Faults:

Mold has started to grow inside the car.

The drivers side does not lock and neither does the passenger side

The original pink paintwork is coming through the spray painted over red paintwork.

General Comments:

My first car, and am still driving it. although its pink and I'm an 18 male, it is really funny. I haven't really had any problems with the car and would recommend it to anyone who was thinking of a first car. I used it for practicing driving and when my dad said emergency stop, it just kept going and going.

Haven't really ventured with the car. Gave it blacked out windows and some funky stickers that came in a magazine. A pink marbelle with blacked out windows does turn a lot of heads.

Otherwise it has been a really economical car for me and saved me petrol on short runs, even though the speed does like going above 70. that's the speed limit and what with a new license, it a lovely car to drive.

General Comments:

This car is about as basic as they come, but has been just about the most fun I've had since purchasing my first car 25 years ago.

It's extremely economical and cheap to run and has not cost me a penny in unexpected repairs, only costs have been for the usual wear and tear service items.

It's also very versatile, the front seats slide out and the back seat (well hammock really) can be unclipped and removed. I was able to load a full bathroom suite into it with the rear seat and the front passenger seat removed and was still able to close the tailgate.

Luxurious it's not, not even really comfortable and there's little instrumentation, but although I'm not using it at the moment (and haven't for a few months now) I just can't bring myself to sell it. I reckon it's more rust resistant than the Fiat Panda it's based on and must be one of the simplest cars to repair.

I was told by a main dealer that 100,000 miles is no problem at all for these cars as long as oil changes have been carried out regularly, and the 5 speed larger engined (well by about 100cc) would be a little more versatile on the road.

If you're not into image and you get the offer of one of these on the cheap, then buy it.