After the initial dissapointment at Fiats valuation of the 500, I persevered with some other dealers and have today agreed a trade in price of £8100 for my 500 at the end of February. Thats £600 more than Fiat offered for this month

Anyway, Im not getting another Fiat right now as I couldnt take the poor trade in price offered so have strayed from the marque. This means for the first time in 12 years I wont have a Fiat. Never say never, I might return in a few years though... Im not going to say what Ive put a deposit on, instead I shall quietly refrain

Its a bit sad, but I cant muster any enthusiasm for my 500 anymore and am going to concentrate more on my bike and scooters, take a break from cars I think as people keep bumping into me in them.

What price car is that against?

Burn him! Burn him at the stake!

thats sad to hear, but you cant keep a car if your hearts not in it ! Glad you got enough of a trade in not to feel stuck.

Hope it's not a mini! ha ha

Seriously though, it'll be sad that you won't have a Fiat anymore although I completely understand your reasons.

Its a car costing £8600, so I have to pay just £500 for a yet to be built car which will be here mid March on an 09 plate. Was a tough deal which lasted over a week but I broke the dealership eventually
All Im saying is its got character

is it french?

is it an otr price? is it an Alfa MiTo?

Renault twingo?

Fully loaded old stock City Rover?

that is such a shame Barry, but I can understand Does that mean you won't be posting on here too?

What you are getting must be REALLY bad if you won't tell us, go on, give us a little clue - not a Perodua Kenari mind you it would be probably have to be gold plated to be costing over £8k!

Citroen C3 or C1 great cars.....

mmmm. For that price I would say either a Toyota Aygo/Pug 107/Citroen C1 or the new KA? Actually, it would not suprise me if you got the KA. I loved the previous one and was a little critical of the new one but noticed you reserved judgment on it.

Also from the short time on being here I sense you love Fiats so the new KA is about as close to a Fiat as one with a Fiat badge on it.

Anyway, whatever you get, I hope you have the best of luck with it as it was sad to read the bad luck you have had with your little 500.

Cheers!

Mazda2 maybe?

I've not been on for a while, sorry to hear things didn't go so great with the 500... fingers crossed everything is alright with the new car! Go on, spill! What have you gone for?

Actually... is it a Smart ForTwo? Toyota iQ... ?

Chevvy Matiz? Sort of a Fiat now.

ka+,or corsa or polo or a seat ibiza.

Sorry there was no happy end for you and your 500 Barry... Good trade in price considering the times and hopefully next car would be trouble free. Best of luck with it whatever it may be!

Well, someone got it right Its a car I considered 4 years ago but didnt rate it, tried it again after its been revamped and still its rather a poor car... but reminded me of my old Fiat 126s which are also poor cars I actually liked it and after much haggling got the deal I wanted, the salesman said its a very unusual deal as they dont discount even in these times.... so its the rather troublesome Smart fortwo, a 71bhp Passion in red/silver with red interior and the frogeye clocks on the dash... Ill wait for the howls of laughter and pee taking
Anyway, nothings permanent and looking at Smart used values I reckon in three years itll be worth around the same as a four year old 500 so not really much difference come trade in, and then I might get a Fiat again... Trepiuno should be here then

Ew hope it's better than the Smart I had - I hated the damn thing, sold it within 6 months. It was in 2003 so perhaps they've come on a bit as you say. I liked the car but the semi-auto (that's a laugh!) gearbox was the worst thing I've ever ever used! Good luck with it!