I had a '71 124 spyder.
Great car, never had any problems.

However, if you did not do any maintenance on it (e.g. drove it like many people drove American cars at the time) you would pay for it down the road.

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From: Austin <slyvess1@YAHOO.COM>
> GOTTA throw in my 3c worth...bought a '74 X19 - the year they first came out, a
> seriously dumb move but the s.o. wanted to grab back some of her wasted youth -
> so 30+ years down the road & many other cars having come & gone, to this day the
> fun little Fiat (street legal go cart!!) was the most trouble free vehicle I've
> ever owned...only things close were various motorcycles.   Must have been a true
> Wednesday car.
>
> Austin
>
> Walt Spak <b20swalt@CITY-NET.COM> wrote: Ken,
> I just have to put my 2 cents in.  Here is a guy (Joe), who drives &
> works on Vanagons calling a Fiat junk.  Does anyone else see the humor
> in this?
>
> Once you get that Fiat dialed in, it will be 10 times more reliable than
> a Vanagon.
>
> Walt Spak, who just purchased his 19th Vanagon.
>
>
>
> "Joe" wrote:
>
> > Ken,
> >    Am I reading this right?   IS it you who bought the X19?  Please
> > tell me, who is joking with the list here.... its got to  be a joke....
> >                           I've worked on several of these years
>
>
>
>
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