Author Topic: Looks like I will be selling the 126 (Read 6990 times)

fiatfsm · « **on:** November 08, 2006, 09:29:40 AM »

Its been a long and hard decicsion to make but I think I will have to sell my 126. Its been brought about by a knee condition which makes using the 126 for any distance extremely painful. Anyway at the moment its off the road with no MOT or tax, but come the better weather Ill get an MOT then probably ebay her. Ive owned her since 1999 so its a tough thing to do especially as she is in such great condition.

bis13 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 08, 2006, 10:48:50 AM »

barry dont worry about e bay raffle it on the forum . i can win it then spray it matt black! dont do it you know you will regret it !

Chris Lakin · « **Reply #2 on:** November 08, 2006, 12:00:34 PM »

hi Barry, you dont know how upset i am to hear this :sad: , but we'll get the cara a good home. its in superb condition so wont be hard to find a home for it! We've certainly had some good events with your car, uxbridge, wiltshire, autoitalia will be sad not to see it there.

regards

#Chris

dajwid · « **Reply #3 on:** November 08, 2006, 04:27:02 PM »

Are you really sure? It will really be a shame. You will miss the car, miss the shows and miss the forum.

Sleep on it :wink:

Pete126 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 08, 2006, 06:41:10 PM »

sorry to here that Barry. could'nt you modify the seats to give your knee more support

Chris Lakin · « **Reply #5 on:** November 08, 2006, 06:58:14 PM »

thing is Barry is a big chap pete, would be great if he could though

would be superb if we could sort somthing out for him.

Chris

fiatfsm · « **Reply #6 on:** November 08, 2006, 08:41:39 PM »

basically, having my knee bent for any lenghth of time is killing it. Even in the Panda it hurts. Im not going to do anything about the 126 till spring anyway, by then I hope to have seen a specialist, hopefully he might be able to fix me!!! If I can keep driving the 126 she will stay, will have to see

Chris Lakin · « **Reply #7 on:** November 08, 2006, 09:17:55 PM »

fingers crossed for you mate,

im sorry about your knee, been bad for a while?

regards

Chris

fiatfsm · « **Reply #8 on:** November 08, 2006, 09:27:41 PM »

sure has, been off and on but now more on chris! btw mate, I need to renew my membership, sorry I forgot but havent spoke to you since uxbridge!!!! how do I renew, sorry

Chris Lakin · « **Reply #9 on:** November 08, 2006, 09:52:21 PM »

well lets hope it goes away, once and for all.

Barry membership can be renewed by sending a cheque of Ã‚Â£12 made payable to FIAT 126 CLUB you get a tax disc holder with that

its my own fault i should have sent out reminders to all our members.

Its Ã‚Â£12 for current members to renew and still Ã‚Â£16 for new comers as they get all the bits with it.

there is no hurry to rejoin, you dont have to if you dont want to mate, you can wait and see what happens in the spring.

cheers bud

regards

Chris

fiatfsm · « **Reply #10 on:** November 08, 2006, 10:01:41 PM »

cheers chris, will mail that to you, always like to pay my way :wink:

bis13 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 09, 2006, 08:26:45 AM »

barry rip out the front seats and sit in the back and let your missus do the driving!

Bruce · « **Reply #12 on:** November 09, 2006, 03:13:21 PM »

i am tallish with knee problems too and can't get behind the wheel in a Matiz, but i have no problem with my 126, there is a small mod needed first but after that it is fine. to make the car fit a bigger driver bend the rear stops on the seat runners so you can push the seat all the way back untill it is about an inch away from the rear seat, this has allowed me to drive for many miles without discomfort. only prob is it does not leave much room for rear passengers, they need to sit sideways with their legs in the centre of the car or one leg each side of the front seat.

fiatfsm · « **Reply #13 on:** November 09, 2006, 10:54:15 PM »

I will try that Bruce, just told the wife Im thinking of selling and she said she would divorce me if I sold the 126

I like the idea of shifting the seat though.

Chris Lakin · « **Reply #14 on:** November 09, 2006, 11:02:51 PM »

haha Barry most wives would get the chapaigne out!

sBarry do you have much headroom left? or are you nearly touching roof?

the reason i think its bad for drivers knees is because the seat sinks too much, if you could get the seat higher i think it would take pressure off your knees (as well as move the seat back further)

Barry have you tried fitting a cinq or seicento seat?

regards

Chris