came up at the right money and was the best compromise between fun and cheap.

A lot of car for the money too

Many, many moons ago in the early 60's i saw a 500 and vowed then to have one as my first car - and did by a 1958 example in 1977 for £125. It lasted 10 years before falling to bits. Obviously the Fiat bug had bitten and rarely have I been Fiatless since.

Beaudelaire Fleur said:

The 500c drives differently, I swear blind that it does, it feels different, I cannot describe it. Maybe it's just me.

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The 500C is indeed different, it's heavier than the tin top -- by about 30-40kg, I believe

I often look back at my car, when I park it, it's ridiculous but even after 4 years, I still don't get bored of her looks.

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Ha, I do this as well. Admiring your 500 never gets old

I have to admit its good looks still surprise me. Sometimes I glimpse my car from a new angle and I think to myself, "Damn that's fine!".

44sunsets said:

The 500C is indeed different, it's heavier than the tin top -- by about 30-40kg, I believe



Ha, I do this as well. Admiring your 500 never gets old

I have to admit its good looks still surprise me. Sometimes I glimpse my car from a new angle and I think to myself, "Damn that's fine!".

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*grins* I love it "Damn, that's fine!" I am going to have to start saying that out loud !

It was a lot of car for the money. (500 Lounge). No other maker came close. And it looked better.

Finance was good too...

Got mine purely because it was cheap to run and a proven 1.2l motor I can rely on. I do long trips and it does fine with amazing economy.

Fun to drive and just love to drive this everywhere I go. Every time i leave my house this car comes with me and stays with me. I rely on it for work and personal use. I respect it and of course love it's looks.

Without it, I'm nothing. Haha

This is coming from a guy who also have a modified twin turbo weekend car. lol

Mila said:

Got mine purely because it was cheap to run and a proven 1.2l motor I can rely on. I do long trips and it does fine with amazing economy.

Fun to drive and just love to drive this everywhere I go. Every time i leave my house this car comes with me and stays with me. I rely on it for work and personal use. I respect it and of course love it's looks.

Without it, I'm nothing. Haha

This is coming from a guy who also have a modified twin turbo weekend car. lol

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If it goes everywhere with you do you tow it at weekends :devil:

I was having an 'anti flash car' moment coz I couldn't afford to run my 135i due to becoming self employed. My wife had recently got a 500 and I used it a fair bit for work and suddenly realised that I survived a 500 mile day in a 'shopping' car lol.
I loved the retro look and the twinair engine really appealed to me.
I've always enjoyed tinkering with cars and the 500 is so simple I can do stuff on it myself.
That's about it really, I found a pre reg 500 Twinair with £3k off list and here we are 3yrs later : )

I think they're pretty little cars, cheap to run and of course as I found a pink one nearby for sale which I had to have ?