AlunJ
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Anyone ever owned one of these? Particularly looking at the 1.9JTD. I know I'm going to get the standard fix it again tomorrow 
Seen a tidy silver ELX one up for sale locally, and I'd quite like a diesel again. A bit of research tells me they'll remap well but the clutch and flywheels don't seem to be up to much? Anyone have any experience? cheers
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Fix It Again Tony
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I would rather die in a house fire then own a mk1 or mk2 Punto, Mk3's are quite nice though. My mates mk2 use to run out of oil alot, thats all I can tell you.
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AlunJ
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I drove a mates mk1 1.2 sporting... for what it was it was a laugh to drive. He blew the HG on it though
My mums neighbour has a mk2 and it seems to keep going and going and going with no maintenance whatsoever
[Edited on 02-07-2010 by AlunJ]
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Eddx14xe
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My gf has a mk2 1.2 punto, parts are cheap but there cheap for a reason.
In the space of 20,000 miles it went through 4 sets of brake pads. Not sure if thats normal or not? but i havent changed the brake pads on my corsa since ive had it and there fine
[Edited on 02-07-2010 by Eddx14xe]
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adiohead
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Mum and uncle both had HGTs.
1.8l 130bhp. They didn't have any problems.
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AlunJ
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4 sets? must be heavy on the brakes lol!
very tempted to go for a look see if I can swap my corsa for it, I've got that feeling something is going to blow up on mine soon
[Edited on 02-07-2010 by AlunJ]
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Eddx14xe
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quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
4 sets? must be heavy on the brakes lol!
As far as im aware it was a lady owner.
Either she's lewis hamilton's nan or their just no good
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AlunJ
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upgraded brakes and should be good
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chris_uk
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i had a mk1 punto gt and it didnt have any problems. had it for about a year n abit.
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am4nf
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Dont doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo it
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AlunJ
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am4nf
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Seriously mate, Id rather walk than trust a punto
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AlunJ
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can't be all that bad surely
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Twiggy
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I had a mk1 and mk2
Mk1 was good, cheap tyres
Mk2 i hand braked it and went square on into a high cerb, not realising i had snapped the engine mounts the gear box then blew up
Good cars imo, would have another MK2!
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AlunJ
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so someone has something positive to say then i'd be interested in remapping it... apparently with an uprated clutch/fly they are good for 130bhp?
[Edited on 02-07-2010 by AlunJ]
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CORSA NUT
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I had a punto hire car that i had to drive all the way home from Cornwall...7 hour drive....was one of the worst experiences of my life TBH 
I spent most of the way playing with a kind of sport button that did fuck all
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Twiggy
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quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
so someone has something positive to say then i'd be interested in remapping it... apparently with an uprated clutch/fly they are good for 130bhp?
[Edited on 02-07-2010 by AlunJ]
I had the 1242cc?? elx, had a sub in the boot as standard!
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AlunJ
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you're joking? what!
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Eddx14xe
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Same as my girlfriends, didnt even realise until about a week after her getting it when her dad was sorting it out
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deano87
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Well my Punto has been spot on.
The engine in that shape is pretty much the same as in my shape.
Wouldn't like an old shape though - dash lay out is rank.
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Ojc
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You know, my Punto GT is a car that in some ways I had kept.
I bought it with 70k miles on it, done 30k in 18 months without a problem, sold it to AK and Fee ran around in it for a bit with it mapped and they sold it on, was super reliable.
Handled badly though, very badly.
My dad had a 1.6 8v Sporting as well which was a nice car, I've not had a bad experience with Fiat
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AlunJ
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No one I've know who owns a fiat/owned one has a bad word to say about them, which despite the stereotype does fill me with a bit of confidence.
I'd rather a grande punto deano in all honesty, but I don't have much of a budget with a mortgage and debts to pay off
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am4nf
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I bought a mk1 with 12 months mot,
sender unit burst on the way home
Backbox fell off
Manifold blew off
Garage squashed the lambda = overfuelling and wouldnt start, also wouldnt rev past 3k or 80mph after that
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AlunJ
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This is the car in question...
Click here
I expect it's over priced maybe? I don't really know what these go for...?
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am4nf
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if your gona get one, get a 1.8 hgt arbarth one
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