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Originally Posted by Sandy G

Italian cars also had reputations in America as being not very good. spotty electrics, rustaholics, unreliable, terrible parts availability, few qualified mechanics, & the ones I've been associated with, seemed like everything seemed too small, cheaply made, & fragile.. But Americans tend-I think-to be rather hard on things, we never check oil levels, or transmission oil levels, brake fluid levels, etc, & then RAISE HELL when the vehicle konks out...And I'm as guilty of it as anyone, I'll be the 1st to admit as much..

At one time it was so bad with Italian cars that people used to joke FIAT was an acronym for "Fix It Again Tony"