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12-05-2006, 10:23 PM
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Girls! Drink! ****! ****!
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Blue Mountains
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Polish Fiat Niki
This is not your standard Fiat Niki. So what is you standard FSM Niki? "Lemon!" by Tony Davis describes it as: "Pocket sized horror", "air cooled two cylinder carburetted screamer with just 652mL of capacity and a manaul choke, if not used judicially, would flood the engine." Then Tony goes on to ponder whether this is a car or lawn mower. Truth is this car, (or the car it once was in the video), was the Polish Falcon, nearly everyone had one and I had the honour of travelling in this beast. But I barley remember anything of it. More stats: Power: 18kW Weight: 600kg NA Options: - Automatic - Air Conditioning - Synchro Gearbox - Radio - Glovebox Hoon Stat: 0 - 80km/h in 30secs (Speedo calibrated to 140km/h, journos struggled to reach 100km/h.) Last year of production: 2000 Number made: Roughly 3 million.
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12-05-2006, 10:39 PM
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Looks like a awesome little car, and would be great with its fuel eco
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12-05-2006, 10:45 PM
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Girls! Drink! ****! ****!
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Honestly I thought the option the lads threw into the video of the steering front and rear would've been more of a talking point.
But hey, dramatic fuel prices forces people to say dramatic things.
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13-05-2006, 11:32 AM
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Not your average EF Wagon
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Altona & Moorabbin
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They awesome for fuel economy and thats about it. It's basically an equivalent to a Matiz/ Charade in Poland.
Seen that video before, fair effort and the thing looks like it hammers, it's not a standard motor in there, thats for sure.
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13-05-2006, 01:53 PM
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Girls! Drink! ****! ****!
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Not a standard rear axle either, or is it front?
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13-05-2006, 04:02 PM
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It is not particularly economical for its size - compare it to something like a Honda Civic VEi of the time for a sense of perspective. This thing was being sold in Australia for $6,990 (originally $7,990) during the EA-ED era. Trouble is, anyone with half a brain would have bought a secondhand KA-KE Laser or something for the same money. A few more interesting stats:
* An inexperienced Wheels tester rolled one onto its roof in what was not a particularly fast corner * The 80-110 km/h time they recorded was 30+ seconds * It was essentially a typical 3rd world facelifted olde worlde Fiat (126 in this case) - no one remembered that the Fiat 126 was hopelessly outclassed by the front-drive BMC Mini and others even back in the '70s. * The Bugs Bunny Show with Sophie Lee gave one away as a prize in the early to mid '90s. It amuses me that it was considered desirable at that time. No comparisons with Falcons please... if judged relative to other offerings of the same era, this without doubt is the worst car to ever set foot on Australian roads. |
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14-05-2006, 08:49 AM
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Location: Melbourne
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LMAO! That vid was funny as!
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14-05-2006, 12:54 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Werribee
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Dont knock the nikki, i am from poland. Mum had one all her life and her mum, mums siter currently has over there and drives it everyday. You cant kill 'em.
On another note i'd love to see the mechanics face when you go in for a wheel alignment. So its got one steering wheel for the front and one for the back wheels right ?
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14-05-2006, 01:18 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Is that your face, or did you neck throw up
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I swa a Niki a few weeks ago that would absoultey rip the paint of your cars as it passes you....... Was not you standard niki...
It was set up as hill climb car. It was completly, guttered roof and pillars chopped off, new seat and steering, Niki motor removed whit a Susuki Hyabusa engine installed. Holy cow this thing looked loke the biggest POS I have ever seen.... But wow,,, it went like the clappers and got one of the fast times for the day...... |
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15-05-2006, 08:53 AM
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Not your average EF Wagon
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15-05-2006, 01:28 PM
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15-05-2006, 06:26 PM
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Does Steve have a car?
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
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We actually owned a Niki, could barely reach 100k's, but my dad still managed to get 2 speeding tickets lol
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15-05-2006, 06:34 PM
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16-05-2006, 08:10 PM
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By far the funniest video i've seen for a while. The two guys driving on the dirt is hilarious! Esp when they it up towards the end there on the bridge behind the truck :P
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17-05-2006, 06:41 PM
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I would love to have 1 of these cars again... It was my first car, and I wish I never sold it... Any1 seen 1 4 sale??? |
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11-01-2008, 01:55 PM
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Location: Berwick, VIC
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I'm from Poland and I used to drive it for a month.
The engine in mine must have been dodgy as the fuel consumption was 10ltr/100km. For a car with ~20 horse power it was BAD
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11-01-2008, 02:06 PM
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You, my polish friend, have one hell of a shovel.
Digging up a thread this obscure is no small feat! |
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