Wow! Thanks a lot, you're just a wealth of knowledge with these threads...that don't look too bad I suppose so it won't be the end of the world! Extra £50 though, every penny counts

Just a quick update.

I have finally had vospers come back to me basically offering me a upgrade to a lounge spec basically for nothing!! Thats the upside, the down side is that it would have to be crossover black With ivory/check interior & esp.

Really don't know what to do now, the deal is too good to miss but would mean we end up with a black car which only looks great when clean. (suppose it would mean I would spend my sundays polishing it). Delivery would only be a few weeks which is a plus.

Black mmmmmmmm not sure although I see its the Italians favourite colour in one of the colour polls, really not sure what to do now tho

Yoshi

yoshi like your currently not on order strip, hilarious If it were me I wouldn't go for it, yes it's a great deal and the 500 will look great in any colour but I think it will look least impressive in black and it's a nightmare to keep clean it does look stunning in red, it would sit on your drive and you would love it but you would always think of that red The ivory check interior is great though as we are getting that in our lounge....err not in our lounge at home you understand as that wouldn't be great, but well you know what I mean. Don't do it!!!!!!

andy armitage said:

the 500 will look great in any colour but I think it will look least impressive in black

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I can't agree with you on that one I'm afraid!

Fair point suasexed it does look superb trust you to find such good pictures, if it has the ivory ambience like the one in the picture that would be great, but again if it were me I wouldn't do it get the colour and spec you want as you have to live with it once you buy it, and don't forget they look great in black when clean but black gets filthy almost immediately and that would drive me insane, but hey that's just my opinion I bet most others will say go for it Linda has just looked at the black and said in her opinion it does nothing for the car she doesn't like it at all but she loves the red one. It's not the sort of car that needs to be black to look great like a lot of other small cars that's her opinion of which there will be many.

You either love black cars, or you don't. I don't, at all. I reckon the little car looks cutest in plain old white, but I'd like to see some of the blues and that brown/grey before I commit. And all of them in some sunshine. I think the red looks great by the way, but not with the stripes.

Wow Yoshi...difficult choice but a great deal and early delivery!!! YAY! The black looks Absolutely Gorgeous. But, as Armitage says, if you might be one of these people who suffers from 'buyers regret' then it's perhaps better to wait and get exactly what you want.

However....free upgrade to lounge, beautiful ivory interior contrasting nicely with the gloss black dash...it might be too good to resist.

Put it this way; if you NEED a car right now, do it....if you can bear to wait, well then get exactly what you want.

I do not envy you the decision you are faced with.

BTW those pics are beautiful, truly!

I think the black & ivory look great. It depends how much you are prepared to keep it clean. I chose a red A3 as I think the car needs a vibrant colour to look anything other than dull, yet that still needs a lot of washing to retain its looks. The 500 has so much more charisma it could get away with looking a little dirty! But it deserves to be washed every week.

There are some great colour combos with the 500. We went for white with a black interior as we wanted a Sport. Mark's Jive blue with a blue and ivory interior looks fantastic. We really liked the red Sport demo's interior and I think the black with ivory looks great too. To be honest there were too many great combos for us to cope with (many nights on the configurator).

All down to personal choice but the black and ivory is a classic retro look IMHO.

Cheers
Baldrick

baldrick500 said:

All down to personal choice but the black and ivory is a classic retro look IMHO.

Cheers
Baldrick

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Not my final choice but I agree, the classic 60's chic look.

IF you add all the chrome options, and I mean all of them then it might just work, but blacks not for me... the whole shape seems to dissapear. Had a black Vespa once, never again it a nightmare to clean and all the scratches show up instantly too

After a up n downer of a day we've finally got things sorted (hopefully)

After a sleepless nite thinking about, do we go for red or black? Finally came round to the idea of a black 500. That was fine until about 9.20am this morning when vospers rang with more bad news! Basically the stock black 500 lounge that we was offered was NOT actually available and was a customers car so yet another cock up and still No 500 for us.


Rather than throw the toys out of the pram I asked for a meeting. They've offered a deal we could'nt refuse and They'll also lend the wife a Ka if we retail the panda privately so all in all a good outcome. It just means we'll have to wait possibly 3 months

Just thought as previously mentioned it was perhaps better to wait for exactley the right spec rather than compromise and although we've had a rather lot of hassle I can't knock vospers of st austell for trying to sort the problem (and explain how it happened). Now I'm happy and can hopefully get a better nights sleep.

So back on track , finally....roll on June

Thanks for your thoughts, pic's & advice, its much appreciated

Yoshi

Ps what do you guys think of the 16" 5 o-spoke alloys? good idea or bad

Glad youre sorted, thats not bad at all. At least youll be getting the Ka all dirty over the rest of Winter and not a 500
16"s you are having are not bad at all, the better of the 16s IMO.

Sounds like a very good result! Incredible deal on the Lounge Shame you're going to have to wait a few months longer, but it will be worth it.

Are these the wheels you've gone for?


I think they look great

Great result Shane!

yoshi said:

Ps what do you guys think of the 16" 5 o-spoke alloys? good idea or bad

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My favourite wheels (the ones we have on order!).

Here is a pic with red calipers just to add to your options




Cheers
Baldrick

Is that an extra large 500 or a very small man?

baldrick500 said:

Here is a pic with red calipers just to add to your options

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Except they're not available on a 1.2...

nuovapanda said:

Is that an extra large 500 or a very small man?

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Felipe Massa.

Suasexed said:

Sounds like a very good result! Incredible deal on the Lounge Shame you're going to have to wait a few months longer, but it will be worth it.

Are these the wheels you've gone for?

I think they look great

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Yeah thats the ones, I seen them on a post on here somewhere and thought mmmmmmmmmmmm:yum:. (See below). Our 500 should look similar to the one below but loose the black stripe & add some chrome.



Really pleased that it is sorted and hopefully I might get a better nights sleep now .

Cheers

Yoshi

just think, in June you might get the wrong 500 again and this time get an Abarth for free in a few years time youll be in a Maserati