Suzuki Cappuccino?

[350matt]

Are these things any good? Also being as they're a bit titchy and I'm a bit tall (6'3") would I fit?
Not that I'm considering selling the TVR but something smaller and easier on the goverment debt paying fluid might be useful.

Matt

[the Wiz]

See Evo this month for a buying guide to the Cappuccino and the Honda Beat. Had one of the latter for a while - great fun, though it leaked like a sieve. If you are over 6 foot tall though you may have a problem getting in ....

[Beano500]

Ah the Cappuccino, eh - saw it in the flesh at a motor show when it first came out and thought it rather sweet. Sat in it (and I'm 6'3") and was surprised - mind you I can get in and drive a Fiat X1/9, which not everyone over 6' can achieve!

Personally I've been waiting for the Espresso. Should be smaller, stronger, more powerful, available in my favourite colour - black, with black interior, black dials with little black lights - with no froth and be good for concentration levels early in the day.

I think that I'd be worried about the ribbing you'd be likely to get, but then (as Carly Simon once pointed out) I'm so vain..........

[Bonce]

Beano500 said: I think that I'd be worried about the ribbing you'd be likely to get

They're "ribbed for her pleasure" are they?

I'm 6'0 and had no problems with the passenger seat but getting behind the wheel was a squeeze. And you don't half feel vulnerable in them on the motorway.

[Beano500]

Bonce said: And you don't half feel vulnerable in them on the motorway.

I can't imagine they'd be worse than a Smart(arse) Car or being on two wheels, whatever the size! Anyway, I don't think you'd be buying one for Mway cruising (unless you'd forgotten your medication that day), but rather town and twisties......

[mrsd]

We had a Cappuccino for a while (my husband has a tendency to hoard alledged forms of transport-as you may have noticed). Knife edge oversteer in a car with the structural integrity of a teabag is a bit alarming (or maybe I just try too hard ) . They are also extremely difficult to get bits for as the company that used to bring them in has gone bust. My son found it tricky to get into, he's too big, and my husband found it difficult to get out of, he's to decrepit. I think, at 6'3, you wouldn't fit easily with the top up/on.
Mine was shifted on when it went rusty, despite a generous aftermarket undersealing, and some of the ally bits looked as though they were not enjoying the English weather.

[cinqster]

Matt,


I tried one at The Motorshow with the roof up when they first came out. I'm 6'2" and I had a surprising amount of headroom.

John S.