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Re: Fiat Sceicento Sporting

From: steve(at)italiancar.co.uk (SteveH)

Subject: Re: Fiat Sceicento Sporting

Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 23:23:48 +0100

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DanTXD <dan405(at)SdanPontAherMun.com> wrote:

> "SteveH" <steve(at)italiancar.co.uk> wrote in message

> news:1gy643y.bpjgsou5ljo5N%steve(at)italiancar.co.uk...

> > DervMan <dervman(at)ntlworld.com> wrote:

> >

> >> Ford raised the city car game by devising a chassis that slapped

> >> everything

> >> else in the class about the face with a wed haddock in the twisty

> >> material

> >> but also gave it a supple ride and decent motorway refinement.

> >

> > Then lumbered it with a wheezy old pushrod engine and Fisher Price

> > styling.

> >

> > The Cinq. was boxy, but, especially once lowered, looked just *right*.

> >

> > I`ve snipped some stuff, but I`ll refer back to the PAS, aircon etc.....

> > what the *fuck* is the point in stuff like that in a stripped out little

> > hatch? - I mean, it robs the Ka of desperately needed bhp, so you`re

> > better off without it.

> >

> > Cinq. wins every time for me.

>

> On Parkers, it says (or at least, it used to) that the PAS equipped Ka`s

> were about a second slower to 60.

>

> Now THAT`S pittiful :)

*ding*

The Fiat solution for PAS was much better (once it arrived on the Sei) -

they used electric assistance rather than using a power-sapping

hydraulic pump they grabbed from the parts bin.

--

Steve H `You`re not a real petrolhead unless you`ve owned an Alfa Romeo`

http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300 - Alfa 75 TSpark

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SUBJECT: Re: Fiat Sceicento Sporting
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From: "Pete M" <pete.murray(at)blue-nopressedmeat-yonder.co.uk>

Subject: Re: Fiat Sceicento Sporting

Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 23:37:15 +0100

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In news:3h93asFg2kveU1(at)individual.net,

DanTXD <dan405(at)SdanPontAherMun.com> decided to enlighten our sheltered souls

with a rant as follows

> "Pete M" <pete.murray(at)blue-nopressedmeat-yonder.co.uk> wrote in

> message news:42af2b5c$0$18644$14726298(at)news.sunsite.dk...

>> In news:M6xre.14403$jS3.3968(at)newsfe2-win.ntli.net,

[cinqs and seicentos]

>> I drove a hired Seicento poverty model from Amsterdam to Brussels a

>> few years ago. Thrashed it to within an inch of its life all the way

>> there, and just sat at, um, 90ish all the way back.

>>

>> Cost me the equivalent of £14.00 in fuel to do something daft like

>> 500 km. Comfier than the train though.

>>

>

> *shudder* ANYTHING is better than having to resort to public

> transport.

To be honest, Dutch public transport is brilliant, it just wasn`t available

the day I needed it.

--

Pete M

"If it does more than 20 mpg in town, I don`t want it"

Range Rover Vogue SE,

Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2

Ford Capri (ressurection started)

COSOC #5

Scouse Git extraordinaire. Liverpool, Great Britain

SUBJECT: Re: Fiat Sceicento Sporting
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From: "DervMan" <dervman(at)ntlworld.com>

Subject: Re: Fiat Sceicento Sporting

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Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 06:15:44 GMT

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"SteveH" <steve(at)italiancar.co.uk> wrote in message

news:1gy66a5.bi8o6617zy04oN%steve(at)italiancar.co.uk...

> DanTXD <dan405(at)SdanPontAherMun.com> wrote:

>

>> "SteveH" <steve(at)italiancar.co.uk> wrote in message

>> news:1gy643y.bpjgsou5ljo5N%steve(at)italiancar.co.uk...

>> > DervMan <dervman(at)ntlworld.com> wrote:

>> >

>> >> Ford raised the city car game by devising a chassis that slapped

>> >> everything

>> >> else in the class about the face with a wed haddock in the twisty

>> >> material

>> >> but also gave it a supple ride and decent motorway refinement.

>> >

>> > Then lumbered it with a wheezy old pushrod engine and Fisher Price

>> > styling.

>> >

>> > The Cinq. was boxy, but, especially once lowered, looked just *right*.

>> >

>> > I`ve snipped some stuff, but I`ll refer back to the PAS, aircon

>> > etc.....

>> > what the *fuck* is the point in stuff like that in a stripped out

>> > little

>> > hatch? - I mean, it robs the Ka of desperately needed bhp, so you`re

>> > better off without it.

>> >

>> > Cinq. wins every time for me.

>>

>> On Parkers, it says (or at least, it used to) that the PAS equipped Ka`s

>> were about a second slower to 60.

>>

>> Now THAT`S pittiful :)

>

> *ding*

>

> The Fiat solution for PAS was much better (once it arrived on the Sei) -

> they used electric assistance rather than using a power-sapping

> hydraulic pump they grabbed from the parts bin.

And robbed it of feel...

Have you tried the Ka`s PAS?

--

The DervMan

www.dervman.com

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