Fiat 500 opinion ?

Thanks for the heads up on CarGurus ... finding alot of interesting choices in Cincy area outside of the 500

jharry3 said:

I just can't get past the old saying: Fix It Again Tony.

Reputation is a big problem, since people who have never owned one keep throwing that lame old response around whenever they hear the name Fiat.

So what exactly is unreliable on Abarths? These responses have been among the most vague I have seen on GRM boards. 

einy said:

Thanks for the heads up on CarGurus ... finding alot of interesting choices in Cincy area outside of the 500

Glad my response was helpful in some way.. :-)

I like CarGurus. It's handy. Not perfect but a good complement to Craigslist and eBay.

i'll second cargurus but then I was looking for Versas this past month whilst also peeking at Sentras the former being heavy on the ground around here as are 500s also incidentally.  

GTwannaB said:

So what exactly is unreliable on Abarths? These responses have been among the most vague I have seen on GRM boards. 

I'd like to know myself.  Says the owner of one that had 144 miles on it when he bought it almost 5 years ago, now around 64k.  So many comments from non-owners that live in 1970 with the standard Fix it again Tony comments.  (Psst Tony fixed it.)

In reply to Jerry :

Yep, as I noted earlier, my acquaintance who is a FCA dealer tech had nothing bad to say about their reliability, just that they have a fair number of cheap plastic trim parts that break.