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My other, weekend, car is also an AMG...
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It’s a very cool first carAlthough I don’t have an AMG I do have a weekend car. Unfortunately for our daughter it’s her Mini. Fortunately for me she works Saturday & Sunday and walks to work.
In my defence I always clean it and top up with petrol. Win-win for both parties.
I honestly love driving it. Not fast, not fancy, just fun.
If we ever could stretch to a weekend car I’ve love a Mini JCW of some kind. @davymead ’s is stunning.
Daughter No3’s partner has just got himself this.
Not seen it yet though
I do like the 500 but haven’t ever driven one. I was very tempted by a soft-top Abarth a few years ago and got as far as viewing one at a main dealer but didn’t have a test drive. They judged the balance of retro and modern just right.I don't have an AMG - just an E500. It's long, wide, heavy, grunty automatic and wafty.
My wife has a Fiat 500 which is the exact opposite of all those things but is a hoot to drive round town. I like the contrast.
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My wife also had a 500 (back in 2011), whilst you could park it on a 2 pence, it really wasn’t that fun to drive with the 1.2 and all of about 75hp. Did you have a stiff breeze going downhill??I don't have an AMG - just an E500. It's long, wide, heavy, grunty automatic and wafty.
My wife has a Fiat 500 which is the exact opposite of all those things but is a hoot to drive round town. I like the contrast.
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I do like the 500 but haven’t ever driven one. I was very tempted by a soft-top Abarth a few years ago and got as far as viewing one at a main dealer but didn’t have a test drive. They judged the balance of retro and modern just right.
He’s responsible for a few design classics.The Frank Stephenson design is just so good.
And the way they accessorise it for the Lounge on one hand and the Sport/Abarth derivatives is very clever.
My wife also had a 500 (back in 2011), whilst you could park it on a 2 pence, it really wasn’t that fun to drive with the 1.2 and all of about 75hp. Did you have a stiff breeze going downhill??
We looked at a full-EV 500 at FoS in 2021 and concluded that a starting price (from memory) of £34k was outrageously optimistic on Fiats part, so gave it a miss.In the last three years it's spent 95% of its time or more in 20 and 30 zones and it's got enough torque to keep up with the traffic.
I did drive it from J38 on the M1 to NW London when I bought it. It was absolutely glacial on slip roads and hilariously rubbish on the uphill section of the M40 around J6. Surprsingly comfortable and stable though.
Anyway, that was its one outing in the wild. Its main job is cost feck all in tax/insurance/fuel, do all the short journeys that I DON'T want the Merc doing and teach the kids to drive.
Once that's all done I'll look at the leccie one when they get to £10k-ish. So I'll be able to say I have an E500 and a 500e.
We looked at a full-EV 500 at FoS in 2021 and concluded that a starting price (from memory) of £34k was outrageously optimistic on Fiats part, so gave it a miss.
As the kids would say: flexinMy other, weekend, car is also an AMG...
Lovely idea between Dad and daughter, and whatever model, Mini’s are always great fun to drive.Although I don’t have an AMG I do have a weekend car. Unfortunately for our daughter it’s her Mini. Fortunately for me she works Saturday & Sunday and walks to work.
In my defence I always clean it and top up with petrol. Win-win for both parties.
I honestly love driving it. Not fast, not fancy, just fun.
If we ever could stretch to a weekend car I’ve love a Mini JCW of some kind. @davymead ’s is stunning.
Group holiday at Davy’a place I reckon!Lovely idea between Dad and daughter, and whatever model, Mini’s are always great fun to drive.
BMW have kept and undoubtedly enhanced the original idea of drivability, the JCW even more so.
If ever in my neck of the woods Ant, a steer is always available.
It’d be a squeeze, but no problem.Group holiday at Davy’a place I reckon!
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