Off Topic My new turbo bravo :)

gadge · Nov 17, 2014

Just thought I'ld pop in and say hi to the bravo section as this will be my new second home in the forum :wave:

Some of you may know me from the Stilo and 126 section. I've just traded my beloved Stilo

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in for a shiney nearly new bravo 1.4 turbo 140. This is an ex fiat managers car and comes with the sky roof, heated seats and (so I'm told) really fancy xenon lights that "turn as you drive around corners"

........ Magic bean stuff to me but at 7500 miles it's condition is excellent and I love the wheels!

Anyway here's some pictures

I've been told by my wife that I'm not allowed to fiddle with this one....... We'll see

Most Easterly Pandas · Nov 17, 2014

Looks

You've even got the fairly rare factory fitted alloys there

The headlights don't turn around corners, just the fog lamps operate on the respective sides at low speed to light up the corners - but with your HID Bi-Xenon headlights (£800 option) IIRC this is a fairly pointless feature, as I found on my Bravo with factory fitted HIDs, still a good feature on the Bravo's with standard headlights though

gadge · Nov 17, 2014

Yeah the wheels are what drew me in

as for the lights I've never really got excited about HIDs just as long as they light up the road nicely

Does this car have the delightful M32 gearbox?

StevenRB45 · Nov 17, 2014

Ooh I like, white is the colour of champions...and those who like to finish work and wash their car at dusk in the cold..

swift · Nov 17, 2014

gadge said:
Just thought I'ld pop in and say hi to the bravo section as this will be my new second home in the forum :wave:

Some of you may know me from the Stilo and 126 section. I've just traded my beloved Stilo cry in for a shiney nearly new bravo 1.4 turbo 140. This is an ex fiat managers car and comes with the sky roof, heated seats and (so I'm told) really fancy xenon lights that "turn as you drive around corners" ........ Magic bean stuff to me but at 7500 miles it's condition is excellent and I love the wheels!

Anyway here's some pictures I've been told by my wife that I'm not allowed to fiddle with this one....... We'll see

Ah gadge well I didn't think I would see you tinkering in this section of the forum let alone buying the best coloured bravo out there imo not biased hmm,
Anyhow welcome to the Bravos elite,

It won't be long I wasn't going to do much to mine but well it went right out the back window!!!!!!??????

gadge · Nov 17, 2014

Cheers buddy

it was nearly a blue one but someone got there just before me but the White is soooo shiney! I just couldn't hepl myself!

gotta wait two weeks before I can pick it up though

StevenRB45 · Nov 17, 2014

gadge said:
Cheers buddy it was nearly a blue one but someone got there just before me but the White is soooo shiney! I just couldn't hepl myself! gotta wait two weeks before I can pick it up though

You seen it on a dull day? Looking at a white car polished up on a sunny day can hide all sorts

Spotted 5 stone chips a I missed when I first saw mine on an overcast day! However clean pearl white looks awesome.

swift · Nov 17, 2014

gadge said:
Cheers buddy it was nearly a blue one but someone got there just before me but the White is soooo shiney! I just couldn't hepl myself! gotta wait two weeks before I can pick it up though

The longest two weeks ever was bad enough just waitng the one

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Seeing yours takes me right back to when I clapped eyes for the first time on my Bianco lol, done a few more things since the calipers now though dude!!!!

gadge · Nov 17, 2014

Yes I love you calipers! I'm thinking maybe I should do mine.... Not sure what colour though :yum: I just want time to fly now so I can give it a burn - I haven't actually driven it yet

swift · Nov 17, 2014

gadge said:
Yes I love you calipers! I'm thinking maybe I should do mine.... Not sure what colour though :yum: I just want time to fly now so I can give it a burn - I haven't actually driven it yet

This is what I was on about at Rockingham the hole usual red,
Well i went onto getting my alloys sprayed gloss black plastidipped my handles got 3 things to do now hehe,
Ah man the buzz of a new car still buzzing now lol

So you be in the bravo section next year ???

gadge · Nov 17, 2014

swift said:
So you be in the bravo section next year ???

Certainly will bud

love the black grill area on yours how did you do that again?

swift · Nov 17, 2014

gadge said:
Certainly will bud love the black grill area on yours how did you do that again?

I got mine sprayed by a dude I know, some get it wrapped. But for me I wanted the uber gloss finish.

aurick86 · Nov 18, 2014

Congrats, the car looks great!
To answer your question, yes it does have the M32 gearbox.
And being the 140hp version i would say it also has the multiair electric-hidraulic-whatever valves. There are a few thoughts out there that the system still has some flaws and they are not as strong as the older T-jets..but they are more refined.

gadge · Nov 18, 2014

aurick86 said:
Congrats, the car looks great!
To answer your question, yes it does have the M32 gearbox.
And being the 140hp version i would say it also has the multiair electric-hidraulic-whatever valves. There are a few thoughts out there that the system still has some flaws and they are not as strong as the older T-jets..but they are more refined.

We'll see how it fares up then

I won't be driving it hard. It only has 18 months left on warranty and I only do 4000 miles a year so I doubt it would go then

PeterCampbell · Nov 18, 2014

Great looking car! Was a choice between a Grande Punto and a Bravo for me and the mrs; ended up finding a cheaper grande punto but was certainly a hard choice.

Tad-bravo · Nov 18, 2014

looks like my car except in white.
great choice of specs. do you have the sub in the boot?

edit: why are the mirrors black?

gadge · Nov 18, 2014

Tad-bravo said:
looks like my car except in white.
great choice of specs. do you have the sub in the boot?

edit: why are the mirrors black?

Yeah there's a sub on the left hand side of the boot. Quite a good sound system actually. Its an ex Fiat UK managers car so I guess that's why it's got a lot extra goodies on it like the heated seats and fancy lights. Not sure why the mirrors are black - they just are

swift · Nov 19, 2014

Tad-bravo said:
looks like my car except in white.
great choice of specs. do you have the sub in the boot?

edit: why are the mirrors black?

gadge said:
Yeah there's a sub on the left hand side of the boot. Quite a good sound system actually. Its an ex Fiat UK managers car so I guess that's why it's got a lot extra goodies on it like the heated seats and fancy lights. Not sure why the mirrors are black - they just are

There black due to the 2014 facelift I think we have gloss black fog surrounds gloss black wing mirrors and tinted headlights with no orange indicator section just the bulb glows orange when turning and chrome door handles

You can notice it between mine and Rigby's

gadge · Nov 19, 2014

Mine is very much identical to your swift in that picture except mine has the different 17" wheels.

swift · Nov 19, 2014

How's it going gadge, you had by ideas of this section of things to do to your white beauty??
Also does this mean you will be coming along to the meets and joining the bravo section??

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