FWD Friday - Me Too, Me Too!

"Mikeado" (mikeado) 10/04/2013 at 12:55 • Filed to: FWD Friday, Readers Rides, Shameless Self Plug

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What with all the #ReadersRides popping up here, why not? In fact, all three of these cars are FWD. But I only own one of them. The caravan's not ours.

I probably don't need to blank the plate, but these aren't new images. You can read !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , should you be vaguely interested. Please redirect all "Puto" jokes to someone who understands them.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Mikeado 10/04/2013 at 13:00

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"The stand-out fact about the Grande Punto's styling is that Giorgetto Giugiaro himself styled it to look like a Maserati 3200GT, which, in essence, makes it basically the same car. In my mind."

Is it that trouble-prone? :P

duurtlang > Mikeado 10/04/2013 at 13:13

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Peugeot 406! Now there's a car I like. Some say I'm biased.

Mikeado > duurtlang 10/04/2013 at 13:25

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When we got it 10 years ago, my dad took me out onto a dual carriageway with it for a "test". It was the first time I'd been in a car going 100mph! Stupid white Hyundai or Kia halted our progress...

He loves it in corners - mind you his direct comparison points are a Nissan Serena and a Ford Galaxy - but over time the 2.0 engine has become well past best. Doesn't rev past 5000rpm or so any more, when the redline's 7.

Mikeado > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 10/04/2013 at 13:27

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If anything my Maserati 3200GT has been surprisingly dependable! It's never broken down even with me and my brother neglecting to check the oil much of the time, and the only things that have gone wrong are one or two loose bits of trim.

duurtlang > Mikeado 10/04/2013 at 13:30

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It is good in corners, for the era the chassis is very good. Especially for what it is, a rational comfy family hauler.

I'm sorry to hear about the engine. My 406 (coupe) has a 2.0 as well. I know from experience on the German Autobahn this year mine does rev until the limiter, also when the speed is over 200 km/h. It's only got 192k km on it now though, yours might be a bit more worn.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Mikeado 10/04/2013 at 15:02

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Lucky you, I see Fiat did some amazing progress in ten years. My father's first gen failed hard at everything except rustproofing.