Ummm hello,
So excited about the 500 I wanted to try and find like minded people. So thanks to google here I am.
I've been following the 500 since the concept, the recent launch prompted me to visit our local fiat dealership to basically just have a nose about. Well I visited the showroom on the 22nd and had placed a order by the 24th
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We currently run a 2004 1.2 panda which bar the radio (which has a mind of its own) has been brilliant. Its the wives car and she was'nt too keen on the 500. Well after a run out in the country side and accidentally passing a fiat dealership I managed to get her to test drive one (a 1.3mjt) lounge spec 500 and a 1.2 grande punto. The g/punto was soooo slow and gutless (nice car though) but the 500 was something else. It was peppy and drove brillantly and the kids fitted nicely in the back.
So we sat and configured our car online and went to 2 dealers to see who could offer the best deal. Both dealerships could'nt of been more helpfull with vospers eventually getting the deal.
We've ordered a 1.2 pop in pasadobla red with black n red interior (good or bad idea?) with 15" sport alloys, side rubbing strips with silver 500 logo's, chrome kit & air con.(with chrome mirrors & small italian badges & my FREE mats to be fitted upon PDI by the dealer). I've not driven a 1.2 so the dealer rang me to say that they had 1 in stock and I was welcome to drive it.It's is a white bog standard 1.2 pop which in its most basic spec and guise has a certain charm about it.
What a little gem, it drives sooooo well and feels much more lively than our panda even though it only had 7 miles on the clock). I had to ask the rep if it was the 1.4 as it felt so different to our 1.2 engined panda.
The point being is try a 1.2 before you buy another motored 500 as it was alot better than I dared hoped.
Sorry to waffle on but the wifes fed up with me talking 500's ALL the time so I need some like minded people.
The new addition to our family is due in late march, which is ages away
Cheers
So excited about the 500 I wanted to try and find like minded people. So thanks to google here I am.
I've been following the 500 since the concept, the recent launch prompted me to visit our local fiat dealership to basically just have a nose about. Well I visited the showroom on the 22nd and had placed a order by the 24th
. We currently run a 2004 1.2 panda which bar the radio (which has a mind of its own) has been brilliant. Its the wives car and she was'nt too keen on the 500. Well after a run out in the country side and accidentally passing a fiat dealership
I managed to get her to test drive one (a 1.3mjt) lounge spec 500 and a 1.2 grande punto. The g/punto was soooo slow and gutless (nice car though) but the 500 was something else. It was peppy and drove brillantly and the kids fitted nicely in the back.So we sat and configured our car online and went to 2 dealers to see who could offer the best deal. Both dealerships could'nt of been more helpfull with vospers eventually getting the deal.
We've ordered a 1.2 pop in pasadobla red with black n red interior (good or bad idea?) with 15" sport alloys, side rubbing strips with silver 500 logo's, chrome kit & air con.(with chrome mirrors & small italian badges & my FREE mats
to be fitted upon PDI by the dealer). I've not driven a 1.2 so the dealer rang me to say that they had 1 in stock and I was welcome to drive it.It's is a white bog standard 1.2 pop which in its most basic spec and guise has a certain charm about it.What a little gem, it drives sooooo well and feels much more lively than our panda even though it only had 7 miles on the clock). I had to ask the rep if it was the 1.4 as it felt so different to our 1.2 engined panda.
The point being is try a 1.2 before you buy another motored 500 as it was alot better than I dared hoped.
Sorry to waffle on but the wifes fed up with me talking 500's ALL the time so I need some like minded people.
The new addition to our family is due in late march, which is ages away
Cheers
