is an annoying squeak.

Lego is manufactured to surprisingly fine tolerances. Probably finer than a Fiat dashboard.

You'll probably tell me there already are but I'm surprised no-one is using a version of Lego in real-life construction.

It has been done.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1214729/James-May-size-Lego-house-wants.html

TheBigBean

Isn't a Huf Haus just lego?

First.Aspect

TheBigBean said:

Isn't a Huf Haus just lego?

More expensive

morstar

First.Aspect said:

TheBigBean said:

Isn't a Huf Haus just lego?

More expensive

Which?
Those technik sets cost a Bob or two.

First.Aspect

morstar said:

First.Aspect said:

TheBigBean said:

Isn't a Huf Haus just lego?

More expensive

Which?
Those technik sets cost a Bob or two.

That isn't Lego because you can only make one thing.

surrey_commuter

rjsterry said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

oxoman said:

And it's a fiat.

Nothing wrong with that at all. In fact its a bonus.

Like owning an Alfa. Jyst very, very cool.

You realise that this is just steroetype cr@p trotted out by lazy motoring journalists, right?

I've rented a few Fiat 500's. For the love of god don't spend actual money on one.

i've driven Abarths and 595s and they are wonderful.

The standard 500 is appalling flaccid and awful.

They all have a Fisher Price interior though.

nah fam, as they say in Turin.

The 595 is full leather easy to wipe clean, mega sweet.

Agree re the standard ones thougj

This is the mistake that Italian and US car manufacturers make. Leather seats does not make a car luxurious if all the other surfaces are made of Bakelite and Lego, the switch gear is from another car and there is an annoying squeak.

Lego is manufactured to surprisingly fine tolerances. Probably finer than a Fiat dashboard.

Lego is a brilliant example of a company reinventing itself when faced with the problem of there already being 60 lego bricks for every person on the planet. And managing to avoid the attention of Greta and her mates.

veronese68

First.Aspect said:

morstar said:

First.Aspect said:

TheBigBean said:

Isn't a Huf Haus just lego?

More expensive

Which?
Those technik sets cost a Bob or two.

That isn't Lego because you can only make one thing.

Much like most of the pieces in a Lego Technik kit

rjsterry

surrey_commuter said:

rjsterry said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

First.Aspect said:

MattFalle said:

oxoman said:

And it's a fiat.

Nothing wrong with that at all. In fact its a bonus.

Like owning an Alfa. Jyst very, very cool.

You realise that this is just steroetype cr@p trotted out by lazy motoring journalists, right?

I've rented a few Fiat 500's. For the love of god don't spend actual money on one.

i've driven Abarths and 595s and they are wonderful.

The standard 500 is appalling flaccid and awful.

They all have a Fisher Price interior though.

nah fam, as they say in Turin.

The 595 is full leather easy to wipe clean, mega sweet.

Agree re the standard ones thougj

This is the mistake that Italian and US car manufacturers make. Leather seats does not make a car luxurious if all the other surfaces are made of Bakelite and Lego, the switch gear is from another car and there is an annoying squeak.

Lego is manufactured to surprisingly fine tolerances. Probably finer than a Fiat dashboard.

Lego is a brilliant example of a company reinventing itself when faced with the problem of there already being 60 lego bricks for every person on the planet. And managing to avoid the attention of Greta and her mates.

They are (somewhat belatedly) looking into using recycled plastic.

rjsterry

First.Aspect said:

morstar said:

First.Aspect said:

TheBigBean said:

Isn't a Huf Haus just lego?

More expensive

Which?
Those technik sets cost a Bob or two.

That isn't Lego because you can only make one thing.

Or perhaps you just need more imagination 😉