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exactly my point. the same car now costs 10,400 GBP!
Agreed, far too much for a basic spec super Mini.
exactly my point. the same car now costs 10,400 GBP!
It may now be a tad expensive, but balanced against low-cost finance, low depreciation and reasonable running costs, the 500 still stacks up nicely against the soulless competition.
Agreed. However, I'm getting more rational as I get older and I'm accepting that cars don't have souls. So it's back to design, quality, function, and price. That's why I try to sidestep emotion when it comes to cars.
I was very attracted to the new Citroen Cactus, until I sat I one and found it was impossible to get comfortable behind the wheel - big big fail - and that the touch screen for all the controls, including the aircon, was too elegantly simple by half. Add in a cramped rear seat and various other fails to the list and all the clever detailing just fell away. Shame, but interesting nonetheless.
I bought a 500 1.3 MJET in Sept 2008 The only one within 5 miles
Boy you certainly looked far for it!
Okay i meant it was at the time,it was rare the only 500 in five miles that i had seen , i had it built to spec
Always felt a lot of buyers bought the 500 trying to turn it into something it isn't engineered to be. Mileage muncher. High spec motorway cruiser. Tuned up sports car. Even in abarth form it's isn't really anything more than a shopping car with a few bolt ones.
Bought ours 2.5yrs ago. Got the pop version BECAUSE it didn't have too many gadgets and it has been used for school runs etc since. I love the difference it brings to my mile muncher and the wife loves how it can park nearly anywhere. Servicing has cost £80 for each service on low mileage plan. It's approaching 12,000mls now and it's been exactly what I paid for.
It can last the next 6yrs in general use. By this time I will have had my monies worth and I will buy another car for the wife and then I will have a nice little car to give to my lad whilst he learns etc then after him 4yrs later his sister. Then it can sit in my garage and rot or restore.
Nope it's still engineered as a small shopping trolley car. Yours is just a small shopping trolly car with more go faster bits on. End of the day a simple everyday Ford Focus/fiesta is engineered more substantially than your sports car. The fiat 500 is the closest descendant to the original 500 possible. If you want a modern over engineered equivelant then look at how the mini turned into the latest mini
Nope it's still engineered as a small shopping trolley car. Yours is just a small shopping trolly car with more go faster bits on. End of the day a simple everyday Ford Focus/fiesta is engineered more substantially than your sports car. The fiat 500 is the closest descendant to the original 500 possible. If you want a modern over engineered equivelant then look at how the mini turned into the latest mini
Sorry, I did not mean to be rude. But I still don't know what you mean.
Merckx, my point was last seen flying straight over your head.
Original 500 basic, cheap (ish) fun little car.
New 500 basic, cheap (ish) fun little car
Original mini basic, cheap, fun little car
New mini EXPENSIVE, over the top, over engineered, looks nothing like original and basically a rebadged bmw to sell to the funky bmw owners.
If you want a modern car that is engineered for everything then unfortunately, even in its sporty guises, the 500 isn't that kind of car
40k punto.......gulp.