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tom cronin

Am thinking of buying a fiat doblo
« on: February 27, 2012, 08:12:01 pm »
Had one before for awhile and really liked it, lovely to drive, good on fuel ect, but never used to carry any weight on it. Whos got one? Happy with it? Reliable?

Dean Taberner

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Re: Am thinking of buying a fiat doblo
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2012, 08:27:32 pm »
Ive got one on an 05 plate,

Its done around 145000 and drives around 600-700 miles a week,

I dont want to praise it too much as I know what will happen tomorrow if I do.

Dean.
Operations manager at J.V Price Ltd

http://www.thepricegroup.co.uk

tom cronin

Re: Am thinking of buying a fiat doblo
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2012, 09:18:43 pm »
There nice vans, and relativley cheap aswell

AuRavelling79

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Re: Am thinking of buying a fiat doblo
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2012, 11:08:54 pm »
I've got one - 56 plate 1.3 multijet  - 31000 miles had it from new. 730kg payload. Amazing little van.
It's a game of three halves!

tom cronin

Re: Am thinking of buying a fiat doblo
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2012, 11:32:54 pm »
Was wondering about the 1.3 engine, had the 1.9 turbo, was superb engine and drive.
I was concerned about carry the weightof water with such a little engine?

AuRavelling79

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Re: Am thinking of buying a fiat doblo
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2012, 11:34:02 pm »
Mine's a 1.3
It's a game of three halves!

Scrimble

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Re: Am thinking of buying a fiat doblo
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2012, 10:58:14 am »
i have a doblo 1.9 multijet, excellant van, knocked spots off my old vauxhall combo.

Re: Am thinking of buying a fiat doblo
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2012, 11:04:38 am »
1.3 is chain driven very nice van, look up diesel particulate filters and how to stop them clogging up but loads of taxis are these now so you know there good, i get about 44mpg on average

Scrimble

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Re: Am thinking of buying a fiat doblo
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2012, 05:34:54 pm »
the 1.9 multijet doesnt have a dpf filter in the van version

Re: Am thinking of buying a fiat doblo
« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2012, 07:42:49 pm »
cool them dpf are a pain, basically you need to drive it at nice highrevs every now and then like 4th gear for 10 mins at 300000 revs to stop them clogging up which is over a 1000 job, also forte now do a product which helps but i havent got any yet. basically diesels are made to be driven some distance to get to certain temps etc