General Collected my Abarth

isuk · Feb 13, 2009

Picked it up from Rockingham cars this afternoon and it's fantastic. I wanted Funk white on my original 500 but it wasn't available at launch so deciding the colour this time round was easy

The ride quality is vastly superior on the 17" wheels on the Abarth than my Lounge was on 16" wheels. You can really feel the turbo kick in and it reminds me of the Uno turbo I owned a long time ago.

alainmengoli · Feb 13, 2009

Congrats. I am envious that I have to wait 'till the 1st. I have the same spec but without the chequered roof. Can I ask what the list price was?

MisssportyGT · Feb 13, 2009

It looks Gorgeous

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Heidi · Feb 13, 2009

Looks nice (although i'm biaised towards FW!). Miss Sporty, have you ordered yours yet?

Chris@souls · Feb 13, 2009

that looks the nuts!!!

dawesy · Feb 13, 2009

looks wonderful! let us know how you get on!

ianrm · Feb 13, 2009

Looks very nice indeed.

nebrog23 · Feb 13, 2009

Looks fantastic! is that the boost gauge on the dash? It looks like it could get in the way!Is it just the LHD versions that have it down by the side?

FIREsporting · Feb 13, 2009

It dose look fantastic mate

Mark Elvin · Feb 13, 2009

isuk said:
Picked it up from Rockingham cars this afternoon and it's fantastic. I wanted Funk white on my original 500 but it wasn't available at launch so deciding the colour this time round was easy The ride quality is vastly superior on the 17" wheels on the Abarth than my Lounge was on 16" wheels. You can really feel the turbo kick in and it reminds me of the Uno turbo I owned a long time ago.

Good god that looks so smart you lucky thing!!!

(if you need a detailer you know where I am!!!!)

isuk · Feb 13, 2009

nebrog,

It is the turbo boost guage but it doesn't get in the way.

Mark,

Thanks for the kind offer but I'm a bit of a compulsive car cleaner myself and have got so many cleaning products/waxes etc (including a Porter Cable) it's ridiculous

nebrog23 · Feb 13, 2009

isuk said:
nebrog,

It is the turbo boost guage but it doesn't get in the way.

Mark,

Thanks for the kind offer but I'm a bit of a compulsive car cleaner myself and have got so many cleaning products/waxes etc (including a Porter Cable) it's ridiculous

The big question is how much was it?

Mark Elvin · Feb 13, 2009

isuk said:
Thanks for the kind offer but I'm a bit of a compulsive car cleaner myself and have got so many cleaning products/waxes etc (including a Porter Cable) it's ridiculous

I'm glad to see your collection gets the care it deserves.

Nuova500 · Feb 13, 2009

Thats the nicest Abarth Ive seen yet, does look good in FW with red leather

I still wish it had ivory ambience though

isuk · Feb 13, 2009

Mark Elvin said:
I'm glad to see your collection gets the care it deserves.

If you'd seen the state my Scuderia arrived in you'd have been appalled. I had to machine polish 80% of it to get rid of fine scratches

Nuova500 said:
Thats the nicest Abarth Ive seen yet, does look good in FW with red leather I still wish it had ivory ambience though

Thanks Nuova. I loved the ivory ambience in my lounge but everything in the Abarth is black - dash, door plastics, carpets and roof lining. The ivory ambience wouldn't really look right to be honest.

Nuova500 · Feb 13, 2009

Well, it looked fine on original Abarth 500s

With the black the dash looks dis-jointed in the middle, still I guess you are looking at the road a bit more in an Abarth, interesting it seems to ride better than the standard 500, must be the Ford KA suspension?

Nuova500 · Feb 13, 2009

Heidi said:
Looks nice (although i'm biaised towards FW!). Miss Sporty, have you ordered yours yet?

Dont be silly Heidi, MS isnt getting one... its all a dream

nottsfiat07 · Feb 13, 2009

Nuova500 said:
Dont be silly Heidi, MS isnt getting one... its all a dream

We all thought it, no one wanted to say it... (duck and cover)

Nuova500 · Feb 13, 2009

Well, Im over 40 and non PC so I did

nottsfiat07 · Feb 13, 2009

...and respect to you for doing so! :worship:

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