After 3 years of ownership with my Smart car which has been used for travelling to work and after the last year being very problematical to say the least and expensive, with the car at the car garage for repair for 3 months due to ecu probs I decided to get something newer. I started looking at newer Smart cars and spotted a few, but held off probably due to my recent bad experiences with my old Smart.
Then my wife was out at the local fiat dealer to sort out my mother in laws key for her fiat before continuing on to their shopping trip. Whilst at the dealers my wife spotted a mint choc green fiat which she liked immensely. Since she had mentioned this several times during the week we decided on the Sunday to give my X5 a run and went to see this car she had liked so much.
Well, as we men do I spent 5 minutes with her looking at a car for her and the I spotted several Fiat Abarths which took my eye, possibly because they weren't mint choc green. That was my head had been turned and a few questions later we had ruled out the pearlescent white one and the plain white one and focused in on a Red one, which was also an auto which would fit my needs. A few more questions and now with the keys and the car open for inspection, myself and my wife looked the car over and thought the car was in nice condition, even though it had only come in to the dealer that morning, and had some battle scars on the wheels to prove it but the tyres were unmarked and more importantly so was the bodywork. So I guess it's worth seeing your car before it's all tidied up by the dealer it tells you how the previous owner looked after it or not.
So we decided to buy it and agreed to trade in the smart car which had been so problematic against it, so I put a deposit down. Then 3 weeks later at the beginning of July we picked up our red fiat. So far very pleased with the car and it turns heads and its great fun to drive and would recommend one to anyone.
If I master it I will even post a picture up. PS I still need to resolve the question of a new car for my wife and that will undoubtedly be another story which is taking shape even as I type this post. They say good things come to those who wait so we shall see.
