Is this my next car?
The old battered white Uno is getting near end of days. I kinda feel obliged to get it past 1/4 million km’s but that’s only a few months of city commuting away. Then there is the question of what to...
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Current Affairs
Princess Diana and the white Fiat Uno
Yes I do have a white Uno. Yes it does have a few paint chips, dents and dings but they are the result of 245,000 km commuting, stones, errant supermarket trolleys and the like. This isn’t me!...
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The mighty Fiat Uno to make a comeback!
Fiat are to revive the Uno (will it be Mk3?) as a midi-supermini. The Uno Mk1 set new standards when it arrived it sounds like they are attempting to do that again. Is that an admission the Punto has...
Grande Punto, the big little car gets Fiat back on track
Yet again it’s the little cars that Fiat falls back too when the going gets tough. The Grande Punto, and new Panda, joins the Topolino, Nuovo 500, 128, 127, Uno, Punto and other great little Fiats whi...
Automobile
The Uno lives, will it make 250,000 km?
When you own a fifteen year old car the six monthly Warrant Of Fitness, road worthiness inspection, means a little apprehension. Anything major means the sums don’t add as the repairs rapidly exceed t...
The "Diana crash mystery white Fiat Uno" found?
I’m very unterested in the whole “Diana Conspiracy Thing” but as the driver of a white Uno must admit that this caught my interest. I can say one thing for certain, it was not me! Found: The mys...
Fiat Uno vs Holden Monaro…
5.7 Litre V8 Monaro vs Uno Turbo… No Contest
Morris Marina collectible, I'm driving a "rarity" - Who'd believe that?
I never thought I’d read the words “Morris Marina” and “collectible rarity” in the same sentence! The Morris Marina is on my “Cars I’ve Owned, Driven” list with the comment: “This is very possibly the worst car I've ever driven. The sort of product that made
Cars I've Owned, Driven, Rented
Inspired by Jack Yan's much more exciting list...but with comments & memories. Like my own version of CAR Magazines:The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (GBU). Explore the map (below) by expanding/collapsing the branches, clicking the link icons will show the wikipedia post for that
LJK Setright - Goodbye to a Genius
I started writing this post after hearing the sad news back in September 2005 but couldn’t finish it then. I wanted to write about one of my favourite authors and now I’ve finished reading his last book the time is right. It was going to be a review
Automobile
A tale of two Fiats
In a week of milestones (kilometer’stones?) two involved Fiats; * My mighty Uno achieved “All the Two’s – 222,222” (km) * In a moment I made my Mum's Uno a bit shorter than it oughta be. Thankfully nobody was injured, just a bent car & bruised ego . Never
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The Uno lives - 240,000 km here I come
When you own a fourteen year old car the six monthly Warrant Of Fitness, road worthiness, means a little apprehension. Anything major means the sums don’t add as the repairs rapidly exceed the value of the car! The Mighty Uno got thru requiring only front brake hoses in addition