That is a lovely looking 500. Great black and red combination and the chrome wing mirrors complement it very well. My black 1.4 Sport shares the same centre wheel caps as yours. Many congrats.
Got me thinking about the car I had when I was 21 - a 1980 Ford Cortina 1600L in white (showing my age here but the car was 12 years old when I bought it). Handled like a pig on roller skates and had truly awful brakes but I loved it - really comfortable and I thought it was cool. Not as cool as your 500 though. Cars have come a long way since the early nineties.