General What car did you sell to buy your 500 and why

[arorat]

Was this to say Maxi is going to blow his top with my question, lol, anyway he took it easy and direct me

 

[zanes]

Maybe pandoras box or a can of worms would have been more appropriate!

 

[306maxi]

Was this to say Maxi is going to blow his top with my question, lol, anyway he took it easy and direct me

It would be fair to say that I can get annoyed when people go on about how no one needs winter tyres in the UK and that they're only for use on snow and ice.

 

[fifi77]

I was going to part-ex my S reg Ford KA3 towards my 1.2 Lounge, but a mate ended up buying it in the end (for bugger all, I might add). It only had 43600 miles on it with a full service history (it was my Dad's from new before it was mine) and had never had a problem a day in its life. But, fond of it as I was, it was definitely time to move on!

 

[Melanabb]

Traded in 2008 Sport 500 for Abarth Punto last year. Although 500 was a joy to drive and trouble free ownership I trusted my lucky star and traded it in for unknown quality that was Punto Abarth. Almost one year later and with only minor niggles, no regrets! More smiles per mile

 

[rallycinq]

I sold my 08 500 MTD to buy my 11 TA by diesel.

Cheating?

Cheers

D

 

[TommyBrown2805]

I went from 59 plate reg fiat panda 100hp (BNW) to 10 reg 1.3 bydiesel (GREEN)

 

[DraigFlag87]

Traded in my 1 year old Panda MJ which i bought new for the Abarth 500.

 

[TwinAir Newbie]

The TA Lounge replaces a Saab 900SE convertible that was starting to get expensive. Last year it needed a new compressor for the AC and a new door lock which cost over £300 fitted!

It was my wife's car and she and my daughter didn't put the roof down that much. My hair didn't mess up so easily!

It'll be a bit sad on super sunny days but the TA is fun and I hope she gets lots of enjoyment out of it and doesn't have to worry about what might go wrong next, as was beginning to happen with the Saab.

 

[RUI]

I sold my 2008 Audi TT when it was a year and a half old because I did not drive it as much as I thought I would.

 

[Londoner]

I sold BMW 3 series compact. It was a fantastic car, but living in London, I needed something economical, so I partxed it for TwinAir Loung that I picked up just this morning. Now lets see how "economical" TwinAir really is. So far I'm loving it. Looks great in Electroclash Grey.

 

[RobinPJ]

I sold BMW 3 series compact. It was a fantastic car, but living in London, I needed something economical, so I partxed it for TwinAir Loung that I picked up just this morning. Now lets see how "economical" TwinAir really is. So far I'm loving it. Looks great in Electroclash Grey.

Welcome aboard.

 

[mark7551]

Astra Convertible for our fiat 500, but soon to be a 500C, roll on summer

 

[psychoticfox]

Im loosing my classic mini...(sob)...hard decision but it needed to be done and theres now way i`m having a bmw mini...lol

ju

 

[multispoke]

BMW 323i '97 with 80K miles sold to part fund a 500 1.4 Black Sport '08
500 1.4 Sport '08 39K sold to fund a 500 1.4 Lounge Funk white '09 4K (done today !)

All come about because of the scrappage scheme (on both ocassions !)but ended up keeping the car to be scrapped - a Marea '00 1.6 weekend with 116K miles

Like the snarl from the 1.4 although it is more mutted in the '09 with the low mileage.

 

[Gordini]

Mini 30. It was fantastic, but just not cut out for those slightly longer journeys. If we get a bigger garage we'll get another Mini for occasional fun.

 

[ovalbeanie]

I'm picking up my twin air Friday morning and will be losing our citroen picasso over the weekend to a friend of my husband who is going to do it up as a project.

I am really looking forward to the new car but worried about losing the space from the picasso. However, it broke down on me yet again just as I was pulling onto the fast lane of the A12 in Essex last week so I think it is time we parted company!

 

[mjsmke]

Part exchanged my 2005 1.2 Punto Active sport for the 1.4 sport.

Punto had a few small problems but had been perfect for 5 years. Wanted something faster and a bit more fun.

 

[arorat]

I sold my 2008 Audi TT when it was a year and a half old because I did not drive it as much as I thought I would.

[FONT=&quot]off topic and what the... how did you take this pic ? it has an inquisitive but a joyous effect on the senses, you feel like touching the screen. The road is like the travelator from Isaac Asimov robot books.[/FONT]

 

[arorat]

I'm picking up my twin air Friday morning and will be losing our citroen picasso over the weekend to a friend of my husband who is going to do it up as a project.

I am really looking forward to the new car but worried about losing the space from the picasso. However, it broke down on me yet again just as I was pulling onto the fast lane of the A12 in Essex last week so I think it is time we parted company!

He will prob pimp the picasso and sell it back to you, good luck with the TA.