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Post by Humph on Jun 24, 2021 9:50:10 GMT
I wouldn't be in a rush to own one either. But, I could imagine being happy enough to have one as a holiday renter in a warm place. Go to the beach car sort of thing.
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Post by WDB on Jun 24, 2021 10:02:24 GMT
I don't think I'd fancy teaching someone in a convertible Mini anyway. They are actually banned from being used in driving tests becuase the rearward visibility is so dreadful. Well, I didn’t know that. (Not that Mini convertibles or cars for actual driving tests have ever been high on my interest list, I suppose.) Makes me wonder how a car that doesn’t offer enough visibility from one front seat is still considered good enough from the other, especially when the same car is sold in both LHD and RHD markets. I agree with Vić about the Mini interior in general; an infantile piece of design that favours nostalgic iconography over modern relevance and usability — or is that the government? Or are they both symptoms of the same problem? |
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Post by Humph on Jun 24, 2021 10:04:25 GMT
Come to think, we rented a Vitara convertible on a couple of holidays in Cyprus back along. Not the sort of car you'd find all that useful here of course, and it was a bit ponderous to drive in truth, but it sort of suited the place and the time.
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Post by Humph on Jun 24, 2021 10:07:20 GMT
I quite like the infantile nostalgic iconography in the Renegade.
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Post by WDB on Jun 24, 2021 10:16:19 GMT
We can tell.
Decided on your tyres yet?
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Post by Humph on Jun 24, 2021 10:17:29 GMT
It's called "fun"
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Post by Humph on Jun 24, 2021 10:18:08 GMT
Tyres - erm no, must do that.
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Post by dixinormus on Jun 24, 2021 22:02:52 GMT
Renegade, Fiat 500, Mini, Beetle,... nostalgia ruled in the automotive world for a while there. And they sold millions, so people must like it!
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Post by EspadaIII on Jun 25, 2021 11:31:19 GMT
Wish they would do a modern version of the Alfasud....
No rust, sensible internal controls but same rasping exhaust and handling qualities...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2021 12:08:35 GMT
An Abarth Tipo would be nice, but actually I think the 1.4 T-Jet models, and Alfa TB ones, are porbably pretty close to the spirit of the Sud already.
Or maybe it's rose tinteds on my part.
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Post by Humph on Jun 25, 2021 12:18:30 GMT
The 1.4 turbo as fitted to my wife's car is a sweet little engine.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2021 12:21:20 GMT
Is it the one FIAT call T-Jet, around 120 horses/PSeses, or whatever it is these days? Cos if it is, I might well get one of these if I replace the Civic with a manual. www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202105222951618We'd be engine twins. I reckon the Tipo will be a pretty decent drive with this engine in it. |
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Post by Humph on Jun 25, 2021 12:27:57 GMT
Not sure, but it's supposed to be 140 bhp apparently. Certainly goes well enough. Cheekily throaty too.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2021 12:28:54 GMT
Ah. Bit pokier than in the Tipo then. Needs it with all the extra unnecessary weight and height I suppose.
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Post by Humph on Jun 25, 2021 12:32:32 GMT
Yeah, but it's cool.
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