Re: New Stilo JTD Owner

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20 years ago

Sun, Jul 20, 2003 9:40 PM

Just ordered a Stilo JTD Dynamic 3 door today. Can't wait to get it, 4
> weeks delivery is what they quoted. Decided to pay extra for Climate > Control and had to have metallic paint anyway to get a good price on the car > (stock availability). The garage were very helpful, I asked the sales lady > if she had sold many cars (she was new there), her response was 'quite a lot > but' she didn't have a clue what she was doing she just giggles her way > through. My wife really liked her and said it makes a change from the > patronising salesmen we had dealt with in the past and we will certainly go > back to this garage again. > > Does anybody know what teh service costs are for this vehicle, one Fiat > dealers salesman (most useless) couldn't tell me because the service dept > was closed! > > Andy > > > >

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20 years ago

Mon, Jul 21, 2003 6:09 PM

Congratulations, I have a 5 door 1.9 JTD (115hp) active. I found the fiat sales person to be quite un-informed, he had to either refer to sales material or ask someone for answeres almost every question I asked. It did not leave me with a good impressionand the ng postings and forums seem to confirm that fiat dealers are very ignorant about the car, taking multiple visits to resolve problems and giving poor advice.

The real test will be the dealers efficiency either for servicing or repairs, I've had an uno & a tipo in the past & i've heard all the usual complaints about fiat dealers so I am not over hopeful that they've got any better!! First service due in nov so I will let you know how it goes.

I was impressed with the car and equipment levels (although I've heard they've since reduced standard equipment levels)so I bought a pre-registered one from a car supermarket for a huge discount of list. The downside was very little choice, 6 cars no variation except colour although all metalic. I've been very pleased with the reliability (only six mths old soI should think so!), fuel economy (40 mpg around town), drive and the overall build quality.

The real test will be the dealers efficiency either for servicing or repairs, I've had an uno & a tipo in the past & i've heard all the usual complaints about fiat dealers so I am not over hopeful that they've got any better!!

Mike

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20 years ago

Mon, Jul 21, 2003 7:13 PM

Mike,

I got mine pre-registered from a car supermarket, did you have to visit a local Fiat dealership afterwards to register the vehicle on their system for warranty and service reminders etc? I got mine at a fairly good price and had choice of any metallic colour or white.

Cheers,

Andy

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20 years ago

Mon, Jul 21, 2003 8:00 PM

been with the car and as the first reg.owner it's free. You don't need to register for the warranty, I just had to use mine to get a rep.jack, the chap just took the chassi no and my det and it was all OK. Mines a metalic navy blue (not sure if thats the official description), it's a lovely colour and looks even better in the sun. Wish it had a sky roof though! I fitted a sony cd/mp3 player using a fascia adapter.

Mike