96 year old sells 55 year old Italian Fiat for Nano !!

emkay456 · 25th March 2009, 17:35

Please see the newsreport on the subject below :
96-year-old sells 55-year-old Fiat to buy Nano - Express India

zaks · 25th March 2009, 17:46

What a deal that guy got! But she did the right thing and the Fiat now will be taken care of well and she won't have to worry about spares

Steeroid · 25th March 2009, 17:51

Karl will be heartbroken that he didnt get there first.

Still, you never know - he might just be that "vintage collector"....

hrag · 25th March 2009, 18:22

So the spares issue is a tradition with FIAT?

Looks like the lady was not internet savvy and didn't have the email address of one Mr. M K.

sanjaymugur · 25th March 2009, 21:56

old age really caught up with her...

diabloo · 25th March 2009, 22:02

So what? She is still with the family

(a la Tata-Fiat JV).

prabhuav · 25th March 2009, 22:03

is that buyer a Mr Dhabar?

ariendj · 25th March 2009, 23:06

i liked her statement about waiting for her turn to get the car.seems she is calm and patient in the midst of the whole nano frenzy around.
reminds me of the grand old man who got a life time prepaid mobile connection when he was 99!!!
hoping for a long life....!!

emkay456 · 26th March 2009, 11:36

I admire clear headed 80+ men and women. Am sure they must be exercising their grey cells regularly.

karlosdeville · 4th May 2009, 10:58

Interestingly the charming Ms Vyarawalla never used her name when publishing. She went by the psuedonym Dalda 13, derived from her birth in 1913, her marriage at thirteen, and the license plate on her Fiat which was DLD 13.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steeroid

Karl will be heartbroken that he didnt get there first.

Still, you never know - he might just be that "vintage collector"....

Oh yes indeed, very heartbroken I didn't get there first. Second, well...

karlosdeville · 11th May 2009, 10:24

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Originally Posted by karlosdeville

Oh yes indeed, very heartbroken I didn't get there first. Second, well...

More can be read on the subject here

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/post-1...ml#post1297341

hillram · 11th May 2009, 12:23

Amazing how the lady held on to the 55 year old Fiat all these days.
I gather it was sentimental as most of the old fiats are to their owners - Simply unseparable.

Sam Kapasi · 11th May 2009, 12:34

I think it is a fitting end to this thread that the car was purchased by our very own karlosdeville.

Rotorhead · 11th May 2009, 13:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steeroid

Karl will be heartbroken that he didnt get there first.

Still, you never know - he might just be that "vintage collector"....

there is another thread on the same by karlos, and the car finally does go to Karl at last. What a sweet end to the story isnt it. Mods, time to merge both the threads.

V-16 · 11th May 2009, 14:02

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Originally Posted by prabhuav

is that buyer a Mr Dhabar?

Rather a Mr. Bhote, i would say.

25th March 2009, 17:35	#1
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zaks BANNED Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 952 Thanked: 181 Times View My Garage	What a deal that guy got! But she did the right thing and the Fiat now will be taken care of well and she won't have to worry about spares
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hrag BANNED Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bangalore / Madras Posts: 1,982 Thanked: 31 Times	So the spares issue is a tradition with FIAT? Looks like the lady was not internet savvy and didn't have the email address of one Mr. M K. Last edited by hrag : 25th March 2009 at 18:24.
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diabloo BANNED Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bengalooru Posts: 1,480 Thanked: 17 Times	So what? She is still with the family (a la Tata-Fiat JV).
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ariendj BHPian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 525 Thanked: 156 Times View My Garage	i liked her statement about waiting for her turn to get the car.seems she is calm and patient in the midst of the whole nano frenzy around. reminds me of the grand old man who got a life time prepaid mobile connection when he was 99!!! hoping for a long life....!!
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emkay456 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 388 Thanked: 7 Times	I admire clear headed 80+ men and women. Am sure they must be exercising their grey cells regularly.
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hillram Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 2,942 Thanked: 1,326 Times View My Garage	Amazing how the lady held on to the 55 year old Fiat all these days. I gather it was sentimental as most of the old fiats are to their owners - Simply unseparable.
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Sam Kapasi Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mumbai (but wat Posts: 6,997 Thanked: 2,378 Times View My Garage	I think it is a fitting end to this thread that the car was purchased by our very own karlosdeville.
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