Well, you WOULD say that wouldn't you, it's the typical psyhchological self-soothingness adorned by people who've just bought a Fiat.
Fiat have went been on the brink of going bust due to low sales, and that's not just caused by the stereotype. The only decent recently made Fiat out there is the Panda, and that's purely because it's so relatively simple, it would have been hard for the designers and engineers to have messed up.
A big family Fiat? Not a chance. Unless it was for a max of a couple of years, with a hefty discount on servicing - I do note you got a discount for it, but that purely says they'll be expecting to see you IMHO - I'd not touch it.