Hello
My 1.4 500 Sport will be 3 years old in April, and ownership has been 99% enjoyable, so I want to trade it in for another 500 - a 1.4 Sport again OR a Twin Air Sport. After speccing them both on the configurator there's only £40 difference in price. I know the Twin Air is cheaper to tax and is more economical than the 1.4, and I've arranged to test drive 'both' again this weekend. I understand there's been improvements to the suspension too, so ride should be better than my current 500's.
Has anyone on here gone from a 1.4 500 to a Twin Air, and if so (running costs aside), do you have any regrets? Is the Twin Air as fun to drive as the 1.4? Does it actually 'feel' a lot slower? (I know top-speed is 5 MPH less and accelaration to 60 MPH is a second slower), but have these differences been very noticable over your period of ownership, as opposed to what you experienced on the test drive? Or, are you of the opinion that you've definitley made the right choice?
Sorry for all the questions. And to further complicate matters, "Abarth 500" keeps popping into my head every now and then.
My 1.4 500 Sport will be 3 years old in April, and ownership has been 99% enjoyable, so I want to trade it in for another 500 - a 1.4 Sport again OR a Twin Air Sport. After speccing them both on the configurator there's only £40 difference in price. I know the Twin Air is cheaper to tax and is more economical than the 1.4, and I've arranged to test drive 'both' again this weekend. I understand there's been improvements to the suspension too, so ride should be better than my current 500's.
Has anyone on here gone from a 1.4 500 to a Twin Air, and if so (running costs aside), do you have any regrets? Is the Twin Air as fun to drive as the 1.4? Does it actually 'feel' a lot slower? (I know top-speed is 5 MPH less and accelaration to 60 MPH is a second slower), but have these differences been very noticable over your period of ownership, as opposed to what you experienced on the test drive? Or, are you of the opinion that you've definitley made the right choice?
Sorry for all the questions. And to further complicate matters, "Abarth 500" keeps popping into my head every now and then.