1st Car - Photo Gallery

Bought 29/09/2004 from Scotts Garage in Brighton, for £995 (+ road tax £110). The Fiat Cinquecento S (29/11/95 'N') 899cc is a very good first car, especially seeing as for a young driver such as myself, group 1 car insurance is far preferable to say, even group 4 insurance (~£500 a year difference!). The only picture not shown is the excuse for a boot. As you can imagine, its not that big... but it suits my purpose - going into university each day.

 
Front View
Front View
 
 
Interior, Off-side
Interior, Driver's side
 
 
Back Seats
Back seats
(not exactly spacious in the back!)
 
 
Interior, Near-Side
Interior, Passenger's Side
 
 
Rear View
Rear View
 
 
 
 

Pros & Cons / Comments on car

Pros Cons
Cheap to insure (Group 1 insurance)
Economical (45 MPG => ~7p per mile )
Full service history
Near perfect bodywork (a few stone chips etc. needed some attn.)
Well laid out instruments on dash
Good visibility from driver's seat		 Engine relies on moving air-flow to cool it down (i.e. it heats up when manoeuvring / stuck in slow moving traffic)
Radio / Cassette supplied with car was broken (now have Goodmans GCE7205USB Radio/CD/USB)
1-way valve for washer fluid to the rear screen was broken - now fixed (well, the valve now lets water through the intended way, but there is a lot of back-flow!)
Pedals quite close together
Not the most powerful beast for overtaking / accel. from lights! (it is only 899cc after all!)

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