A2O Cycle Road Trip 08–Towards Tekapo Cycling
Drop off the car, first day of supported A2O related cycling
Fiat Abarth
AHBART 156k
What is it about round numbers? Glanced down just as AHBART rolled over 156,000km on the way to work yesterday, but pulled over to take the photo!
From no Abarth to an AHBART–My Abarth 500 Esseesse
How I got a new(er) car to partner my Fiat Bravo 155 HGT
Happy Abarthday Tailfin me!
I went for a bike ride after work tonight to try out my “Happy Birthday to me” present which arrived the previous day. It’s an upgrade accessory for my CX/Commute bike, a gorgeous Tailfin Rack and Pannier. The ARC-3 doesn't have rack mounts and although I
Fiat
Agnelli, the man, the documentary
Found this HBO documentary about Gianni Agnelli on Sky NZ while grazing the Soho schedule a couple of weeks ago. Recorded it, just got around to watching it, and so glad I did. While the Agnelli FIAT connection got my attention this was very much about the man, the family,
Fiat 132: rare then, rarer now
Seeing a green Fiat 132 in this Telegraph article reminded me of the first Fiat I drove. Although a slightly earlier model (and GL not GLS) our ‘family car’ was similarly rare, but not exotic, car in New Zealand. Although cheap to medium priced mass market cars in Europe Fiat
In defence of the 308 GT4, in Car
My favourite Ferrari, snapped
A cheap easy Fiat fix!
The interior ventilation fan on the mighty Bravo started making an annoying noise - tick, tick, tick – then stopped entirely. Given it runs almost all the time, not much airflow without it, I guess 16 years spinning had taken its toll. I imagined you’d need to pull the dashboard
Traffic Light Thought–240k OK!
The Flying Spaghetti Machine clicked up its 240,000th kilometre on the way to work this morning. Is that a milestone?
Traffic Light Thoughts
Traffic Light Thought–A kilometre too far, nearly
According to the owners manual a Fiat Bravo HGT has a 60 litre fuel tank. Today I proved after 638.8 kilometres commuting you can put 59.53 litres in so that capacity must be about right. I know you shouldn’t run it that close, my usual fill is
Traffic Light Thought – All the twos!
On the way home from BimAkl happened to notice, and pull over for a photo, when the Bravo odometer hit 222,222km!
Fiat 500s, new and old
The ‘new’ (not by the time I posted this) Fiat 500 TwinAir meets its older sibling. While the new one would be fine as an everyday car the old 500, or Bambina as it was known in NZ, is one for my “When I win Lotto garage”.