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[Rowland]

Been out looking for a fresh car for Mrs R today and we’ve narrowed it down to citron c1 4 door or fiat 500 which are only 2 door.
C1 more practical and a touch cheaper fiat looks better and drives slightly better.
It’s hart or head .
10k-20k Miles and top end budget of £7000 .
I say get the fiat if she needs practical she can use the big car .
Not sure how much of a tlt I’d look in either not that I drive present small car much

 

[betweenthelines]

Is she going to eat it?

 

[melted welly]

Fiat is great fun, get that.

 

[melted welly]

You won’t care about looking a tit driving it coz you’ll be smiling too much

 

[Highland Mule]

2 things I’d never buy again:
French car
Italian car

Did you not like the fiesta?

 

[caveman]

Smart car?

 

[JeepJeep]

We looked at the 500's when the local Jeep dealer started selling Fiat after they became 1. Was quite impressed for a small car. Missus liked it.

Some of the VW Ups look well specced as well for the money.

 

[scottrac]

Whatever you do don’t get the 3 cylinder psu engine (Peugeot/Citroen and alit of others are using same engine now) oil pumps fail and can’t be fixed ( even by dealers) new crate engine is the fix,dealers round me got yards full of them waiting for engines.just done one on a ds3 for a customer on a 15 plate,40k miles

 

[Rowland]

2 things I’d never buy again:
French car
Italian car

Did you not like the fiesta?

Too big just want a very small car for her to go to work and back and get parked very easily

 

[Rowland]

Whatever you do don’t get the 3 cylinder psu engine (Peugeot/Citroen and alit of others are using same engine now) oil pumps fail and can’t be fixed ( even by dealers) new crate engine is the fix,dealers round me got yards full of them waiting for engines.just done one on a ds3 for a customer on a 15 plate,40k miles

Local dealer is selling a life time warranty for @£650 which was half the price stone acer wanted for a 5 year warranty. He said fiat 500 was prone to rear end suspension issues

 

[Highland Mule]

Too big just want a very small car for her to go to work and back and get parked very easily

I wouldn’t let any loved one of mine to have something smaller than a Fiesta. If someone really can’t park a fiesta then they shouldn’t be on the road.

 

[deleted user 837354]

Get a Toyota if you intend to keep the car long term.

 

[deleted user 837354]

I wouldn’t let any loved one of mine to have something smaller than a Fiesta.

They are safer than they were but I would agree you are safer in a family hatch. Dunno if statistics agree with that though.

 

[Tomr10]

Have you looked at Alfa mito

 

[JeepJeep]

Toyota was another we looked at as a D4d Yaris... Have a Customer who's a Toyota Tech and runs V8 Jeeps he says rarely see D4D Yaris's in other than routine service.

 

[Tomr10]

Could also look at Kia picanto 7 year warranty

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201910153317141?advertising-location=at_cars&price-to=7500&postcode=np446hs&model=PICANTO&sort=price-desc&page=2&make=KIA&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New

 

[Tomr10]

Toyota was another we looked at as a D4d Yaris... Have a Customer who's a Toyota Tech and runs V8 Jeeps he says rarely see D4D Yaris's in other than routine service.

Selling my Corolla soon as I have a corsa coming that’s to good a deal such a shame as Corolla is 10x the car

 

[deleted user 837354]

Toyota was another we looked at as a D4d Yaris... Have a Customer who's a Toyota Tech and runs V8 Jeeps he says rarely see D4D Yaris's in other than routine service.

Auris is a great little car, too. Some zesty engines in them.

 

[Wurzeetoo]

Have they sorted the 500 issue of pulling away up hill? It was on watchdog so may have been a bit of journalistic work

 

[Rowland]

Get a Toyota if you intend to keep the car long term.

Ago same as citron and Peugeot