Small Cars in Canada
Nov 25th 2010, 12:11 pm
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Re: Small Cars in Canada
I smell a rat. I reckon lmartin is paying all these people to say that they like the Noddy car.
Nov 25th 2010, 12:25 pm
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Re: Small Cars in Canada
A concern with Fiat, or any other off-beat brand in Canada, is getting it serviced. My VW, for example, currently has three winter tyres and one summer one, pending the importation of the gadget that fits between the wheelbrace and the wheel bolts. Any part takes multiple days to obtain. I imagine a Fiat would be even more difficult to keep runnning than a VW.
Nov 25th 2010, 12:34 pm
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Re: Small Cars in Canada
Nov 25th 2010, 12:38 pm
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Re: Small Cars in Canada
A concern with Fiat, or any other off-beat brand in Canada, is getting it serviced. My VW, for example, currently has three winter tyres and one summer one, pending the importation of the gadget that fits between the wheelbrace and the wheel bolts. Any part takes multiple days to obtain. I imagine a Fiat would be even more difficult to keep runnning than a VW.
Nov 25th 2010, 12:54 pm
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Re: Small Cars in Canada
"Ah yes, that's the adapter for locking nuts" they said
"Do you keep them?"
"No".
At the VW dealer
"You're not even the first person wanting one today, they always break"
"Do you keep them?"
"No. You should have replaced the locking nuts with plain bolts when you got the car"
I bit my tongue. How many times has the car been to the dealer without them suggesting that?
Nov 25th 2010, 1:10 pm
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Re: Small Cars in Canada
In my two-ish years in Toronto I've never laid eyes on a Fiat. Then again, maybe my retinas are damaged from looking at the multitude of minivans being driven by lunatics.
Nov 25th 2010, 1:26 pm
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But he's one of those educated professor types, he's bound to be loaded. Which makes it even stranger that he wouldn't buy a proper car.
In my two-ish years in Toronto I've never laid eyes on a Fiat. Then again, maybe my retinas are damaged from looking at the multitude of minivans being driven by lunatics.
In my two-ish years in Toronto I've never laid eyes on a Fiat. Then again, maybe my retinas are damaged from looking at the multitude of minivans being driven by lunatics.
Nov 25th 2010, 1:28 pm
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Re: Small Cars in Canada
But he's one of those educated professor types, he's bound to be loaded. Which makes it even stranger that he wouldn't buy a proper car.
In my two-ish years in Toronto I've never laid eyes on a Fiat. Then again, maybe my retinas are damaged from looking at the multitude of minivans being driven by lunatics.
In my two-ish years in Toronto I've never laid eyes on a Fiat. Then again, maybe my retinas are damaged from looking at the multitude of minivans being driven by lunatics.
I'm still going with the blackmail threat, that way he can supplement his lavish high rolling lifestyle.
Nov 25th 2010, 2:03 pm
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Re: Small Cars in Canada
There is, of course, the Smart car.
Nov 25th 2010, 2:20 pm
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I have a golf...it's quite nice having the smaller european style car with a zippy engine.
1.2l was the biggest I ever had before, I'm loving my 2.5l now.
1.2l was the biggest I ever had before, I'm loving my 2.5l now.
Nov 25th 2010, 2:36 pm
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I've got a little Volvo C30 which I really like
Nov 25th 2010, 3:16 pm
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Sorry, I have just realised I am being mocked on two threads which makes it hard to keep up!
They have just taken pre-orders for the first 500 limited edition cars. Seems they will arrive in April. I was lucky (yes, go on....) to get one of these.
Unlike dbd I don't spend my days traversing Ontario (I do about 5,000kms or less a year) so am hoping this will make servicing and maintenance less of an issue. However, time will tell. I've had enough dodgy Alfas to be prepared. There was a time when my checked bags to/from the UK basically only contained used car parts....
Sadly, not all academics are created equal. I'm a fairly crap and hence fairly poor one. It would of course help if I didn't keep moving countries... I think the C30 is great, but that is well out of my price range.
I2C - when it arrives I will take you and the dog out in it - it does have a sunroof and (I should point) out extremely good interior space...
They have just taken pre-orders for the first 500 limited edition cars. Seems they will arrive in April. I was lucky (yes, go on....) to get one of these.
Unlike dbd I don't spend my days traversing Ontario (I do about 5,000kms or less a year) so am hoping this will make servicing and maintenance less of an issue. However, time will tell. I've had enough dodgy Alfas to be prepared. There was a time when my checked bags to/from the UK basically only contained used car parts....
Sadly, not all academics are created equal. I'm a fairly crap and hence fairly poor one. It would of course help if I didn't keep moving countries... I think the C30 is great, but that is well out of my price range.
I2C - when it arrives I will take you and the dog out in it - it does have a sunroof and (I should point) out extremely good interior space...