Diesel RVs: [diesel_mercedes] Re : Topic Drift : DELETE NOW !

Interestingly , although I grew up in the 1950 & 1960's when Fiat's American products were , uh , um , less than perfect for our driving needs ,it turns out that , like those whacky French cars , once you got your mind around they're -different- in construction , build and maintenance , they're pretty good little cars , super cheap on the gasoline and *very* fun to drive , even the strange ones like the rear
engined 500 / 600's or Multiplias .

Back in the day I had friends who drove and loved them and learned how to keep them running 'On The Cheap ' in spite of seriously heavy use and abuse .

Tom had one once , a cute little thing I *think* was a Coupe , I got to ride in it a few times and it was fast & fun if fairly noisy .

I'm quite glad I never was sucked in by Fiat , Renault or those whacky but very good Poo-Joe's I worked on in the 1970's when I worked for The Tebault Brothers Garage ~ a pair of oddball but highly talented French Mechanics who loved all French Cars .

They taught me much too , especially Adolf who taught me that being rude and abrasive , only drives people away from you.....

Jay , OTOH , took the time to teach me much about not only how to fix this or that but the proper attitude if you want to fix Machines and not go crazy or wind up a hate filled old man like so many Mechanics do (oops) .

I wish I could thank him now .

-Nate
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> That's only true if the scoffers are driving a Jeep made between 1998 and 2007, when Chrysler (and Jeep) were part of Daimler-Chrysler. (Which also roughly co-incides with the period when Chrysler products were of the best build quality since the early '50s, in my opinion....) My wife's '02 Liberty is at least the equal of my '79 SD in that department. Too bad the Liberty's such a gas hog, though....
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> Now, if the scoffers are driving a FIAT, then, you got 'em. FIAT's been the majority stakeholder in Chrysler LLC since 2009. Hopefully, modern Chrysler products will live longer than FIATs.... (At least, the traditional American view of FIATs.)
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> Mark in Lakewood, CO
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