Fiat Bravo
Dark(er) wheels on a Bravo HGT
Getting the wheels refurb’ed, same again or dark? Must admit brake dust can mean dark irrespective of the actual wheel colour!
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90s Fiat Coupé style doesn’t age
Nat Twiss of Petrolicious wonders if the Chris Bangle penned 90s Fiat Coupé style has “come of age’'? Has The Chris Bangle-Designed Fiat Coupé Finally Come Of Age? – Petrolicious Have you heard of the Fiat Coupé? I’ll admit, before my father bought one when I was a kid,
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Bravo attracts Panda!
Returned to my parked car to find it had attracted a younger relative. Not just a camera/perspective distortion that the Panda appears taller. A high seating position gives more space in a small car. Bravo Panda Length 4030 3653 Width 1750 1643 Height 1420 1551 Fiats aren't
Dodgy German flow foils Fiat finesse
The Flying Spaghetti Machine is back! Over the past few weeks it occasionally felt odd, with an intermittent throttle lag I can only compare to a poorly engineered turbo installation. Bit of a concern when it is not a turbo! A few days ago the engine system warning light came
The not so mighty Marina
Been scanning some old slides recently. New Zealand, sometime early 80's. The car I learnt to drive in... * Wobbly suspension * Elastic steering * Spongy clutch * Gear shift only vaguely connected to the cogs it was stirring A near new Marina!
Fiat 128 Brochures & Magazine Articles
I’ve got photos of my 2nd car somewhere but they are from a pre-digital era, possibly even some 35mm transparencies! Until I find them the articles and brochures on this site are a great reference: www.mirafiori.com - 128 Brochures & Magazine Articles Car of the Year -
Fiat 127
Traffic Light Thought - Fiat’s 850 vs Mitsi Mirage
This listing on trademe reminded me of a fine little Fiat didn’t own and only ever drove a few times. The price seems a bit OTT but if as good as looks in the photos would be in my “When I win Lotto Garage”, if I had won Lotto.
Traffic Light Thoughts
Traffic Light Thought – The nail in the puddle, what are the odds?
Ok actually a garage thought but anyway; Got home from work on a wet night, car in the garage, fire on, dinner on, telly on, all is well. Later in the evening I need some wood so its out to the garage where where I have a couple of days
Traffic Light Thought – Bravo HGT around the world
According to WolframAlpha clocking up its 166,000’th kilometre means my Fiat Bravo HGT has been around the world just over four times. (166,000 km = 4.1 × equatorial circumference of Earth). I happened to notice it on the odometer sitting at the lights in Henderson on the way
Car’s 50th, my 33rd!
Car Magazine celebrates its 50th birthday in its biggest ever issue, October 2012. I’ve only been reading it for thirty three years, beginning with this Feb 1979 issue. It was probably the Fiat 131 on the cover which got 13 year old Robin’s attention but the contents got
Traffic Light Thought — Does this happen to Corolla drivers?
Although Fiats are not exotic in New Zealand they are fairly rare. I noticed a nice black Stilo Abarth at the lights opposite. Then I noticed its driver looking at my Bravo HGT. When the lights changed we passed with a friendly wave. I bet that doesn’t happen if
Traffic Light Thought – Extreme precision driving, perhaps not?
Was it a display of extreme precision driving to get so close to a gate post it left a mark on the rear wheel arch, which could be buffed off without damage*, or extreme stupidity to be near it at all? * It was a fuzzy rough sawn soft pine post