Good.
I would never, EVER but any Fiat car. Horrible POSs.
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Whatever car, I just thought if this old bastard will cost 200k CZK, we could buy some small city car without any problems for next two three years. They have nothing, anybody, it's a weak box of shitty interior for such money. And if other tired mum drives into me in an SUV, my kids might simply disappear. And to buy something fancier/bigger/stronger would mean just waiting for the problems again. Saab is the devil we know. But first, new transmission.
I wish it was cheap enough to fly me over and replace the transmission for you. Saab is a bit odd with some of their stuff, but the bones are not too hard to work on.
A good used transmission should be easy to find. Definitely take care of other things like the main seals in the area while everything is apart. (Rear main, output shaft seals, dipstick o-ring is often forgotten if it has one)
as an owner of a ducato older than bitcoin, I dare to disagree. Reliable, cheap parts, reasonable fuel economy and sometimes even earns extra sats.
There are exceptions to every rule, but also... Modern Fiats are worse than ever.
but this seems to apply to any fucking car maker. As far as I was able to interact with recent cars (vw, bmw, peugeot), cost cutting is beyond what I could ever imagine.
We had new Škoda a year ago and it was one of my biggest hates ever. Very economical driving, but the foul smell of a new plastic car made my kids actually sick, the autobreaks and "you have an accident" screaming alert for no reason was freaking me off, I had to drive between the lines or ot was again yelling and turning wheel, which is extra fun on a third lane next to two trucks..god I hated the car. Even system didn't work properly. And so expensive, like 900k czk. We ditched it after two months and bought said grandpa Saab for 50k. Apart of all the old car issues the driving is in different league. Every time I drive it it makes me happy for some reason. The Škoda was cancer.
No experience with very modern Fiats but I would say this is general rule of thumb. Modern cars are shit.
At least in EU with all those regulatory requirements. You pay a lot of money for shit you not only don't want but even actively works against you as driver...