Due to the recent 'death' of my 1993 Honda Prelude 2.2 VTEC, I've been forced to buy a new car for the day to day stuff (My Austin is in the middle of a sill replacement and the Beetle and Polo are, err...indesposed). Luckily my Sister-in-Law has been wanting to get shot of her Cinquecento Sporting for some time, so I offered to take it off her hands! It's affectionatley known as the 'Pinquecento' due to the colour it was a short while ago. The once bright red paintwork had faded to a very dull pink colour! Fortunately I came along armed with a free weekend, a few cloths, a 50,000 gallon tub of elbow grease and a bottle of T-Cut. It's now a nice shiny red again (apart from the roof which is still pink).
It's been subtly modified without being chav'd up. It's been lowered somewhat (how much I don't know) and it rolls on 14" TSW Hockenheim alloys. It has some kind of big bore exhaust with twin tail pipes and it's one of the loudest exhausts I've ever heard! I think some of the lights may have been replaced as well, but as I don't know much about Cinqs, I'm not actually sure. Condition wise it's pretty good - no rust (an Italian car with no rust?? Unthinkable!) and despite the paintwork being pink for a few years, it's buffed-up quite nicely. The only real problem is the bumpers which seem to be pealing:
It's a lot of fun to drive! It's small, very noisy and handles well. The suspension is nice and hard and it feels like you're driving a little rally car! The only complaint I have about the driving experience is the steering - it suffers from FWD non-PAS disease! They've made the steering far too low geared, so it takes lots of turning to get it round corners. It really needs to be higher geared! I know that they've done this so it's easy for Granny to park it, but it doesn't help the otherwise great sporty nature of the car!
The engine is running well, except if you put your foot down too much, then the car starts to splutter and sometimes just stops dead. I think this maybe a issue with the lambda sensor, although I'm not all that good with modern injection systems (give me carbs and contact breaker ignitions anyday!). It's nice and quick for an 1100cc car and it feels almost too quick, as if someone has chipped it, or maybe they've just removed the CAT.
Anyway, it's fun to drive and always leaves me with a smile on my face when I get to my destination!
It's been subtly modified without being chav'd up. It's been lowered somewhat (how much I don't know) and it rolls on 14" TSW Hockenheim alloys. It has some kind of big bore exhaust with twin tail pipes and it's one of the loudest exhausts I've ever heard! I think some of the lights may have been replaced as well, but as I don't know much about Cinqs, I'm not actually sure. Condition wise it's pretty good - no rust (an Italian car with no rust?? Unthinkable!) and despite the paintwork being pink for a few years, it's buffed-up quite nicely. The only real problem is the bumpers which seem to be pealing:
It's a lot of fun to drive! It's small, very noisy and handles well. The suspension is nice and hard and it feels like you're driving a little rally car! The only complaint I have about the driving experience is the steering - it suffers from FWD non-PAS disease! They've made the steering far too low geared, so it takes lots of turning to get it round corners. It really needs to be higher geared! I know that they've done this so it's easy for Granny to park it, but it doesn't help the otherwise great sporty nature of the car!
The engine is running well, except if you put your foot down too much, then the car starts to splutter and sometimes just stops dead. I think this maybe a issue with the lambda sensor, although I'm not all that good with modern injection systems (give me carbs and contact breaker ignitions anyday!). It's nice and quick for an 1100cc car and it feels almost too quick, as if someone has chipped it, or maybe they've just removed the CAT.
Anyway, it's fun to drive and always leaves me with a smile on my face when I get to my destination!
have fun thy are awsome little cars
