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Old 02-13-2015, 12:34 PM   #621
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It would be great to see yet another affordable RWD sports car go on sale but after my experience with owning the original Fiat 124, I do not think I could bring myself to buy another Fiat/Alfa Romeo product. That feeling is reinforced by a recent article I read that listed the Fiat 500 as one of the least reliable small cars. Apparently, some things never change.
And how! I had a girlfriend years ago who owned one of the original Spiders. The throttle actually was connected to the carb by wire rope! Cheap and cheesy. I nicknamed it "the Flat."

I didn't marry that girlfriend, BTW. Just couldn't handle the shade tree mechanic relationship with that car. :-)
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