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posted on 17/12/09 at 05:43 PM Reply With Quote
My new toy too - well mums actually!!

Managed to persuade my mum to buy one! Took a few quick pics last night when i washed the cars:








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luke

posted on 17/12/09 at 05:45 PM Reply With Quote
good choice!

what engine size she go for?

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dogwood

posted on 17/12/09 at 05:52 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by iscmatt
Managed to persuade my mum to buy one! Took a few quick pics last night when i washed them both:



Why was you washing your MUM ???





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stevec

posted on 17/12/09 at 05:58 PM Reply With Quote
trying to get the wife to get one of those, "But what's wrong with my Matiz?" she says

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Jenko

posted on 17/12/09 at 06:03 PM Reply With Quote
"But what's wrong with my Matiz?"

That should be very easy question to ask.......Where do we start ;-)

Start with safety of a tiny tin box, and work up from there ;-)

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skodaman

posted on 17/12/09 at 06:06 PM Reply With Quote
Brilliant that. You can thrash the nuts off it and when all the electrics go awol your mum is there to pay the bills.
My mums only got a Peugot 206 which she wont let me drive cos she blames me for wearing out the camshaft on her LADA nearly thirty years ago.





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posted on 17/12/09 at 06:17 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Jenko
"But what's wrong with my Matiz?"

That should be very easy question to ask.......Where do we start ;-)

Start with safety of a tiny tin box, and work up from there ;-)

PJ.


nope correct response is just 'er, whats right with it?'





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MikeRJ

posted on 17/12/09 at 08:25 PM Reply With Quote
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Brilliant that. You can thrash the nuts off it and when all the electrics go awol your mum is there to pay the bills.


You seem to be stuck in the 80's, the Fiat Panda (which the 500 is essentialy) has very good reliability ratings.

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posted on 17/12/09 at 08:36 PM Reply With Quote
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good choice!

what engine size she go for?


Hi, its the abarth 500 which is 1.4 turbo. This car is the none SS version, recommended my to mum not to get the upgrade due to harsher ride etc

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posted on 17/12/09 at 08:37 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
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quote:
Originally posted by iscmatt
Managed to persuade my mum to buy one! Took a few quick pics last night when i washed them both:



Why was you washing your MUM ???


ha ha opps! I can see how you could read it like that! I've edited it now!






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skodaman

posted on 17/12/09 at 11:22 PM Reply With Quote
"You seem to be stuck in the 80's, the Fiat Panda (which the 500 is essentialy) has very good reliability ratings."
Fair point that seeing as it was a white FIAT Panda from the 80's that I was basing the statement on.





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morcus

posted on 17/12/09 at 11:27 PM Reply With Quote
Do you get the same comedy body roll that you get in a Panda? They're brilliant little cars though I hate the way the instruments are laid out in he 500 (Which is why I got a Panda).

My Mum won't let me drive her car because I once reved the engine loudly on the driveway (Because I was in neutral and not reverse).

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Ninehigh

posted on 19/12/09 at 12:38 PM Reply With Quote
Nice, although you are going to have to tell her it's against the law to drive like an old woman. A car like that needs a good shove now and again.

Not that your mum's going to be like the old duffer in the R8 that I nearly rear-ended cos they were doing 25 on a 60 road!






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