Club126UK
Welcome to the CLUB126UK Forum => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: RomaCoco on July 15, 2008, 05:08:22 PM
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My mum bought me a 126 as a first car and to learn to drive in.
At first i was scared of it (because the engine was really loud and i kept stalling it) but know iv got acquainted with it, its so much fun to drive and i love it.
At one point we were going to sell it, the advert was up and everything but then we changed our minds and took it down or made it ridiculously high so no-one would buy it.
A few months down the line the car has already cast its spell on us, now we're hooked. Seriously the family VW is sooooooo dull in comparison.
The car is a water cooled, 1991, 9500 mileage, in great condition the paint-work is in great nick shiny and everything (garage kept its whole life) .
Everything is original even it's spare tire has been with it all its life never needed to be changed. It runs perfectly. when we got it serviced as a specialist fiat garage they couldn't find anything needing work to it except the petrol pipe got replaced (because the petrol corroded it a little during the 16 years it had been in there) but even that wasn't necessary.
Since we've had it the engine is sounding ever better as it likes to be used.
...enough of the babble I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS TO ASK..
Reading up on here it sounds like air cooled ones are more sort after, is this because they are older or does it work better somehow??
We paid £2000 for ours, was that a bit foolish? It included tax mot and it was deliverd to us from Bournemouth to london.
I know of a one recently sold for £2995 it was cream with 14000 miles, the advert is in loot, when i called up they said it sold for the asking price.
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Some prefer the aircooled some watercooled. Watercooled is quicker and has a boot, hatchback.
Aircooled is quirky, coughs and splutters and is loved because of that. You mentioned VWs Aircooled camper or watercooled?
Is £2000 too much? You answered your own question. You love the car, it puts a smile on your face and on other peoples face. Nothing needs doing, it is in great nick. You didn't wan't to sell it. Naaaa £2000 was OK.
Many here buy a 126 for £150 and spend a fortune on time and parts getting just right, they are happy doing that, they love to tinker with cars.
Most important is you are happy with the car. They are great fun. Welcome to the mad world of the 126.
Now sell it and get an aircooled :lol: :roll:
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Welcome to our little Club, Comarade.
You have very good taste in motors.
Respect.....Norman
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Hello from a fellow Bis owner! We had the same doubts about having paid too much for ours. It's fairly similar, low mileage, bodywork excellent, service history... but like dajwid said, it doesn't really matter what you or we paid.
I'm learning in mine at the moment and, now I'm used to it, I prefer it to my instructor's car (a new Vauxhall Corsa). I might even take my test in it.
We used to have an aircooled 126 a few years ago, too, but he broke. The Bis has a boot. And it was the right car at the right time, really. You can spend weeks or months trapsing around the country chasing the ideal motor but this one was up for sale locally and we couldn't say no!
It sounds like you're enjoying yours as much as I'm enjoying mine!
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Welcome to the forum mate, and might i just say, great choice fot a first car! :wink:
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wow thanks you guys i love this site so much :D
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good choice, my first car too, and in white aswell, excellent.
at the end of the day you could of gone and spent 5 times that amount on a boring modern car, which is so uncool. 126's are cooler than any modern car.
whereabouts in london are you?
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in the south east of London, in a place called east Dulwich
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hi and welcome to the forum:)
i've got a 1990 aircooled, i think theyre more sought after just cos theyre more different:) there arent that many aircooled cars around these days, mostly just volkswagens. also the aircooled 126 has more fiat microcar heritage as it's more obviously related to the 500.