it bothers me when...

[katsi]

i heard about a cup holder that fits in one of the ashtrays. does anybody know where i could find one of these?

HMMM, I wonder if you could still find one of those old fashoned, plastic cup holders that hang from the space between the window and the door.

[TX82FIAT]

Yep, you can still buy cup holders but you have to order them on the internet. I had family visit in the 70's from Italy for about 6 weeks. One of the unforgettable memories was how much these folks chain smoked. maybe it was just my family or the 70's.

I bothers me when I park my car at a show next to a nicely done muscle car with a 350 or similar and the owner assumes they I have no clue about cras because I drove up in a FIAT. Feels like FIAT discrimination!

[fiat218]

i heard about a cup holder that fits in one of the ashtrays. does anybody know where i could find one of these?

come on really?! an ashtray in a convertible as small a a spider? just leave the cigarette in your mouth and look up once in a while and wa-la! no ash!

Y smoke, don't u know it a nasty gross habit

[spidernut]

It bothers me when people tell me that my car is unreliable. In 12 years of ownership I had one mechanical failure because I didn't replace the magnetic pickup on a 25 year old car (at the time). I wonder if they can say the same about their cookie cutter jelly bean school of design imported non-descript blob of metal?

[azruss]

I drove my 70 spider as a daily driver for 22 years and 295k miles. It has been an extremely reliable car. I dont fret much about people thinking they are reliable. I know this is a well kept secret amongst the clan. It like knowing the punchline of an inside joke.

[Zippy]

It bothers me when people tell me that my car is unreliable. In 12 years of ownership I had one mechanical failure because I didn't replace the magnetic pickup on a 25 year old car (at the time). I wonder if they can say the same about their cookie cutter jelly bean school of design imported non-descript blob of metal?

I bought an 88 Chevy pickup and my 78 Spider within a year of each other. My Chevy has left me stranded 3 times my Fiat never has.

[74ausfiat]

people keep asking about my "corvette"

[katsi]

people keep asking about my "corvette"

So, tell me a little about your corvette.

[seabeelt]

That i have to choose between fixing the leak in the garage roof that drips on the car , or working on the car ( both need new tops)

[fiat218]

That i have to choose between fixing the leak in the garage roof that drips on the car , or working on the car ( both need new tops)

Fix the car

[maytag]

people keep asking about my "corvette"

So, tell me a little about your corvette.

that happened to me yesterday (again). I took mine for a quick spin around the block, and when I was backing it back into the garage, a guy pulled up and asked me "what year?" I told him ' it's a '76", and he looked at me like I was stupid. So I asked him if he knew what it was.... and he said "duh, it's a corvette!"

[fiat218]

people keep asking about my "corvette"

So, tell me a little about your corvette.

that happened to me yesterday (again). I took mine for a quick spin around the block, and when I was backing it back into the garage, a guy pulled up and asked me "what year?" I told him ' it's a '76", and he looked at me like I was stupid. So I asked him if he knew what it was.... and he said "duh, it's a corvette!"

is it ? lol

[74ausfiat]

the next time im asked, im going to say they can buy it for 15k
a steal for a classic vett!


haha!

[bradartigue]

A bothers me list for the Spider? Well...it bothers me when

1) people name their car
2) people remove the bumpers
3) people install a non-FIAT engine (because it never sees the road again)
4) panasports are installed
5) people two-tone the car

Oh I could go on and on. The list gets worse as I get older.

[aj81spider]

A bothers me list for the Spider? Well...it bothers me when

1) people name their car
2) people remove the bumpers
3) people install a non-FIAT engine (because it never sees the road again)
4) panasports are installed
5) people two-tone the car

Given the large number of posts on removing them I thought I was the only one who didn't like the look of a Spider without bumpers! To me it looks like the car has a receding chin.

My joy at seeing this list is tempered, however, by the fact that I have Panasports on one of my Fiats!