Motor Klassik
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fulvia a.i.
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Motor Klassik
there is 2B a Fulvia test in 12.11 Mtr Klssk; I hope it is better written than the MK mini-test of svrl mnths ago; which was written by a drvr who must still learn how a Fulvia to drive ... he wrote "why this car is given rave -eviews in handling dept is beyond me; I turn, it goes straight" ... this is a vry loose translation from Chair Main
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gamma a.i.
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Re: Motor Klassik
Nicely lightly written, nice photos taken from atop a ladder - the report is actually 2 reports - comparing 2 Cpe.
1x white - 1.3S vs 1x red - 1.6HF.
1.6 got all points for being noisy at speed & for 5th gear acceleration from 40kph to 100kph. Strange performance figure to time 40-100 says me.... Hey, who really cares about 40-100 5th gear time?
...but I do understand the point being made....1.6 has loads more tourqe...that can make it a more more more exciting Fulvia to blast around in (as previously reported by Ed. L). 1.3 was just as loud in the wind noise dept.
Author mentioned a 1.6 that he semi-stole (= paid little for) many years ago from a famous then Ferrari dealer - a Cpe which he discovered while on assigment to shoot photos of other cars - yes, from atop a ladder.
Had he not been up on the ladder he wouldn't have seen the 1.6 semi-abandoned, totally-forgotten hidden in a corner. A 1 owner low km Cpe with only a few yrs under its belt; pampered, which he treasured but was dumb enough to sell several years later. He regrets the sale until this day - or so he wrote - in Summmer 2011.
In the report he gave 1.3 got the nod for day to day use - being slightly-quieter & somewhat more civilized
A slight-joke about the trunk/boot being there - but not being there - but being permanently there - permanently filled with the "where else could we have put it?" spare tire - therefore not being there for all dents & porpoises.
1x white - 1.3S vs 1x red - 1.6HF.
1.6 got all points for being noisy at speed & for 5th gear acceleration from 40kph to 100kph. Strange performance figure to time 40-100 says me.... Hey, who really cares about 40-100 5th gear time?
...but I do understand the point being made....1.6 has loads more tourqe...that can make it a more more more exciting Fulvia to blast around in (as previously reported by Ed. L). 1.3 was just as loud in the wind noise dept.
Author mentioned a 1.6 that he semi-stole (= paid little for) many years ago from a famous then Ferrari dealer - a Cpe which he discovered while on assigment to shoot photos of other cars - yes, from atop a ladder.
Had he not been up on the ladder he wouldn't have seen the 1.6 semi-abandoned, totally-forgotten hidden in a corner. A 1 owner low km Cpe with only a few yrs under its belt; pampered, which he treasured but was dumb enough to sell several years later. He regrets the sale until this day - or so he wrote - in Summmer 2011.
In the report he gave 1.3 got the nod for day to day use - being slightly-quieter & somewhat more civilized
A slight-joke about the trunk/boot being there - but not being there - but being permanently there - permanently filled with the "where else could we have put it?" spare tire - therefore not being there for all dents & porpoises.