I'm Alison, 18 years old.. Studying animal sciences at Leeds Uni, and hopefully veterinary afterwar...
I'm Alison, 18 years old.. Studying animal sciences at Leeds Uni, and hopefully veterinary afterwards. Can't really think of anything to review right now as I'm such a skint student all I do is complain about how I have no money and sleep.
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I bought my second hand Fiat Seicento in April 2007, at 9 years old, for my first car. My car is a 1.1 Sporting Abarth edition which comes up upgraded alloy wheels, bodykit and abrath interior. It is a nice 'ferrari' red colour, which is a lot less of an eyesore than the yellow version!
1. Interior of the car The car is well made, with extremely comfortable sports seats. The interior of my car is Abarth with the scorpion logos embroidered onto the seats, which are navy blue and black. The dash is nicely arranged, and the additional rev counter seems to be in an odd position at first but you get used to it, and then it seems the norm. The leather steering wheel is nice and a good size, and complements well with the leather gearknob. There are what looks like carbon fibre panels on the dash which gives a nice sporty feel to the car! My only problem with the interior is the seatbelts... the work fine, don't worry, but the are very very slow at retracting back into the door, so I often end up catching some of the seatbelt in the door if I'm not careful.
2. The Exterior My car seems to have held up well with no rust on it what-so-ever and seems nice and solid from the outside. I really like the styling of the car, the bodykit really gives it that extra sporty look while not looking too over the top! The alloys are good, but there is a slight problem getting tyres, expect to pay £50+ per tyre (and that economy tyres, £80+ for pirelli p zeros) as they are a rare dimension which is hard to come by. The mirrors are great, as they fold in unlike others cars the same age, so if another car catches your mirror it's fine. One things that really annoys me is the windscreen wipers. They're violent, I'm sure I'd lose my hand if it got in the way of them! They only have two settings, intermediate and fast... but the fast is like the 3rd setting on a normal car so it does cope well in rain. They aren't really a problem but they annoy me and I keep thinking surely it wouldn't have stretched the budget too much to put an extra setting on the windscreen wipers! My car doesn't have power steering, which it doesn't really need because it is a small car and the steering is light enough, but I would like it (mainly because I drove a brand new renault clio before).
3. The Engine The 1.1 sporting engine is much nippier than I expected. It is high revving (meaning I have to change gear sooner) but very quick off the mark. Surprises people at traffic lights when I pull off fast. I haven't had any problems with it currently, but it can be noisy at higher speeds. The only problem I have had is my exhaust is blowing in the centre section due to driving through a huge pothole. But thats my fault not the cars!
4. Overall Great car, has been very reliable in the last four months and its great to surprise boy racers how quick it is off the mark! Although it is a small car, it is surprisingly spacious inside. My 6ft tall boyfriend can fit in no problem! It also has an airbag for the driver for added safety and handles well on the road. It has central locking and immobiliser, but I am personally considering getting an alarm for when I go to university with it. It can go miles on petrol, for £10 I went 250miles.
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Advantages: cheap to buy, surprisngly quick, great fun, lots of character, good economy Disadvantages: some poorly maintained ones about, hanbrakes are pathetic, poor rear space
Mrcento 06.12.2008 (06.12.2008)
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Review of Fiat Seicento 1.1
Advantages: Cheap, Looks ok with Abarth Kit on. good for parking Disadvantages: Death trap, not fast enough. Wiper speeds, really fast and really really fast!
VTR-t 19.10.2006 ·
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