Fiat Seicento 899cc

edwarhys · 22 Jul 2015 at 21:42

Anyone else have issues with the pedals being annoyingly close together

JRS · 22 Jul 2015 at 22:15

edwarhys said:
Anyone else have issues with the pedals being annoyingly close together

I never did, even with size 11s. Though whenever I got new footwear I had to take a few minutes to adapt my positioning to suit!

I actually fit behind the wheel of the 'cento better than I do with the car in my sig, but that's less down to surprising roominess in the Fiat and more down to the laughable inadequacies of the design team at R-R/Bentley back in the '70s and '80s :rolleyes:

OspreyO · 22 Jul 2015 at 22:27

I thought the pedals where very close. I never owned once though.

titaniumx3 · 23 Jul 2015 at 15:31

Never understood why new drivers get cars like this? Is it like some sort of tradition to find an absolute ****box for your first car? For a few hundred more, you can get a much better car. Insurance can't be much more either. If money is a major problem, ask a family member to borrow you some money and pay them back later. If they love you, they'll value your well being and not want you to drive around in a coke can.

Armageus · 23 Jul 2015 at 15:38

titaniumx3 said:
Never understood why new drivers get cars like this? Is it like some sort of tradition to find an absolute ****box for your first car? For a few hundred more, you can get a much better car. Insurance can't be much more either. If money is a major problem, ask a family member to borrow you some money and pay them back later. If they love you, they'll value your well being and not want you to drive around in a coke can.

Never understood why people need to judge other people so harshly?

Maybe because the OP has a limited budget and doesn't want to borrow from family or anyone else. Maybe the OP doesn't have "a few hundred more"

True - Insurance may not be much more for a better or bigger car (may even be cheaper)

Cheap to run, easy to fix, super easy to park and not going to be bothered if it gets scratched or bumped.

Each to their own - no one is forcing you to buy one or any other make/model of car.

JRS · 23 Jul 2015 at 15:43

I'm amazed that it took until #64 for that sort of post. OcUK Motors, you're getting better. Slowly but surely.

titaniumx3 - sod off please

edwarhys · 23 Jul 2015 at 19:54

Wow what a tool you are titanium,

Would you prefer me to buy a 2.0l I saw for £800
That was going to be £1200 to insure and cost me 4 times the fuel...

I could have afforded better but it's my first car, so use your common sense

edwarhys · 23 Jul 2015 at 20:34

JRS said:
I'm amazed that it took until #64 for that sort of post. OcUK Motors, you're getting better. Slowly but surely.

titaniumx3 - sod off please

Dogbreath · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:02

titaniumx3 said:
ask a family member to borrow you some money

At Christmas, do you receive presents to other people? :rolleyes:

edwarhys · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:15

Dogbreath said:
At Christmas, do you receive presents to other people?

titaniumx3 · 25 Jul 2015 at 18:26

I'm not saying he should get a massive family saloon, just that there are better options available to him than a tiny car that cant go up hills and in my opinion, not very safe.

They will of course cost more, but not massively more. Plenty of small 1.2 to 1.6l hatchbacks around that will cost not that much more to insure, are considerably safer and aren't absurdly underpowered. Nothing wrong with asking family members to borrow you a bit of cash so that you can drive around in something that's safe and with decent performance. You are young and its your first car, no shame in asking for some financial assistance here, especially when you can easily pay it off later on.

My first car was a nissan almera 1.8l, borrowed £500 from my older brother for the initial cost. Insurance was not massively more than the more popular new driver choices and as long as I drove it carefully, fuel costs werent too bad. Managed to pay back the borrowed money within a year, and because the car itself was decently sized and not totally underpowered, it was far more versatile and I could use for others things such as carrying lugage and passengers; a good way of saying thank you to your generous family members!

Not sure why I am being crucified here? Maybe I am missing something?

slick rick · 25 Jul 2015 at 18:39

titaniumx3 said:
Not sure why I am being crucified here? Maybe I am missing something?

Maybe because you implied his first car was a ****box? :confused:

Its his first car and I am sure it will see him well, yes you can get a larger and more powerful car for peanuts but maybe the OP doesn't find it necessary and the Fiat will be good to gain confidence and gain him some basic knowledge of repairs and maintenance.

Good luck OP!

titaniumx3 · 25 Jul 2015 at 21:23

Fair, enough that did sound quite harsh actually, my apologies. But in general, I still stand by what I said.

JRS · 25 Jul 2015 at 22:40

titaniumx3 said:
Fair, enough that did sound quite harsh actually, my apologies. But in general, I still stand by what I said.

Like much in life, it wasn't so much what you said it was just how you said it

But even then, are 'centos bad cars? They're mechanically bomb-proof, especially in 899 form. They're easy to see out of, which is something that most manufacturers appear to have given up on. Pedal box aside, there's actually a reasonable amount of room in them as there's no tumble-home in the sides (the first gen Ka is one of the worst offenders in this regard, and going up a class size the Focus of the same era is not that much better). The faults that they do all have (handbrake, fuel tank rust, comical ability with regards to standing up to a crash) are known about and easy to get around (regularly grease linkages, replace tank with the better Fiat spare, don't crash

). And they're cheap.

Hell, at the end of the day - a second class drive is better than a first class bus ride!

edwarhys · 27 Jul 2015 at 11:01

Thanks guys

i had a Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 for a couple of days to look over and it was a rust bucket so it went back. Had an agreement with the guy selling it.

also seen a Modified Citroen Saxo but the insurance was high and a 2005 Vauxhall Astra 1.6CDTI that was £1000 to insure.

Mothers car is a pile of crap and actually cost more on insurance (Hyundai Amica 1L) than my Fiat.

overall it was the cheapest, lowest mileage and 11 months MOT
39K miles and half a tank of fuel

Kaeo · 27 Jul 2015 at 11:50

It's a basic tool for the job, simple and reliable. All you need in a first car.

edwarhys · 29 Jul 2015 at 10:19

Kaeo said:
It's a basic tool for the job, simple and reliable. All you need in a first car.

tom_e · 29 Jul 2015 at 10:21

titaniumx3 said:
I'm not saying he should get a massive family saloon, just that there are better options available to him than a tiny car that cant go up hills and in my opinion, not very safe.

They will of course cost more, but not massively more. Plenty of small 1.2 to 1.6l hatchbacks around that will cost not that much more to insure, are considerably safer and aren't absurdly underpowered. Nothing wrong with asking family members to borrow you a bit of cash so that you can drive around in something that's safe and with decent performance. You are young and its your first car, no shame in asking for some financial assistance here, especially when you can easily pay it off later on.

My first car was a nissan almera 1.8l, borrowed £500 from my older brother for the initial cost. Insurance was not massively more than the more popular new driver choices and as long as I drove it carefully, fuel costs werent too bad. Managed to pay back the borrowed money within a year, and because the car itself was decently sized and not totally underpowered, it was far more versatile and I could use for others things such as carrying lugage and passengers; a good way of saying thank you to your generous family members!

Not sure why I am being crucified here? Maybe I am missing something?

If someone asked me to "borrow them a bit of cash" I'd ****ing slap them until they understood what they'd done wrong.

edwarhys · 31 Jul 2015 at 15:03

tom_e said:
If someone asked me to "borrow them a bit of cash" I'd ****ing slap them until they understood what they'd done wrong.

hahahahahaha

edwarhys · 5 Aug 2015 at 10:39

so i have been driving around with my mate as supervisor instead of family members and it's been good fun

I'm okay with the pedals now and lost my drive thru, night driving virginity lmao. Put an extra 75miles on the clock in one day