Quick Maestro

Simon · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:10

BigglesPiP said:
Not faster enough to blow a GT away. Despite it's 600cc advantage. Give me a B road.

I don't care about the tuned one, you can tune a Punto too, up to about 1.85bar of boost.

Hahahahaha.

Fanboy alert. That maestro with 316hp will blow away most cars on this forum. Over 300hp/ton is seriously fast.

Since when was a punto a B road weapon

Berger · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:11

BigglesPiP said:
Not faster enough to blow a GT away. Despite it's 600cc advantage. Give me a B road.

I don't care about the tuned one, you can tune a Punto too, up to about 1.85bar of boost.

O RLY!

BigglesPiP · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:12

I said "I don't care about the tuned one". Stop changing the subject.

BigglesPiP · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:13

Berger said:
O RLY!

Yes, there are enough of them out there. Go check the owners forums.

Simon · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:14

BigglesPiP said:
I said "I don't care about the tuned one". Stop changing the subject.

What the subject about a Maestro or the one you created on about a Punto?

BigglesPiP · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:16

Simon said:
What the subject about a Maestro or the one you created on about a Punto?

I think you'll find Lopéz said Punto 1st.

Edit: Damn, keep forgetting: It's still a clapped out from new heap of B.L. junk, Even if it does have a turbo.

Dreadi · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:19

I love it! apart from the body kit and it would kill a punto gt.....

Simon · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:21

BigglesPiP said:
I think you'll find Lopéz said Punto 1st.

Edit: Damn, keep forgetting: It's still a clapped out from new heap of B.L. junk, Even if it does have a turbo.

A turbo doesn't suddenly make a car special you know

There is a sense of irony here though, the guy with a fiat punto calling a Maestro a shed.

BigglesPiP · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:25

Simon said:
A turbo doesn't suddenly make a car special you know

That's exactly my point here, a Maestro will always be a Maestro. The Shed to end all (maybe not the Metro).

There is a sense of irony here though, the guy with a fiat punto calling a Maestro a shed.

Oh? YOu know there is a reason the 176 Punto is the fastest selling car ever. With over 7mil sold in the short production run. It's actually good car.

Simon · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:30

BigglesPiP said:
Oh? YOu know there is a reason the 176 Punto is the fastest selling car ever. With over 7mil sold in the short production run. It's actually a cheap car.

Better

[TW]Fox · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:32

BigglesPiP said:
Oh? YOu know there is a reason the 176 Punto is the fastest selling car ever. With over 7mil sold in the short production run. It's actually good car.

No its not, its a bloody awful car saved only by the Italians obsession with buying small cars made in their own country.

Clarkey · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:35

7 million of them sold? I find that ever-so slightly hard to believe.

BigglesPiP · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:35

Simon said:
Better

A fair point.

But look at it this way, the FIRE engine is long proven, reliable, and good on fuel.

It's fully galvanised from launch, Ford didn't do that with the Fiesta till 2005. And they're still selling the Ka completely un-protected.

Find an owner of one who doesn't begin by telling you how much space there is inside.

[TW]Fox · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:36

Clarkey said:
7 million of them sold? I find that ever-so slightly hard to believe.

It's true

[TW]Fox · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:37

BigglesPiP said:
Find an owner of one who doesn't begin by telling you how much space there is inside.

That sounds like a thrilling conversation waiting to happen.

BigglesPiP · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:40

[TW]Fox said:
No its not, its a bloody awful car.

Any reason for that opinion? Other than the way that until lately the British press slam FIAT.

[TW]Fox · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:43

Mostly the woeful reliability issues which plague the smaller engined Punto's, it's apetite for headgaskets is seconds only to the venerable K Series.

Simon · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:43

BigglesPiP said:
Any reason for that opinion? Other than the way that until lately the British press slam FIAT.

He has driven many cars rather than having a Punto has his first car and not having compared it to anything else.

Simon · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:43

[TW]Fox said:
Mostly the woeful reliability issues which plague the smaller engined Punto's, it's apetite for headgaskets is seconds only to the venerable K Series.

The amount of times i tried to fix the oil leak on my mates 1.2 punto was silly. Think he had about 3 headgaskets go too

BigglesPiP · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:44

[TW]Fox said:
Mostly the woeful reliability issues which plague the smaller engined Punto's, it's apetite for headgaskets is seconds only to the venerable K Series.

They all generally need one around the 80,000/100,000 mile mark. It's still cheaper than the running costs of most of its rivals.