these seats are god awful looking, who would ever put them in a car needs their head examined!

Originally Posted by PNL

I had two Riva's ..one 1.2 with a chain driven cam and the other was a 1500 belt driven..both used for fishing vehicles cos they went anywere with munimum fuss ..the wife had a Samara as well and it wasnt bad I have to be fair..dealer was very good and when it refused to start one morning they came out changed nearly everything under the bonnet electrical ..he said he couldnt be arsed to do a diag and that his way was the quickest way of getting her back on the road..lol..anyone know if fiat have ever responded to a similar situation.. I will start counting down from one million to zero whil waiting for the flood of replies..

My Dad got the Riva after the floor on his old Peugeot 104 rusted through providing a new window. It was orange with a black vinyl roof and had a Russian tin of touch up paint in the boot.

The Samara, he bought new in 1990. The salesman actually tried to turn him toward an Austin Maestro Had one of the worst put together interiors ever. Honestly, it made a Fiat Uno look like a Mercedes from the 70's.

The last one was a bit ropey. A '91 on an H and he bought it straight after the Samara. Ended up killing it when a tractor ran into him. Was a light impact, but wrote the Riva off. Straight after that, it was the mighty 1 litre 5 door Uno that I learned to drive in

I guess though I just developed a hatred of Ladas due to the ridicule I got at school. Everyone else had fairly normal cars and my Dad came along with his orange Cortina wannabe...not the best impression was left.

Speaking of seats (to get back on topic), that Uno didn't have the nicest pattern of trim in it to say the least

Think you might be counting for a while PNL :)