General Test Drive issues

[karlak]

We would really like to try a Twinair with the Dualogic automatic gearbox.

However, it seems that the two Fiat dealers local(ish) to us dont have one to try. They are suggesting a go in the Twinair manual and then try a 1.2 with Dualogic.

I reckon this will give us an idea, but ideally the best test would be to drive the engine and transmission that we would like to buy.

I am guessing the Twinair / Dualogic combo is not a big seller for Fiat, hence the lack of a demostrator on the fleets ??

 

[RobinPJ]

Dualogic is generally quite rare. To my mind an auto for what is quite likely to be a "town car" makes perfect sense.

The reason why they are rare, by all accounts, is that an auto box is disproportionately expensive when the car is "cheap". (I.e., £700 on a £40,000 car is more easily spent than on a £12,000 car.)

 

[ahmett]

We would really like to try a Twinair with the Dualogic automatic gearbox.

However, it seems that the two Fiat dealers local(ish) to us dont have one to try. They are suggesting a go in the Twinair manual and then try a 1.2 with Dualogic.

I reckon this will give us an idea, but ideally the best test would be to drive the engine and transmission that we would like to buy.

I am guessing the Twinair / Dualogic combo is not a big seller for Fiat, hence the lack of a demostrator on the fleets ??

I think it would be best to do what the dealer says and just test them both. In this case you will get a feel for the duallogic and the twinair engine.

 

[RobinPJ]

Where are you Karlak?

There are used Twinair dualogics - which you could test drive no doubt - in London and Slough:

http://usedcars.fiat.co.uk/vehicle.aspx?wflw=se_na_ve_vi&ctr=2138308&vhl=602238753&srcmdc=se_na_re_

http://usedcars.fiat.co.uk/vehicle.aspx?wflw=se_na_ve_vi&ctr=2143935&vhl=602240282&srcmdc=se_na_re_

Edit: Ok, I cocked up the links somehow but if you search on the Fiat website you'll find them.

 

[karlak]

Where are you Karlak?

There are used Twinair dualogics - which you could test drive no doubt - in London and Slough:


Edit: Ok, I cocked up the links somehow but if you search on the Fiat website you'll find them.

Thanks for that.

If we like the look of the manual, we will take a trip over there. We are near Milton Keynes

 

[Dekenba]

I've a twinair dualogic.

It's fine to drive, but if you have driven "normal" auto's, you'll need to pay for ESP, otherwise the car will roll back when you take your foot off the pedals, unlike a normal auto.

This makes the auto a good £1,000 more expensive. I think it's worth it.

 

[Engineered]

I've a twinair dualogic.

It's fine to drive, but if you have driven "normal" auto's, you'll need to pay for ESP, otherwise the car will roll back when you take your foot off the pedals, unlike a normal auto.

This makes the auto a good £1,000 more expensive. I think it's worth it.

...or you could just use the handbrake

 

[TwinAir Newbie]

Your frustration at finding a suitable car to test drive highlights, at least for me, the strange way that new cars are sold through franchised dealers.

Maybe I've got my wires crossed but, apart from perhaps Apple, I can't think off the top of my head another example of what could be interpreted as an anti competitive sales system.

 

[nicks500]

Your frustration at finding a suitable car to test drive highlights, at least for me, the strange way that new cars are sold through franchised dealers.

Maybe I've got my wires crossed but, apart from perhaps Apple, I can't think off the top of my head another example of what could be interpreted as an anti competitive sales system.

This is me being an Apple Fanboy but it is the same because it would be like FIAT opening their own showroom down the road and every dealership trying to compete with them
I think anyone can become an Apple reseller i.e. John Lewis, PC World, Computerwarehouse etc. admittedly it is not cheaper/expensive from them but some of them offer a much more personal service.

 

[TwinAir Newbie]

Yes- Apple wasn't a good example was it!

 

[RobW]

...or you could just use the handbrake

Or the foot brake

 

[chas379]

My Twin Air Dualogic is fine to drive. No complaints re acceleration from standing start. Ok you have to use the handbrake or footbrake to stop you rolling back, but this is an easy discipline to get used to.

I was very lucky as my dealership gave me a call when they got their first TA Dualogic in, I was at the dealership within 20 mins. had a test drive and bought it.