I was at the grocery store today and spotted a great looking 79 in the lot. Like any good spider owner I waited by the car for it's owner to come back.
With in minutes I was shocked to learn that this guy hadn't heard of fiatspider.com.
Moderately long story short, I believe I have helped keep one more spider on the road. Fingers crossed, I hope he joins.
Joe
May have just helped out a new member
- joelittel
- Patron 2018
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- Your car is a: 1980 Spider 2000 FI
- Location: Evanston, IL
- RRoller123
- Patron 2020
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- Joined: Sun Nov 13, 2011 2:04 pm
- Your car is a: 1980 FI SPIDER 2000
- Location: SAGAMORE BEACH, MA USA
Re: May have just helped out a new member
+1 on this. I have met maybe 4 or 5 Spider owners over the last couple of years, at cars shows, etc. and not a single one of them was aware of our forum. It is amazing that people would engage a project like keeping and maintaining an old car like the Spider and not do even a cursory search for internet support.
'80 FI Spider 2000
'74 and '79 X1/9 (past)
'75 BMW R75/6
2011 Chevy Malibu (daily driver)
2010 Chevy Silverado 2500HD Ext Cab 4WD/STD BED
2002 Edgewater 175CC 80HP 4-Stroke Yamaha
2003 Jaguar XK8
2003 Jaguar XKR
2021 Jayco 22RB
2019 Bianchi Torino Bicycle
'74 and '79 X1/9 (past)
'75 BMW R75/6
2011 Chevy Malibu (daily driver)
2010 Chevy Silverado 2500HD Ext Cab 4WD/STD BED
2002 Edgewater 175CC 80HP 4-Stroke Yamaha
2003 Jaguar XK8
2003 Jaguar XKR
2021 Jayco 22RB
2019 Bianchi Torino Bicycle
- spidernut
- Posts: 1906
- Joined: Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:20 am
- Your car is a: 1979 Fiat Spider Automatic
- Location: Lincoln, CA
Re: May have just helped out a new member
What's the internet? Is that one of those new-fangled things?
John G.
1979 Spider (Owned since 2000)
1971 124 Sport Spider (Owned since 2017)
1977 Spider (Sold 2017)
1979 Spider (Disposed of in 2017)
1979 Spider (Sold 2015)
1980 Spider (Sold in 2013)
1981 Spider (Sold in 1985)
2017 Spider (Owned since 2019)
1979 Spider (Owned since 2000)
1971 124 Sport Spider (Owned since 2017)
1977 Spider (Sold 2017)
1979 Spider (Disposed of in 2017)
1979 Spider (Sold 2015)
1980 Spider (Sold in 2013)
1981 Spider (Sold in 1985)
2017 Spider (Owned since 2019)
- spiderdan
- Patron 2018
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- Joined: Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:30 am
- Your car is a: 1968 124 Sport Spider
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Re: May have just helped out a new member
I thought it was the interwebspidernut wrote:What's the internet?
Dan
1968 124 Sport Spider
"Angelina"
2015 Toyota Camry XSE (hers)
2016 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited (cottage toy)
http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/68spi ... t%20Spider
http://www.youtube.com/user/Coontache/videos
1968 124 Sport Spider
"Angelina"
2015 Toyota Camry XSE (hers)
2016 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited (cottage toy)
http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/68spi ... t%20Spider
http://www.youtube.com/user/Coontache/videos
- joelittel
- Patron 2018
- Posts: 1013
- Joined: Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:53 pm
- Your car is a: 1980 Spider 2000 FI
- Location: Evanston, IL
Re: May have just helped out a new member
Just mentioning this so you guys know, they've got the internet on computers now, check it out sometime.
- spiderdan
- Patron 2018
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- Joined: Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:30 am
- Your car is a: 1968 124 Sport Spider
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Re: May have just helped out a new member
Sure they do and next you'll tell me they have the internet on phones toojoelittel wrote:they've got the internet on computers now,
Dan
1968 124 Sport Spider
"Angelina"
2015 Toyota Camry XSE (hers)
2016 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited (cottage toy)
http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/68spi ... t%20Spider
http://www.youtube.com/user/Coontache/videos
1968 124 Sport Spider
"Angelina"
2015 Toyota Camry XSE (hers)
2016 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited (cottage toy)
http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/68spi ... t%20Spider
http://www.youtube.com/user/Coontache/videos
- RRoller123
- Patron 2020
- Posts: 8179
- Joined: Sun Nov 13, 2011 2:04 pm
- Your car is a: 1980 FI SPIDER 2000
- Location: SAGAMORE BEACH, MA USA
Re: May have just helped out a new member
I hear there are newfangled phones that don't have a rotary dial too.
'80 FI Spider 2000
'74 and '79 X1/9 (past)
'75 BMW R75/6
2011 Chevy Malibu (daily driver)
2010 Chevy Silverado 2500HD Ext Cab 4WD/STD BED
2002 Edgewater 175CC 80HP 4-Stroke Yamaha
2003 Jaguar XK8
2003 Jaguar XKR
2021 Jayco 22RB
2019 Bianchi Torino Bicycle
'74 and '79 X1/9 (past)
'75 BMW R75/6
2011 Chevy Malibu (daily driver)
2010 Chevy Silverado 2500HD Ext Cab 4WD/STD BED
2002 Edgewater 175CC 80HP 4-Stroke Yamaha
2003 Jaguar XK8
2003 Jaguar XKR
2021 Jayco 22RB
2019 Bianchi Torino Bicycle
- btoran
- Posts: 630
- Joined: Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:26 am
- Your car is a: 1975 Fiat 124 Sport Spider
- Location: Northport, NY
Re: May have just helped out a new member
i've got a working desk phone from the 1930's. kids can't figure it out. funny.
1975 Fiat 124 Spider
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- Posts: 124
- Joined: Fri Aug 23, 2013 2:28 pm
- Your car is a: 1977 Fiat Spider
- Location: Lake Norman, NC
Re: May have just helped out a new member
Internet??
Isn't that the network Al Gore invented back in the eighties?? Very old school!
Isn't that the network Al Gore invented back in the eighties?? Very old school!
Fred
Lake Norman, NC
1977 Fiat Spider (current project)
1977 Triumph Bonneville 750 (previous project)
1971 Honda CT-70 K0
1972 Honda CT-70 K1
1990 GMC S-15 Jimmy (Daily driver)
Lake Norman, NC
1977 Fiat Spider (current project)
1977 Triumph Bonneville 750 (previous project)
1971 Honda CT-70 K0
1972 Honda CT-70 K1
1990 GMC S-15 Jimmy (Daily driver)
Re: May have just helped out a new member
Don't know about the Fiat forum?
What do those guys do all day at work?
What do those guys do all day at work?