Collection Caper! We buy a Fiat Doblo

In a solo adventure, Siôn heads to Whittlesey to go and look at and purchase a 2005 Doblo for a friend of Jim's. What's it like to drive? How did the purchase go? What's the interior like? Will Siôn make his connecting train at Ely? Watch to find out!
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[@Poppy323F]

I've not seen a nice MK1 Doblo in a while! I remember my grandparents having one on a long-term rental for about a year in the mid 2000's and loved it.

[@Mark_T]

They look a useful machine. It'd make a nice mini-camper conversion.

[@chrisstuart9425]

As a Berlingo owner it's interesting to see the competition 👍

[@volt8684]

Couldnt sell my mk1 berlingo😊

[@badbooks476]

Nice useful car & There are worse places than Ely to be stranded, love the old Antiques place near the river for tools

[@fhwolthuis]

Lovely car! For the radio, it will need swapping the yellow and the red leads, always the case with FIATs

[@ThatMicro43Guy]

I had a double van for many years and loved it. Just watch out for severe rust on the front strut caps, one of mine was holding on with a thread but it’s an easy fix. If it’s the 1.3 engine listen for rattly engine chain as they tend to stretch, again not a silly job to do other than that it was just normal wear & tear problems as with any vehicle. I sold it with 136k on the clock and the next guy drove it for another 30k WITHOUT SERVICING IT!!! The steering wheel is atrocious but I fitted an Alfa Romeo Mito leather wheel/air bag and also the Alfa’s alloy wheels and tyres, straight change. Seats are easy to wear out too so in went the Alfa seats too. A proper little sport mobile, a FIAT Doblo Quadrifoglio lol It only died when he had a huge accident at a junction which wrote it off.

[@MrBrownEscort]

I owned a 2007 SX Multijet. I was so useful having twin sliding doors which fewer vans seemed to have at the time. It was reliable, practical and lovely to drive although the JTD is, in my opinion, the better engine option. The Multijet was a tad underpowered and the mpg couldn't match the larger unit.

[@chrisjames2109]

I quite like the look of that Doblo. Hugely practical

[@darrenwilson8042]

Love the Doblo - love the underdog - love cars that fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch. To find one that is not wheel chair converted is quite the find

[@ColinOBear]

Thank you both! 😁

[@toddredfield4871]

Love your videos! Love the Doblo. I have a Ram Promaster City Wagon here in Idaho. We bought it new in 2016 and it's been great. No diesel option here just the 2.4 tiger shark multi air four cylinder petrol. Look forward to all your videos and maybe one day you'll make it to the states to do a car spotting trip here. Always welcome in Idaho.

[@johnsbox]

Just subscribed, thanks to Ian of Hub Nut fame ;-) Love your channel

[@alsodriven]

Welcome aboard!

[@Yellowmoonhero]

This is a good car 👍, very reliable and good to drive

[@toddredfield4871]

PS: Ram Promaster City is a rebadged Fiat Doblo sold in the states.

[@frothe42]

I did not know that! I happen to like this Fiat Doblo.

[@user-qq9hg8ih4b]

i have a 1.9 doblo, the erg got accidentally unplugged during a service, the engine light came on but the power increased

[@robtt997]

That was a long day for you . But mission accomplished!

[@alsodriven]

Was but it was a lot of fun for very little money which is important in the current economic climate

[@IRLiAm]

You can stand in it? What's your height please

[@woodrow_mayes]

Compared to what's on offer in Northern Ireland, 1.6k is a steal. If it has mot, then she immediately justifies her price in NI

[@alsodriven]

Yes, due to the want for camper conversion these things are at least 3k now for a good un

[@shakeynige]

I have just inherited a 2002 doblo, all seems ok but the wipers wont turn off unless i pull the fuse

[@alsodriven]

Usually it's dry solder in the control module on older Fiats but the doblo isn't something we would be as familiar with

[@shakeynige]

Thanks, i will investigate that, i checked the relay but it seems ok.. Thanks for your response!

[@chrisnicholson3231]

Two hours of eating cake? I don't see the problem with that.

[@manuelaisabel2237]

did you say that you can stand in that high roof car? As far as I know it is 155 cm high inside and I guess you are taller than that 😀

[@alsodriven]

Didn't say we could stand up straight

[@volt8684]

No mention mileage or bonnet open?

[@alsodriven]

Had around 150k on it when we got it. Desperately needed a water pump and cambelt but we ran out of time to film that before it went off to Jim's friend in Belfast

[@Phiyedough]

I had a 2001 Doblo 1.1 petrol but I would never buy another. It's a shame as it was exactly the sort of vehicle I needed but I had constant problems due to the extremely poor build quality. I actually gave it away in the end as I would have felt too guilty about selling it on. It was replaced by a Vauxhall Combo 1.3 CDTi which was a much better vehicle in terms of reliability.

[@alsodriven]

They never made a 1.1 Doblo

[@Phiyedough]

@@alsodriven Sorry, I just looked it up and it was a 1.2 SX. It was 15 years ago and my memory is not the best.

[@alsodriven]

@@Phiyedough oh don't worry, we know the feeling

[@khurmankhanainagul3388]

Haloo

[@khurmankhanainagul3388]

Doblo fiat ies mangoli