Drive in a box (Fiat Cinquecento)

Member Name: vicky_wire

Product:	Fiat Cinquecento
Date:	08/07/09 (57 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheap tax and insurance

Disadvantages: EVERYTHING else

I was unfortunate enough to own one of these cars for a whole year, and all I can describe it as is a SHED!

Ok.. it's alright for a first car. Low insurance, low tax, doesn't guzzle much fuel, and can fit in almost any car parking space, so it does have its perks!!

The car itself though is very ugly looking.. not a great pulling machine and a bit of a squeeze when you try to fit five people in!!

Mine fell to pieces all the time.. always in the garage for this and that, engine ended up packing in completely and it had to be scrapped!!

The interior is tacky.. the windscreen wipers are just pieces of plastic that stick out (and my wipers had a tendancy to break every week!!) The petrol guage is also deceiving.. every time you go around a roundabout it decided it was out of fuel, go round the other way and your tank is suddenly full!! Thats another thing - the petrol thing was very sticky and hard to get off!!

All in all this car does for a first car, only because of the cheap stuff, but you can get the same with another car that is the same cost and probably not so ugly.

Summary: dont do it!

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