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[CHRIS BLUNT]

Hi All,

My name is Chris Blunt
I am old enough to know better
I have been married long enough to know better
I have 3 children so SHOULD know better

Yesterday, She Who Must Be Obeyed bought a Cinquicento Sporting ( yellow )
P-reg, 70k on the clock.

Having insulted Fiats by the above, I must now add that the best drive I have ever had was a Fiat 128 of J-reg ( at the end! ) vintage. Sadly it only lasted 12 months due to a mixture of tin worm and the rear of a stationary Leyland ( sorry about the language ) Princess.

I am a member of the Yahoo list for my own car ( Citroen XM 2.1TDi sx N-reg) and have found it to be a mine of valuable info & ideas so here I am hoping for the same from members here.

My first question ( probably of many ) is,
How can I tell, presumably from the VIN if the car is a Sporting or just a lookalike?

I am not worried about the price as it was ok whichever, but I have to be sure for the insurance. Why do I have doubts? There are a number of quite obvious "add-ons" !

Thanks in advance for any replies I get.

Cheers,

Chris.

 

[chaos]

Hi Chris
:wave:

Right, I reckon it is a Sporting, AFAIK there were no yellow S/SXs made. A couple of pics would be good

 

[James Abarth]

Hi Chris - welcome to the funhouse. Good intro.

 

[AppleSei]

Sportings have a rev counter in the dash and the S and SX does not.

welcome to the forum

 

[jamie86]

As answered in your other thread they are also 1108's

 

[Si - Punto]

Welcome to the forum mate

Apart from what has already been said I cant think of any other distinguishing features of the Sporting that the lower models didnt have

 

[steveyensen]

Hi All,

I am old enough to know better

Still a youngster, mate!

Anyway, Welcome to the forum. You'll find lots of friends on here and plenty of help as there are lots of cinq owners here!

 

[The Trooper]

Welcome, I've always liked Citroen XM's. Very nice cars, big and comfy with weird styling My Dad used to be a Citroen fanatic, so I grew up to like them lol.

 

[steve1219]

Another sensible one
Welcome to the forum

Steve

 

[Little_red_buzz_box]

:wave: cinquecento good choice !!!

lauren xoxox

 

[panda_gal]

hello :wave:

 

[*Hannah*]

Hi welcome to the site

 

[Babysei]

Hallo and Welcome to the Fiat Forum

 

[GhostWKD]

welcome to the forum if its broom yellow chances are its a sporting unless its had a respray