Got to be bought at that price, I'm with Paul - already got one but not in that colour, shall we go haves Paul?

well thanks for everyones advice, after alot of thought I bought this car

It was a bit of a gamble but im glad I did. went to my locaL coupe specalised (JDM DINO) yesterday to get his verdict.

Turbo = strong and not smokin
manafold = silent
everything else = outstanding

The only thing he could find was a banged up under tray.

all in all the car is machanically sound

how much........£3,300.......Really.......£3,300

You missed a trick there - You should have haggled another £50 off for that tray damage...

Well done mate, really pleased for you - lets see some piccies when you get a chance!

Well done, bargain price.

Best colour Chopper!
The steel ones go a bit faster too...

Well done, That is an amazing price for a late reg low miles LE!!

Other LE owners will be sobbing onto their red leather..

**** SOBS INTO RED LEATHER *****

wow

Bargain! Lucky you. Sometimes gambles do pay off (never for me though!)

Well done !!! Now check the oil level

I have just been sitting in my car crying into my Non LE leather...Sounds a good deal well done...

oh and check the oil.

John

After been erroneously accused on this site a week or 2 ago of being elitist , I fear that if we LE owners are blubbing into our purpose designed, comfortable (yet sporty) red and black leather recaro seats, and now I see our other model leather brethren are similarly affected by this shockingly low price, then how the hell will the 'Clothers' react?!

Joking aside, its great when anyone gets a result like this - be it on a N/A, Turbo, LE or a Plus.

Well done again Choppa, now where are those piccies?

And as John rightly says... check that oil!

Congrats ChopperRead,

What a bargain! Y'see it pays to take a gamble once in a while

Best of luck with it.

£3,300!! (bang head on desk) £3,300!! (bang head on desk) £3,300!! (bang head on head),

pass out with concussion.

Well done Chopper

I reckon you can have a couple of depreciation free years there! Who said Coops were expensive to run

Remind me again, is it the front half or the back half of LE949 that had done 51k miles before the accident?

Jealous? Bitter? Twisted? Yeah, darned right!


Good luck with it




<mutley>gnashing frashing sashing bashing.......</mutley>

But it's got no red key...IT'S WORTHLESS.


...I'll take it off yer hands for a broke R plate 20VT and a gorgeous rodent.


Told you it was a steal

Oil checked

got the car booked into fiat on tusday for a service, the 76,000 mile service to be precise. seeing as the book has not been stamped in 20,000 miles, i thought better to get everything checked and sorted just to be on the safe side.

£600 and thats not including the belt, which should be fine as there is a bill from fiat from 9 months ago saying all the belts where changed.

gonna get the rear disc's and pads replaced at the same time as the brake pedals juddering a bit £250

not to sure what to do about the under tray though, take off and replace £200 or take off and dont replace or just leave it on. not realy sure a this point.

as for pics, ill get some up when we get some good weather a pot of waxs and some tyre slick

DO NOT TAKE TO FIAT

Use a specialist = save money = they know what they are doing

i live in cumbria the very north of england, all the fiat specialists are down south I think?

Chopper... worth the drive .. TRUST ME

And I used to work for Fiat !!!

Get to motomech, plus it's an excuse to drive your new toy for a few hours

I drove from Cumbria to motomech, it is worth it. Remember to take cash.

Get a tray from a breaker, dont buy a new one. Rear brakes should be far cheaper, have then done at motomech or buy from http://www.alternativeautos.co.uk/ and DIY.

DONT TAKE IT TO FIAT.

I hate to burst that bubble but I'd be amazed if it's the rears that are causing that, they don't do much of the braking in a coupé, trust me

NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, DO NOT USE FIAT EVER......

All the money you have saved will be spent at the Fiat Dealership replacing parts that dont need replacing and generally making a massive hash of anything they do.

They *will* bend you over and give you a good sh*fting. You might well just hand over the keys to your house as well .

Now go and write

"I MUST NOT GO TO FIAT EVER OR I WILL BE RIDICULED ON FCCUK"

5000 times.

£600 quid can get you a full (proper) service and belt change at powerfiat or motormech plus a health check and some spare change.

Where do the Glasgow boys go if it's that far to Birmingham - must be closer

More likely to be warped front discs. As stan said, the rear brakes do next to nothing

DO NOT GO TO FIAT!

I made that mistake once......

Roger repaired their mistakes. (Like leaving the oil filter so loose that it was about to fall off. Like failing to notice on a FULL service that the back brakes needed sorting - it failed an MOT two weeks later. etc etc etc)

motormech cant say any more,best fiat specialist in the country i think.excellent work and resonably priced.always honest and straight with you aswell and even mod friendly

As above, get yourself down to Motormech or Powerfiat if you fancy a longer drive. A few hours travel is well worth the piece of mind you'll have!

fiat(county moters in carlisle)..Canseld, Moter-Mech...Booked

Smart move

Having said that, County are okay-ish for parts as long as you give you them the part numbers!


Oh, and Brown Brothers are good for parts too