would you compromise on car colour ?

puntofan01 · Apr 12, 2015

The Waugh said:
I did love the Mk2 only go rid of mine because I was in an accident with a rather large Audi. Almost impulse bought a yellow Mk2b the other day. Had to stop myself .

I only traded mine (the grey 1) in due to the very expensive PAS fault it developed last year. When my dad said it wasn't worth fixing, I immediately started looking at Grande Puntos on autotrader, and found my Eleganza straight away, lol!

For daring to damage a Fiat, that audi should've been crushed. With the owner inside, lol!

The Waugh · Apr 12, 2015

puntofan01 said:
I only traded mine (the grey 1) in due to the very expensive PAS fault it developed last year. When my dad said it wasn't worth fixing, I immediately started looking at Grande Puntos on autotrader, and found my Eleganza straight away, lol!

For daring to damage a Fiat, that audi should've been crushed. With the owner inside, lol!

I like the Mk2 in grey. Took me a while to find my GP ended up with my 1.4 active sport after about a month of looking. Most of them I went to see had dodgy front wings and weird panel gaps.

Tell me about it! I think his massive Q5 was worse off than my little punto though

puntofan01 · Apr 12, 2015

The Waugh said:
I like the Mk2 in grey. Took me a while to find my GP ended up with my 1.4 active sport after about a month of looking. Most of them I went to see had dodgy front wings and weird panel gaps.

Tell me about it! I think his massive Q5 was worse off than my little punto though

I was rather attached to my mk2b, and I still miss it, pretty much a year later, lol! The dealer I got mine from also had a 56-plate 1.2 Dynamic 3 dr. When I was looking at them on the website, I was genuinely torn between the 2, lol!

With regards to the q5, I really don't understand why people are so crazy about suvs and crossovers. I actually like owning a Supermini, lol!!

The Waugh · Apr 12, 2015

puntofan01 said:
I was rather attached to my mk2b, and I still miss it, pretty much a year later, lol! The dealer I got mine from also had a 56-plate 1.2 Dynamic 3 dr. When I was looking at them on the website, I was genuinely torn between the 2, lol!

With regards to the q5, I really don't understand why people are so crazy about suvs and crossovers. I actually like owning a Supermini, lol!!

Same! The dealer I went to had a Mk2b in for less than half what I paid for my grande. I was tempted.

No neither do I, they are just massive. I like my nippy little cars. Although realised the other day that my GP is basically the same length as my dads Focus. Super - not so - mini?

puntofan01 · Apr 12, 2015

The Waugh said:
Same! The dealer I went to had a Mk2b in for less than half what I paid for my grande. I was tempted.

No neither do I, they are just massive. I like my nippy little cars. Although realised the other day that my GP is basically the same length as my dads Focus. Super - not so - mini?

The 1.2 Dynamic was still a Grande Punto, but a fairly early 1. Both that had and my 2008 1.4 Eleganza had done 48k, but the Dynamic had the smaller engine, was £600 cheaper, and possibly the slightly better colour, but my Eleganza was newer, had the extra pair of doors, and more kit. It purely came down to condition, lol!

I hate suvs and crossovers, lol! They're completely pointless! Is your dad's focus a mk1?

The Waugh · Apr 12, 2015

puntofan01 said:
The 1.2 Dynamic was still a Grande Punto, but a fairly early 1. Both that had and my 2008 1.4 Eleganza had done 48k, but the Dynamic had the smaller engine, was £600 cheaper, and possibly the slightly better colour, but my Eleganza was newer, had the extra pair of doors, and more kit. It purely came down to condition, lol!

I hate suvs and crossovers, lol! They're completely pointless! Is your dad's focus a mk1?

I do enjoy more kit! I like my cars to have 3 doors though

The 1.2 is a nasty engine to drive compared to the 1.4 imo.

Not sure on the mk, I don't really stay clued with the focus. It's an 02 plate so I'm thinking it's pretty early?

puntofan01 · Apr 12, 2015

The Waugh said:
I do enjoy more kit! I like my cars to have 3 doors though The 1.2 is a nasty engine to drive compared to the 1.4 imo.

Not sure on the mk, I don't really stay clued with the focus. It's an 02 plate so I'm thinking it's pretty early?

Lol! I've never had a 3dr, so I don't know if I could live with the inconvenience, lol! A lot of people say the 1.2 is awful, but my old mk2b was a 1.2 8v, and I thought it was a cracking little engine!

Yep, that is a mk1 focus. There would probably be more of a difference in size if you compared your Grande to a mk2 focus.

The Waugh · Apr 12, 2015

The 1.2 was fine is my mk2 but the grande is a much bigger car so is much heavier. The engine struggles a bit making it horrid to drive. I had one as a courtesy car once. Nearly made them take it back lol!

puntofan01 · Apr 12, 2015

The Waugh said:
The 1.2 was fine is my mk2 but the grande is a much bigger car so is much heavier. The engine struggles a bit making it horrid to drive. I had one as a courtesy car once. Nearly made them take it back lol!

I see, lol!

ScarlettFlame · Apr 15, 2015

I compromised by letting someone else buy me my car... And therefore couldn't veto the colour. Initially hated it, but its grown on me! (I have the pale yellow panda) xxx

CSR dog · Apr 23, 2015

I was after the white AGP and waited months and months for the right one to turn up, the wait was worth it.

Tata4Now · Apr 24, 2015

CSR dog said:
I was after the white AGP and waited months and months for the right one to turn up, the wait was worth it.

You make it sound like you didn't faff for ages when
looking for a new motor......

CSR dog · Apr 25, 2015

Tata4Now said:
You make it sound like you didn't faff for ages when
looking for a new motor......

I did faff for a while i must admit

would you compromise on car colour ?

Currently reading:
would you compromise on car colour ?