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Fiat recalling more than 18,000 2014 Fiat 500Ls
Associated Press ^
| Mar 15, 2014 11:40 AM EDT
Posted on 03/15/2014 1:04:41 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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posted on
03/15/2014 1:04:41 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
They sold that many?
Actually, those cars are kind of cute, but I’d never buy one.
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posted on
03/15/2014 1:07:27 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Olog-hai
Fiat = Fix It Again, Tony.
3
posted on
03/15/2014 1:08:14 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Olog-hai
Beer can on wheels.
And just about as structurally sound too.
4
posted on
03/15/2014 1:10:32 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare
Yup. I had to rent one on a trip. Car almost didn’t last two days of hard driving.
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posted on
03/15/2014 1:14:54 PM PDT
by
loungitude
(The truth hurts.)
To: Olog-hai
How can failure to shift out of park cause a crash? Seems that it would prevent a crash.. Yeah, it’s a safety feature!
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posted on
03/15/2014 1:15:39 PM PDT
by
loungitude
(The truth hurts.)
To: Olog-hai
Well, it just goes to show how car brand names are really secret acronyms of what you can expect when acquiring their products.
Fix IT Again Tony
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posted on
03/15/2014 1:15:45 PM PDT
by
lbryce
(Obama:The Worst is Yet To Come)
To: Olog-hai
I'd rather have the old one ...
8
posted on
03/15/2014 1:17:30 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Liberty Valance
The old two-cylinder one. Even when I was much thinner, I could not see myself fitting in that car with someone sitting in the passenger seat. How can anyone move the shift lever in that car?
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posted on
03/15/2014 1:19:12 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: loungitude
It looks like a “smart car” rebadged.
10
posted on
03/15/2014 1:23:05 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare
My rental had smoke rising out of it when it returned it to the lot at the airport.
11
posted on
03/15/2014 1:26:12 PM PDT
by
loungitude
(The truth hurts.)
To: loungitude
Yikes!
I had to rent a 2013 Nissan sentra last year.
Acceleration was best described as “not today.”
How did the fiat do in comparison?
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posted on
03/15/2014 1:29:40 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Olog-hai
I saw one of those yesterday, parked on the end of a row of cars along one of Grand Rapids’ long straight row of potholes which has street line markings painted along it; the 500 was sticking out and pushing the street down to one lane, which is amazing, because it’s pretty dinky.
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posted on
03/15/2014 1:34:06 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Darksheare
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posted on
03/15/2014 1:35:36 PM PDT
by
loungitude
(The truth hurts.)
To: Darksheare
The Fiat 500 is SLOWER than a Nissan Sentra!
Even the Abarth version isn’t particularly fast by today’s standards.
Putting the seats very close to the surface of the road gives the illusion of speed, especially in a lightweight vehicle. Think how much fun a go-kart is.
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posted on
03/15/2014 1:38:42 PM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: Olog-hai
Too much reliance on computers???
To: smokingfrog
I had one of these cute Fiats. Fun to drive, pain to keep up.
To: Olog-hai
Fiat - Feeble Italian Attempt (at) Transportation.
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posted on
03/15/2014 2:00:35 PM PDT
by
hondact200
(Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
To: smokingfrog
This is Fiat’s version (well 4 door) of the British Mini cooper.
Neither are stellar cars. I drove the mini’s when they weren’t so high-endy, one from the 80s that looked more like it was on puffy go-cart/lawnmower tires. Putted around a lot of England in one of em.
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posted on
03/15/2014 2:22:39 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Second Amendment First
I had one of those. It was not unusual to park it and find that students had moved it 90 degrees to make it hard to get out of the parking space.
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posted on
03/15/2014 2:26:41 PM PDT
by
Library Lady
(When little men cast long shadows, the day is almost ended. – Paul Harvey)
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