Has anyone got any experience of one of these??

This is now on the list for a car for the wife and family days out, whcih is still severla months away ffrom being bought but i intend to do lots or research before buying.

You can pick up a 2004 diesel model for around 4k which seems like a bargain to me.

I had a Stilo dynamic 1.6 a very nice car plenty of kit on it was very ordinary to drive everything was fine until the warranty ran out and it was backward and forward to Fiat nearly every week. I know that it is not a multiwagon but a Stilo all the same I did drive the multiwagon a diesel one and it felt a bit gutless.

I brought a Vrs in the end.

I had a Stilo dynamic 1.6 a very nice car plenty of kit on it was very ordinary to drive everything was fine until the warranty ran out and it was backward and forward to Fiat nearly every week. I know that it is not a multiwagon but a Stilo all the same I did drive the multiwagon a diesel one and it felt a bit gutless.

I brought a Vrs in the end.

I am not going to be buying a vRS for the wife and kids though am i?

Having run a Panda, Uno and Tempra at various times I would not touch Fiat ever again. Build quality (what build quality...?), carp dealers, expensive servicing - something in the brakes steering and suspension needed changing every 6 months. The Stilo will be cheap for reason.

Andy

My attitude towards Fiat has always been as a lot of peoples is, however if you read What car and other reviews of the Multiwagon it does not come out too bad. Also Fiat have supposedly got better over recent years. I am not definatley getting one but i really want to avoid getting a Picasso , which is what the wife would have if it was her choice alone, and going down the mpv route.

Need something safe and cheap to run, enough room for family days out and plenty of storage for going on holiday. I am open to any other suggestions.

Fiat have got better , the Panda was 8th in the Top Gear survey

That particular vintage, I would steer clear of, my Mrs had 3, 2 rejected and taken back by Fiat UK after a battle and 1 that did the distance ..... well 4000 miles before being rear ended by a coca cola truck and written off (ok so not the stilo's fault)

That said, she / we have had 3 punto's, 1 sporting, 2 HGT's and they never ever missed a beat, in fact they where the best small cars I have ever driven

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I had a Fiat Stilo 1.9jtd 3 door. Got to say the car was not bad, apart from the electrics were a bag of poo. The earlier one had so many faults (mostly all fixed around the 2004+ mark).

+ side the are cheap and depreciate like a mofo on speed but cost an arm and leg to repair outside warranty.