Buying a car

stickyfiddle

The 500 is a great little thing, apart from the backache you'll get from driving a car designed for sub-5'6" women.. I don't know if the Abarth version has more adjustment, but it was the relative pedal and gear lever placement that did for me. Fun to drive otherwise.

RaymondLin

p90fool said:

RaymondLin said:

Get Abarth 500 or something ?

You can get them easily for under £6k now.  It's interesting, it is petrol, it sits 4 people (at a push) and visibility is not bad in them.

You can get four midgets in them, our singer has one. She's 4'11" and has her seat all the way forward, and here's me and my missus sat behind her. 

Visibility is excellent, especially when I drive it, though goggles would be a bonus...

http://i63.tinypic.com/1r6bs7.jpg

http://i68.tinypic.com/2ewgv1k.jpg

To be honest, if he was considering a 2 seater MX-5 before then the extra 2 seats in the 500 Abarth is a plus, not a negative. Even if it is tiny.

It is a shape that is still modern, not changed much so not out of date.  It has been out a while now so a used one can be had within budget, it is not a car that boy racers naturally lean towards so if Emp is afraid of that, then statistically it is less of a chance,  It's small, easy to park, economy is fine, it is petrol and it handles well and fun.

BluesLover

I assume you have looked at the pistonheads classified ads?

Emp_Fab

No...  I shall investigate forthwith !

I still wouldn't be seen dead in that mini jelly-mould though !

celentium

Test drove an Abarth 595. Worst car I've ever driven but I am 6'2".
Fiesta ST mk7 beats it in pretty much every way apart from sound.

RaymondLin

Emp_Fab said:

No...  I shall investigate forthwith !

I still wouldn't be seen dead in that mini jelly-mould though !

It’s 6pm....still not bought a car? 

Guess its the bus for you then!

Bridgehouse

Most likely car Emp will end up with when he finally makes his mind up and buys one:

stickyfiddle

Bridgehouse said:

Most likely car Emp will end up with when he finally makes his mind up and buys one:

Nah...

Bridgehouse

stickyfiddle said:

Bridgehouse said:

Most likely car Emp will end up with when he finally makes his mind up and buys one:

Nah...

Are you suggesting emp is like Homer?

stickyfiddle

Bridgehouse said:

stickyfiddle said:

Bridgehouse said:

Most likely car Emp will end up with when he finally makes his mind up and buys one:

Nah...

Are you suggesting emp is like Homer?

I don't recall Emp ever finishing a spice rack? 

Emp_Fab

Mrs Fab says you're all mean to me :-)

ICBM

stickyfiddle said:

Bridgehouse said:

Most likely car Emp will end up with when he finally makes his mind up and buys one:

Nah...

Nah, still not it.

More like this...

Octafish

celentium said:

Test drove an Abarth 595. Worst car I've ever driven but I am 6'2".
Fiesta ST mk7 beats it in pretty much every way apart from sound.

Don't know about the Abarth version, but my inlaws had a Fiat 500 for a few months. If ever a car could be summed up as horibble, nasty, rattly cheap tin can it was their 500. Felt way inferior in build and solidity to the 5 year old Nissan Micra it had replaced. They chopped it in after several months because they they grew to hate it so much and found it horrible for any long distance journeys.

ronnyb

Octafish said:

celentium said:

Test drove an Abarth 595. Worst car I've ever driven but I am 6'2".
Fiesta ST mk7 beats it in pretty much every way apart from sound.

Don't know about the Abarth version, but my inlaws had a Fiat 500 for a few months. If ever a car could be summed up as horibble, nasty, rattly cheap tin can it was their 500. Felt way inferior in build and solidity to the 5 year old Nissan Micra it had replaced. They chopped it in after several months because they they grew to hate it so much and found it horrible for any long distance journeys.

That's why some people refer to them as 'Fix It Again Tony' 

Emp_Fab

Right (again!)...  I’ve been searching for a post-2013 shape Civic in white, but I can’t find any that are anywhere near me, so... either I wait until next weekend (yes, I did hear that collective groan!) to catch a train up somewhere to get one, or....  I buy a local Kia Pro-Ceed.  There are two near me, one red, one silver.  I’d prefer white, and with a Honda badge but needs must.  In theory, I could use public transport to get to and from work, but it would be an hour each way including 25 minutes walking, for a 10 mile journey.  Still...  I could do that for a week if it meant getting a car that I’ve never driven before and am likely to change my mind about by Wednesday...

Bridgehouse

BigBearKris

You should go for Tartan Prancer mate.

https://cdn2.autoexpress.co.uk/sites/autoexpressuk/files/0/21/screen-shot-2015-07-24-at-16.14.42_0.jpg

https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/fa9fb229697119.55ffff628f1e4.jpg

https://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/honda/prancer/fe/honda_prancer_rint_fe_713151_717.jpg

Nitefly

Our Maud wants to know if you'd like to borrow her bus pass?

p90fool

BigBearKris said:

You should go for Tartan Prancer mate.

https://cdn2.autoexpress.co.uk/sites/autoexpressuk/files/0/21/screen-shot-2015-07-24-at-16.14.42_0.jpg

https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/fa9fb229697119.55ffff628f1e4.jpg

https://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/honda/prancer/fe/honda_prancer_rint_fe_713151_717.jpg

I have no idea what that is or even which way it's pointing, but I want one!

jaytmon

I think I’ve lost the will to live...and I thought I was bad!

Here’s the thing, if ever you do buy a car, how the hell are you gonna fill the massive void in your life that the absence of this car-buying journey will surely leave??!