wuvvum Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 At the risk of turning this hallowed forum into wuvscarsales.com... As you may have seen elsewhere, I bought this not long ago, and immediately struggled with the driving position - I like to drive with legs outstretched because of my dodgy knee, and the Picanto's driver's seat just doesn't go back far enough. I've tried to give it a go - I've been commuting to work in it for the last couple of weeks - but annoyingly (because the rest of the car has really grown on me) I just can't get on with it. It's actually a fun little thing to drive - it's quite nippy, goes round corners OK and the ride isn't bad for a small car. It's good on fuel too - probably doing similar mpg to the Rover of Doom. It's quite well equipped for a little buzzbox - remote locking, electric windows all round, variable intermittent wipers, and aircon (which I was told by the previous owner doesn't get cold - it's not been warm enough in my brief ownership to tell for sure, although the compressor kicks in). It's got an aftermarket stereo which works OK, In fact I think everything works apart from some of the wires on the HRW. It's generally a tidy little thing, let down primarily by giffer-scuffs on the bumper corners and the fact that the bonnet looks like it's been polished with a scouring pad. Also the trimz are cheapo generic jobs. Interior is pretty clean for the mileage though. It's done a lot of miles for a little car (just coming up to 140K), but the only thing I can fault it on mechanically is the clutch, which works fine but is heavier than it should be - not investigated why. It's MOT'd until the middle of May next year. Pics: Car is in NE Norfolk as per. Cavcraft, strangeangel, Aston Martin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Underrated little cars these and £350 is a bargain when you look at some of them on the bay right now. GLWTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 One of these - 54 plate, same spec, half the miles - went through Cannock auctions today for 400 sheets, not including commission etc. So yes: buy from wuvscarsales.com and grab a bargin m8 eddyramrod and Landy Mann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 MOSTERLING... get it bought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Swap for the Colt of many shiters? Auto and bigger might help with the driving position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 Ta for the offer, but I've decided I'm going to sell the Kia for moneyz and then spend some of the proceeds on getting the 121 back on the road (also auto and (a bit) bigger, and more importantly more spacious in the front) - the poor old thing has been quite neglected recently and is going to go downhill badly if it's left standing all winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Fiats Sake Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Looks like the designer couldn't be arsed to finish the front end of the car, like something is missing? if it were a Daewoo Matiz I would have it coz Gig Gug Gag Italian designer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 Buy it anyway just to piss off your gas engineer mate. tonedepear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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