Father in law is going to look at a Fiat Scudo 05 plate tomorrow, anything he should be looking for?



cheers in advance

 

DO NOT get the non turbo version thet are unbeleivably sluggish. I had one from new and it was not very well built IMO. Loose door handles, and the interior didn't wear to well

 

Yep, something else. Every dealing I've ever had with a Fiat has been a bad one

 

Which engine?

 

girl over the road from me has had 3 of them and none ended well, the italians should stick to obscene supercars and vespas

 

Mate of mine has one, it's had so many replacement parts it's pretty much a completely different van that it started life as lol

 

Go for the older 1.9TD.
Will run on 100% veggie oil, is totally bombproof and you can pick up a full second hand engine for less than £150

 

I've got an old V plate 158k, no rust, starts on the button. door locks are crap so fitted central locking & alarm, love it

log onto the Scudo owners forum, worth its weight...

 

What possessed him to even consider one?utter shite,only the older td motors get any cree as its a pug lump which are good of course but even fiat managed to make them bad!!!
Think of a part of the van that could break and it will,electric power steering issues,injectors/pumps/turbos engine wise,typical iti gearboxes,weak as lager at the Henley regatta,electrics are dismal,we had a ducato thing in,same as a pug boxer,worked fine for 3 days then wouldn't start,the key kept flashing on the dash,turned out the immobiliser module had blown,fiats answer?"oh,common fault,£200 for the part".
Just buy a caddy and be done with it fella,much better vans or if he's after a totally bulletproof (but very slow) van,the Nissan vanette gets my vote,been back and forth to aberdeen 3 times now in mine,laden everytime and it's faultless,good on fuel too,never runs above 1/4 on the temp gauge and cost £10 more in fuel than the ka for the same journey.basic but strong and always starts first time,even in -15 degree winters.
Transit connect would be another shout with the tddi motor in it,their good too.