Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Cars, engines... Date: 13 Dec 2025 06:11:19 GMT Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <10guib0$1ai5r$1@dont-email.me> <10h15ek$2cgcb$1@dont-email.me> <10h6jb8$5cd2$1@dont-email.me> <51ahjklsu5lfhmac7rm518jqgb7g2h2n5c@4ax.com> <10hbi4e$1di3b$12@dont-email.me> <10hgacn$2nb2a$1@dont-email.me> <10hhd0a$30anl$6@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net AIQYJaNyoDAdiiJR0w3+vwDKDUHL4t2p+V2n01oLHtUXS48HD9 Cancel-Lock: sha1:qEZvUTDdzB5lRPv4hITYXYFBPyg= sha256:0FOkM9YGr/0oEi8PDrcl8BjO5EgEq97NQm8+s2aaojY= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:78964 alt.comp.os.windows-11:28356 On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 02:52:25 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote: > On 2025-12-12 16:39, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> None of these worth importing to the USA because of Big Beautiful >>> Tariffs,. > > Also, there is no dealer network and spareparts distribution. That is > the real showstopper; that is why Fiat could never be viable in the US: > N o matter what the problem was, the car would sit at the shop until > parts could come in from Europe. (A colleague back in Denmark has the > same issue when he bought a Jauar E-type.) My brush with Fiat was a 124 Sport Spider. I got to visit in the shop frequently and even drove it a couple of times. Meanwhile I was driving a '73 Mustang loaner. The end of the relationship was a rather heated discussion at the dealers. A suitable for work version was 'I'm keeping the Mustang and you keep the @~*&# Spider' I may have threatened to part the Spider in his office. There are a couple of the new 500s around town. I don't know how that's working out for the people.