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Originally Posted by DanielDudley
An X1/9 is a lot like a 3/4 scale 308 with a four banger. I still have a soft spot for them, a lot like many have a soft spot for a beetle or a 914.
They took a few SCCA national championships, and I always admired how well the stock ones handled, and how nicely they soaked up New England back road pavement. Fiats were very good to me when I was a kid. It is true that they were not very quick, but they would get up to speed, and I never slowed down.
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I never did officially join the local SCCA region, but did participate in autocrossing with my Fiats. The X 1/9 being E Stock, my 2 main rivals were an MGA and a Mk 1 Spitfire. Both of those guys were founding members of the region. I could sometimes better the time of the Spitfire, but the MGA owner was an excellent driver and I could never beat his times.
Of course every time we competed, the timer would magically fail for those two guys on at least one run and it never failed for me!
What I eventually learned about owning a Fiat: Don't own more than one at the same time as you'll kill the one that you drive to find parts for the one you can't drive!