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What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? #1645473
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I thought I would ask a reasonable question, what do you, if anything dislike about the fiat coupe?

Having had an extended break from them for a fair amount of time I'm going to go ahead and say, wing mirrors. Some one clearly misread the do not scale from drawing note, then installed them upside.

Things I wish fiat did do however, make an automatic, no good reason a gt shouldn't have this, cruse control should have been an option as well as heated seats. All were options on other cars when the fiat couple was in production

Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645475
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The ease of which the door handles and locks freeze!

I don't care about the frozen handbrake, I just learnt not to bother using it laugh

Boot lid hinges!

After 14 years of owning one though, I can't really think of many things that I dislike laugh

Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645476
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A nuisance design feature - when sliding the front seats back they catch on the grab handles sometimes causing them to break over time rolleyes

When the (mostly) passenger seat doesn't lock on the runner and you have to slide it right back to engage it again.


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Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645477
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The turning circle can be a pain at times.


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Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645479
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I suppose the window wipers could be better along with the headlights. The wheels are too small on the NA's too.

But compared to our Alfa Giulietta, the Coupe was very well designed. The ergonomics are great.

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Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645480
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Certainly not a hate but I believe the Coupe should have been a bit bigger to give it a slightly more of Grand Tourer car.

A hatchback as well maybe ?

For me technically and styling wise it’s strange to think that the Audi Quattro came 13 years before the Coupe , rather than the other way round.

Boot hinges . Look almost home made. You used to see on BMWs etc beautifully engineered boot hinges, most of them just use tubes now to cut costs .


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Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645482
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Nit-picking really, but I wish it had 17" wheels rather than 16". I don't like the cheap looking and feeling handbrake/gear lever gaiters. I don't like the font used on the 20v badges. Also agree about the mirrors - they're the least successful styling feature.

Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645483
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Has to be the frozen door locks every winter and the joke turning circle. Everything else is fine, I even like the door mirrors apart from when I need to use them to see something.

Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645484
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The absence of a 6th gear in a VIS.


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Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645485
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A bit more room in the engine bay might have been nice e.g. to change the cam belt. And some less weight at the front of the car.


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Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645486
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What i remember from my first coupe: it rained heavily and I had to open the door. Then the rain dripped into the car from the roof on the seat.


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Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645487
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Two sponges in the engine bay which soak up water


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Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645490
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The only thing I really hated was the local Fiat dealer.

As for things that I'd have liked to be different...

Front seats and roofline could both be 1" or 2" lower
Brakes in general (and rear brakes/handbrake in particular) were never great so could have been improved
Turning circle maybe, then again that's a limitation of the 20v engine being squeezed into the Tipo chassis really
Frozen locks/handbrake as others have mentioned, also headlights
Rear wiper should have been left off, but is easily removed at least smile
Maybe a slightly bigger turbo as standard

Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645491
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Oh god I'd forgot.about the frozen stuff..... I now recall having to limp home as I was low on fuel and the fuel cap lock froze..

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Originally Posted by samsite999
Oh god I'd forgot.about the frozen stuff..... I now recall having to limp home as I was low on fuel and the fuel cap lock froze..


When my coupe was the daily driver, I used to store lock spray at the office and at home. A silicone stick helped against doors being jammed.
No more froozen handbrake after I drippled oil into the handbrake cable.

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Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645522
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1) the lights were rubbish from day one
2) the rain down the neck I can live with; I just swoosh the roof before I get in
3) single flick wipe position on the wipers
4) what's all this about a turning circle? Not a problem on the 16NA smile
5) mirrors are a bit small, but at least they're flat
6) dunno about frozen bits; in 25 years I've never had a brake cable freeze, and only once a lock freeze - the fuel filler. Despite the car living outside for the first 20 years.


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Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645542
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Would have loved the coop to have had frameless windows and be pillarless - however, it would be even less rigid then

Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645543
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...also:

One-shot lift for the passenger window

Tilt-lever on both sides of the passenger seat so it can be done from the driver's seat

Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: jimboy] #1645550
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Originally Posted by jimboy
The turning circle can be a pain at times.

+1 to that....

The poor visibility/blindspot from the a-pilar/rear window/rear drivers grab handle for the driver doing my bike blind spot check..

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Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645555
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Lights and turning circle are frustrating but manageable. The illogical way the wiper stalk works - even after 15 years I still end up with the rear wiper on rather than the front. Actually, it is probably worse now I don't use the car as much, I probably mastered it when it was my daily but they operate in the opposite way to just about any other car I've owned. If after 15 years and 170k miles that is all I can think of it can't be too bad. I love the mirrors, or at least the view through them over the rear haunches.


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Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645578
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I don't find anything illogical about the wiper stalk. But then my other drive is an Alfa and I think they're probably the same. Anyway, I've never thought about it...

Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: wink] #1645581
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I hate that the steering wheel is bigger than the actual wheels.

Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645582
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You should try a Giulietta for weird controls. You can't see see the speedo through the wheel half the time. The wiper controls are not like any other car and you can't see them in the dark either. Oh and the handbrake is a complete afterthought which doesn't go all the way down.....

The Coupe is better designed IMO.

+1 for a 6th gear for the VIS
-1 for turning circle. The VIS 20v is fine. Its just the 20vt presumably due to Alfa steering rack?
+1 for water coming through the window when you go round a corner. Have to remember to wind it up before the corner.

Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645587
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The daily drive is a Giulietta! No problem with seeing the speedo and the wiper controls are fine IMO. Not that I use them much 'cos you can leave the wipers set to automatic. Handbrake works too. No point comparing it with the Coupe - the Giulietta is a typical modern car with engine mapped for torque rather than revs. It has all the things you want e.g. parking sensors, automatic wipers, cruise control etc. and it's a nice drive. In contrast the Coupe feels like the 30 year old design that it is. But it still has the greatest engine, that lovely surge of turbo torque from 3000 - 5000 revs, and it's a delight to look at and to own. I couldn't agree that it's better designed than the Giulietta - the latter is a much more practical everyday car, but the Coupe is more special for sure.

Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: Gripped] #1645590
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Originally Posted by Gripped
You should try a Giulietta for weird controls. You can't see see the speedo through the wheel half the time.




Does the Giulietta steering wheel not have an up/down adjustment?


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Also, the standard ride height is too high.

I don't think I've ever seen any other sports car with a ride height as tall as the Coop's ride height.

The Coop ride height is more like what you would see on a 4x4!

And then of course the small wheels make things look worse.

Re: What do you hate most about the fiat coupe? [Re: samsite999] #1645598
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The floppy chassis
The lack of decent reach adjustment on the steering wheel
The standard seats that offer no support what-so-ever

Nothing that can't be fixed laugh


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Sam what have you done, nobody really likes the coupé deep down frown


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I also don't like the fact that the Coop looks like a sad fish that has come back from the dentist after having all its teeth taken out and now has cotton balls hanging out the sides of its mouth.

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Originally Posted by Edinburgh
Sam what have you done, nobody really likes the coupé deep down frown

Originally Posted by JKD
Also, the standard ride height is too high.

I don't think I've ever seen any other sports car with a ride height as tall as the Coop's ride height.

The Coop ride height is more like what you would see on a 4x4!

And then of course the small wheels make things look worse.


You haven't driven a fiat 500 abarth, it feels like an off roader!

I drove mine for the first time in 2 weeks i think this morning to go to the shop, I forget how much I like it, something does have to go though...

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