Grow old gracefully (Fiat Coupé in general)

Member Name: Frumious

Product:	Fiat Coupé in general
Date:	14/08/02 (1364 review reads)
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Advantages: fast, sirprisingly practical, remarkably economical

Disadvantages: heavy to insure, 11 points free with every one, you have to eat and sleep too

I'm quite happy to potter around in something sensible now that I've had a couple of years with a Coupe. It is, and I'm sure always will be, the fastest thing I've driven on 4 wheels. More surprisingly, the handling, suspension and brakes are all up to the job, despite being half the price of anything else of remotely comparable performance. Yet more remarkable still I typically got thirty-something to the gallon even when driven quite hard (which was most of the time). I suppose if I had eighty grand to throw at a Porsche then it might be a bit more comfortable inside (or not) but I had no complaints. Look out for used cars with about sixty thousand miles on the clock - it's time for a new cambelt and with the 5-cylinder engine shoehorned into the engine bay it's no joke. Fiat reckon about 24 man-hours to strip the car back to the windscreen and rebuild it - I guess at least a grand to get it done, or just a little more if you wait for it to snap and then get a new clyinder head, pistons and 19 of the 20 valves.

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