Fiat 500 TwinAir Lounge With Sun Roof

Fiat 500 TwinAir Lounge With Sun Roof

My 2nd Fiat 500 was a 1200 cc model (Wygly II) but alas due to it’s poor performance I managed to persuade Steve to look for another TwinAir. So the hunt was on for another Twinair, particularly one that had a sunroof which is quite rare.  Well would you believe it, but there was a little blue one advertised in a garage in Exeter and we just had to go and have a look at it.

We both liked it from the outside but it was Steve who actually took it out for a test drive whilst I stayed at the garage with Archie.  He came back and had fallen in love with it, and what a difference to drive with it being a Twinair to the 1200 cc,  hard to believe that they are only a 0.9 cc engine, yet it goes like a rocket, no worrying about pulling out of junctions or at traffic lights – “catch us if you can comes into mind.”  Steve was very taken with it,and he knew I would love it, so it was now down to trying to do a deal.

Well we tried our hardest, but the Salesman was giving us a hard time on the part exchange price  and we decided to reluctantly walk away, very disappointed, but we were not losing that much money on Wygly II particularly as we hadn’t had it very long, so Wygly II was staying  or was he???

A few weeks passed and Steve was still thinking  about the little blue Fiat and said perhaps we should up our offer, but although I was very tempted I wanted to stick to our guns and not back down.  However Steve was looking through Auto Trader and saw that the little blue one was still being advertised but at a lower price and decided to phone the garage to say that we were still very interested in it.  A deal was done over the phone and another little Twinair was finally joining the family.

29th May 2018

Steve went to collect the car and enjoyed the drive home.  I took it out for a test drive and what a difference, it was fab and we both are really pleased with it. This one is not called Wygly but Whizy (a play on the number plate) and Whizy it definitely is.

The Added Bonus of a Sunroof

We had  booked a holiday to go to Hampshire on the 1st June, and decided it would be fun to take Whizy.  Yes, Archie sat on the back seat in his seat belt, with stuff packed in the footwells around him including his dog bed and all his “stuff”.   The boot was filled to the brim with our luggage which included a back pack for picnics, walking boots etc etc, but it all went in, quite amazing (who needs a big car!!!).