Transaxle, eh?

Didn't have one. All Spiders were front engine, rear drive. Very
conventional setup.

sounds like your brother was a kid with a heavy foot.

FIAT, seriously over designed and underbuilt.

tim (past owner of three) o'brien (now I just collect german junk)

>My Brother Thomas, puchased a brand new Fiat Spider when he graduated
>from HS.
>I told him he was insane.
>After he went through 2 engine's and three transaxles, while it was
>under warranty, and the dealer told him do not return with this toilet.
>When it went below 30 degrees, he would push start this junk, with my 54
>Chevy 3/4 ton pickup, because this is just the way it was---( which I
>thought was quite humerous, as the Fiat was pretty new, and the Chevy
>was 18 years old )
>
>The last blast for this vehicle was when a Post Office semi pulled out
>in front of him, and he drove under the semi trailer, cleaning off the
>windsheild, and almost killing him.
>
>To this day all his friends call him "Fiat", in rememberence of this
>toilet he once owned.
>
>Phooey--Ca-Ca !!
>
>             ______________
>            |[  ] [  ] [ ]\
>            |    |    |    |
>      ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-|
>
>Terry--
>74 Campmobile- (Clementine)
>85 GL- (Delilah)
>86 BMW 325 ES- (Eva)
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     "In life, it is much better to want
>something you cannot have---
>
>Than to have something you can't get rid of"
>
>(T.K.)

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