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FastFiat - Oh santa, if you have room in your sack....

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    dcGT
    Registered Users Posts: 948 ✭✭✭dcGT


    That is brilliant. It's like the little Bambino was thrown forward by a sling-shot! How the hell did they stuff a 3.5 V8 into that engine bay?! The engine must be about the same size as the car!

    Nice one.

    DC.


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    Interceptor
    Registered Users Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭Interceptor


    The engine is mid-mounted/rear wheel drive and the 126 was rear-engine/rear wheel drive. I suppose its a bit like the V6 Clio but much smaller? And a lot more dangerous of course - but I'd so love a spin. It would be like being launched into space in your ma's tumble drier.

    'c


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    dcGT
    Registered Users Posts: 948 ✭✭✭dcGT


    interceptor wrote:
    The engine is mid-mounted/rear wheel drive and the 126 was rear-engine/rear wheel drive. I suppose its a bit like the V6 Clio but much smaller? And a lot more dangerous of course - but I'd so love a spin. It would be like being launched into space in your ma's tumble drier.

    'c

    Ah of course, yeah, the motor's in the back. Forgot that. I was wondering why the big high stance at the rear wheels. It would be some craic to drive!
    By the way - here is ye olde proper linky:

    http://www.recoil.cc/l/1ov8100879/movies/fiatvsporche.wmv

    DC.


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,397 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    Super-bambino :D
    interceptor wrote:
    The engine is mid-mounted/rear wheel drive

    The bike style near-wheelie on take off kinda gives that away ;)


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    Interceptor
    Registered Users Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭Interceptor


    unkel wrote:
    Super-bambino :D



    The bike style near-wheelie on take off kinda gives that away ;)
    I'm sure with a little work and practice I could get your Bavarian Milk Wagen to do the same... Although on second thoughts no, pretty smoky circles maybe?

    'c


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,397 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    interceptor wrote:
    I'm sure with a little work and practice I could get your Bavarian Milk Wagen to do the same... Although on second thoughts no, pretty smoky circles maybe?

    'c

    ROFL - you should take over from Jeremy Clarkson and we'd all be better off. Me votes the 'ceptr for motoring journalist of the year :)

    In the meantime let's do a race. Bet ya my teutonic giant milkfloat will do 0-100-0 before your V6-the wife obviously wears the pants-MPV does 0-35
    :p


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    Interceptor
    Registered Users Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭Interceptor


    I'm not even allowed to own pants, much less wear them. Did I mention that I spend every spare moment working on a '69 Mini which is getting a tuned 1275 and electronic ignition? It will only have one seat and very wide tyres but it won't fit any kids or dogs so I can travel in peace....

    There is a nice 850i for sale in Galway at the moment for €14k-ish, I was going to kick its tyres - any opinions? I have had one at number 15 on my Top 50 list for a while.

    'c


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,397 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    interceptor wrote:
    There is a nice 850i for sale in Galway at the moment for €14k-ish

    That might be a steal :eek:

    Why don't ya go take a look. It's probably in a state, but maybe not

    You might drive it for a year or so and then sell it on for the same price you got it for :)


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    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    I just get a 404 message...

    Mike.


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    ubu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 724 ✭✭✭ubu


    i thought i was the only one, any workin links?


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    Interceptor
    Registered Users Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭Interceptor


    ubu wrote:
    i thought i was the only one, any workin links?
    Sorry for the inconvenience - I can't edit the original post to take out those links but I pasted the second link into the browser on my home pc (which incidentally runs on turf and is made from Bakelite) and it runs, so I can only guess that the host site was down for a while - the hamster that spins the wheel that runs the server gets tired and stops every now and then...

    I have lots of oddball video clips and nowhere to host them - anyone point me in the direction of a suitable site? I have a brilliant clip of a guy with one of those standy-uppy scooter thingys outrunning a Camaro - much better than the Fiat 126...

    'c


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    Tommy Vercetti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,105 ✭✭✭Tommy Vercetti


    unkel wrote:
    ROFL - you should take over from Jeremy Clarkson and we'd all be better off. Me votes the 'ceptr for motoring journalist of the year :)

    that sounds like a plan, a damn good one too, Clarkson and Top Gear is so scripted and contrived these days..."oh let's have a another race with another photo finish and then pretend british cars are still british and better than the germans" *yawn*


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