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I saw a poster ad for the new Fiat Punto recently . It said:

- Warning. May contain nuts. -

Is it:
a) Fiat discovers proper mechanical fixings at last,

surely not. How about switches that work.

[non-owner, but co-user of a Panda 1992-1993]

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I saw a poster ad for the new Fiat Punto recently . It said:

- Warning. May contain nuts. -

Is it:
a) Fiat discovers proper mechanical fixings at last,
b) a frank admission that some drivers really are toads,
c) a new directive by evil/meddling/nannying/anti-car government,
d) a refreshing change from normal vomit inducing car ads that try to

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attraction/"lifestyle" ?

I'd have said (b).

The Saxo, and any small Fiat are _the_ car to be seen driving aggressively in IME.

Pete.

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On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 20:25:07 +0100, DavidR did issue forth:

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I saw a poster ad for the new Fiat Punto recently . It said:

As www.sniffpetrol.com put it:

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- Warning. May contain nuts. -

...rolling around in the footwell, and perhaps a mysterious piece of broken plastic in the boot.

Huw "I admit it, I'm a closet petrolhead" Pritchard

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On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 20:25:07 +0100, DavidR did issue forth:

Quoted message said:

I saw a poster ad for the new Fiat Punto recently . It said:

As www.sniffpetrol.com put it:

Quoted message said:

- Warning. May contain nuts. -

...rolling around in the footwell, and perhaps a mysterious piece of broken plastic in the boot.

Huw "I admit it, I'm a closet petrolhead" Pritchard

I know the cure, and it was cobbled together in italy.

"DavidR" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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I saw a poster ad for the new Fiat Punto recently . It said:

- Warning. May contain nuts. -

Is it:
a) Fiat discovers proper mechanical fixings at last,

My first thought was "Dose that imply that some puntos don't contain any nuts? Explains a lot!"

DavidR said:

I saw a poster ad for the new Fiat Punto recently . It said:

- Warning. May contain nuts. -

Is it:
a) Fiat discovers proper mechanical fixings at last,
b) a frank admission that some drivers really are toads,
c) a new directive by evil/meddling/nannying/anti-car government,
d) a refreshing change from normal vomit inducing car ads that try to

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attraction/"lifestyle" ?

The main worry is, its a car ad that actually caught my attention.

Have a look at

sniffpetrol.comindex.htmlOpen ↗

for the alternate tag line at the bottom of the advert.
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I'd have said (b).

The Saxo, and any small Fiat are _the_ car to be seen driving aggressively in IME.

Since when was the Saxo made by Fiat? I think you'll find it is made by the makers of the 2CV6.

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I'd have said (b).

The Saxo, and any small Fiat are _the_ car to be seen driving aggressively in IME.

Since when was the Saxo made by Fiat? I think you'll find it is made by the makers of the 2CV6.

He doesn't say the saxo is made by fiat just that it like small fiats are driven badly.

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I'd have said (b).

The Saxo, and any small Fiat are _the_ car to be seen driving aggressively in IME.

Since when was the Saxo made by Fiat? I think you'll find it is made by the makers of the 2CV6.

He didn't say the Saxo was made by Fiat.
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He doesn't say the saxo is made by fiat just that it like small fiats are driven badly.

Ah yes very true. I'm a Saxo driver :o( (and an ex 2CV driver for that matter)

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I'd have said (b).

The Saxo, and any small Fiat are _the_ car to be seen driving aggressively in IME.

Since when was the Saxo made by Fiat? I think you'll find it is made by the makers of the 2CV6.

I think you'll find that "The Saxo, and any small Fiat" has a different meaning to "The Saxo, and
any other small Fiat".

ME is that the cars with guides on haynes.co.ukmaxpower.aspOpen ↗ are the cars to be seen
driving with loud exhausts and stereos etc., which correlates with but isn't the same as driving
aggressively, with aging Escorts with a fake XR3i badge probably the worst.

(Range shown is Saxo, Nova, Corsa, Fiesta, Escort, Clio, 306, Golf)

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"Pete Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I'd have said (b).

The Saxo, and any small Fiat are _the_ car to be seen driving aggressively in IME.

Since when was the Saxo made by Fiat? I think you'll find it is made by the makers of the 2CV6.

I realise that the Saxo's a Citroen, but I was drawing a parallel between Saxo drivers (IME almost
always driven aggressively), and pretty much any small Fiat (Cinq, Punto et al).

Pete.

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I realise that the Saxo's a Citroen, but I was drawing a parallel between Saxo drivers (IME almost
always driven aggressively), and pretty much any small Fiat (Cinq, Punto et al).

I don't think I've ever seen a Panda driven aggressively. In fact I'm not sure it's _possible_ to
drive a Panda aggressively.

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I realise that the Saxo's a Citroen, but I was drawing a parallel between Saxo drivers (IME
almost always driven aggressively), and pretty much any small Fiat (Cinq, Punto et al).

I don't think I've ever seen a Panda driven aggressively. In fact I'm not sure it's _possible_ to
drive a Panda aggressively.

I'm sure it's possible. It's just that from the outside it probably looks just like "amusingly".
Just like at the circus...

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Is it:
a) Fiat discovers proper mechanical fixings at last,

My first thought was "Dose that imply that some puntos don't contain any nuts? Explains a lot!"

As opposed to spot welds and glue. Makes a change from the salted peanuts that may contain
nuts, if lucky.

Another advert that stands out is the "Happy Brakeing" one with a picture of a speed camera.
Now surely people don't go round faster than the speed limit, and just apply the brakes at the
speed cameras.

- Richard

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I realise that the Saxo's a Citroen, but I was drawing a parallel between Saxo drivers (IME
almost always driven aggressively), and pretty much any small Fiat (Cinq, Punto et al).

I don't think I've ever seen a Panda driven aggressively. In fact I'm not sure it's _possible_ to
drive a Panda aggressively.

:-)

I wasn't thinking that far back.

There's no reason one couldn't be driven aggressively. Some of them had the same 903 engine as the
Uno, and that was no slouch.

OTOH, a FOAF managed to roll his while doing a handbrake turn :-)

Pete.

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Have a look at

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Excellent site. Will keep me amused for some time.

"Pete Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Quoted message said:

I saw a poster ad for the new Fiat Punto recently . It said:

- Warning. May contain nuts. -

Is it:
a) Fiat discovers proper mechanical fixings at last,
b) a frank admission that some drivers really are toads,
c) a new directive by evil/meddling/nannying/anti-car government,
d) a refreshing change from normal vomit inducing car ads that try to

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attraction/"lifestyle" ?

I'd have said (b).

Worrying isn't it?