Cinquecento My new Cinquecento

[Honeymonster]

Nice looking little fellow.

 

[blu73]

I'll message you next time i'm down your way fella

 

[m177ens]

Very nice. I was going to bid on it had it of been closer.

 

[Cinq999]

I'm really pleased with it. Its had a lot of time and money spent on it. Just got a few little bits and pieces to sort out, but on the whole, its a brilliant little car. I'm actually really surprised by how quick it is.....I wasn't expecting anything like the performance its got.

 

[Cinq999]

 

[cheeky cinqy]

this was the one on ebay where abouts in wiltshire are you im in swindon keep an eye out for a green 899 with abarth rear bumper white stripes and sorting alloys

 

[bludvl_x19]

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Cheers

 

[Cinq999]

The cinq is going for a road trip next week.....2500 mile round trip to Spain to see the OH's family.....hopefully it'll make it there and back in one piece

 

[centoproject]

make sure you give it a good service and make sure the radiator is nice and clear and the rad fan is working on and the coolant is topped off (keep it cool)

 

[Cinq999]

Yep, just fully serviced it yesterday, and the rad is only 6 months old. Checked the fan, and that all works okay. I'm thinking about putting an additive in the coolant, that is supposed to reduce the cooling system temp....its currently in the mid to high 30's, and it normally gets well into the 40's in August.....and sat in traffic in the city centre.....

 

[centoproject]

well if its a cheap additive it probably won't do much best option it to flush the hole system and refresh with some high quality coolant for summer

 

[Chrisoleil]

another wiltshire member, wahey!

 

[Cinq999]

A mate of mine who races a saloon car uses this stuff, and he says it makes a difference.

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Produ..._medium=Base&utm_campaign=Coolant & Additives

Thought I'd give it a go.

 

[centoproject]

ahh yeh that stuff works

 

[Cinq999]

Well.....we made it. Not the most comfortable of journeys with the lowered suspension and fully loaded, but the cinq drove great. Cruising on the Autopistas at 70mph, it was doing about 48-50mpg. The only modification that I made before we came, is that I fitted a small bonnet vent on the n/s of the bonnet, to let more air in to the engine bay and to the air filter. Nothing OTT, just a small vent that is recessed down in to the bonnet. At the moment its 38 degrees, and when its stopped in traffic in the city, you can see the heat shimmer coming from the vent. The coolant additive is working, it hasn´t gone above 90 on the gauge, and that was sat in traffic for 20 minutes and in the high 30´s. Very pleased so far