My Stilo JTD is up for sale and I've bought myself a Stilo Abarth









There are a couple bits of bodywork damage which I've been quoted £170 to repair which isn't as bad as I thought it would be.

Well impressed with the skyroof, just got to get used to 24MPG now

Typical though when I picked the car up it started raining so haven't had the chance to use the roof properly yet

whats the damage?

Nice colour btw

24mpg, ouch, I bet that was nice after a JTD!!!

Nice!

Very nice indeed

Got to love that MPG, lol

Here are a few pics of the damage

this is from a firework which landed on the bonnet


And this must be where he just scraped a wall or something


There are a few very light scratches on the skirts as well, but they should polish out.

Also started the car up after work and got the message "theft has been attempted" I can't see any forced entry or any other bumps so it's either a car with a very loud zorst went past or there's a fly or a spider trapped in the car setting off the sensors.

dan-the-man said:

Also started the car up after work and got the message "theft has been attempted" I can't see any forced entry or any other bumps so it's either a car with a very loud zorst went past or there's a fly or something similar trapped in the car setting off the sensors.

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always nice to know if somebodys tried nicking your nice new abarth and didnt succeed.

Yea, I'm glad they didn't

Got some headlamp protectors to fit at the weekend and order some kickplates, then get the damage repaired next week and all shall be sorted

nice dan, get those few niggle bits sorted out and she'll be mint!

.......oh and slam that mofo!

very nice, love the seats.

Manual as well, I wouldnt mind a stilo 'barth :slayer:

Out of interest...

a) How much did that set you back?

and

b) What is your insurance / age / etc etc

I'm gonna be desperate for a new car in a month or so, having not had anything since my Sei which I sold about a year ago I've been looking at these and I'd be interested to know if they're realistic or not. 24mpg is pretty serious though

That is one beautiful looking motor Dan ~ Happy motoring!

Alroy said:

Out of interest...

a) How much did that set you back?

and

b) What is your insurance / age / etc etc

I'm gonna be desperate for a new car in a month or so, having not had anything since my Sei which I sold about a year ago I've been looking at these and I'd be interested to know if they're realistic or not. 24mpg is pretty serious though

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Sorry I didn't reply earlier.

a) it cost £5600 with 22k miles on the clock

b) I'm 21 and the insurance cost £900 fully comp through tesco, insurance group 15.

Nice

you should come and join the sub-20mpg gang

i'm currently averaging a whopping 18.5mpg!

i did get as high as 33 on a looooooong motorway trip the other day

Well when I got it, it was 24 MPG.

I've reset the trip computer and it's now 20.4 mpg

Nice Abarth
Btw, I see that your previous jtd had been remapped. I was just wondering, what is the difference in feeling , driving regarding the bhp if you compare the chipped jtd and the Abarth ? Turbo diesels deliver all that power instantly, so does one notice those 10bhp more in the Abarth ?

TBH my JTD feels faster because of the turbo and the short rev range, but the Abarth is only very slighty quicker with most of the power coming from the top end of the revs.

oh and don't forget that 5-pot sound is better than a tractor or a boat as the missus called it

dan-the-man said:

Sorry I didn't reply earlier.

a) it cost £5600 with 22k miles on the clock

b) I'm 21 and the insurance cost £900 fully comp through tesco, insurance group 15.

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Nice, thanks very much!

Seems pretty reasonable to me, might have to investigate this further soon.

Cheers

Gorgeous Abarth Dan, nice one mate

dan-the-man said:

I've reset the trip computer and it's now 20.4 mpg

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Ah yes the destinctive feature of the 5pot engine..... these wild beats can usually be found marking their teritory around the super-unleaded pumps at your local petrol station lol.

My Bravo usually averages around 22-23mpg although I had it averaging 17.5mpg but that was with burnt plugs and a blowing downpipe