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Well finally took delivery of my brand new Abarth Punto Supersport. Took 11 weeks and 6 days but well worth the wait!
Punto Evo/Supersport (Abarth) Nero: The Abarth Punto Supersport
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Well Nero was poorly at the weekend. Dashboard decided to light up like a Christmas tree (a little early me thinks) and all electrics decided to stop working.
Got recovered 130 miles back to the garage on Sunday evening. Got my car back Wednesday, cracking turn around to say they didnt know about it until 9am Monday morning, turns out an air con pipe had split near the alternator spraying the AC liquid/gunk onto the alternator causing it to slowly fail.
Pipe, alternator and AC sorted all under warranty and gave me amazing service all the way through. However must say if this was what caused my AC to fail during the summer I'm surprised they didn't pick it up back then. Hey ho.
Also in other news I'm now starting to use Shell V-Power+ Nitro and appears so far to give a nicer engine note and had a couple more pops and bangs which never fail to put a smile on my face
Got recovered 130 miles back to the garage on Sunday evening. Got my car back Wednesday, cracking turn around to say they didnt know about it until 9am Monday morning, turns out an air con pipe had split near the alternator spraying the AC liquid/gunk onto the alternator causing it to slowly fail.
Pipe, alternator and AC sorted all under warranty and gave me amazing service all the way through. However must say if this was what caused my AC to fail during the summer I'm surprised they didn't pick it up back then. Hey ho.
Also in other news I'm now starting to use Shell V-Power+ Nitro and appears so far to give a nicer engine note and had a couple more pops and bangs which never fail to put a smile on my face
lovely looking 03
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lovely looking 03
Its the only way I could get 'Freebo' to work
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Well Nero has had its first service, Aircon stopped working again but this was due to a loose wire.
Also clocked 10k now
Also clocked 10k now
It does concern me when I hear about all the reliability issues people have with Abarths. I do very low mileage so I might be ok. But I did find the build quality to be poor though.
i must say everytime i have been in a new/nearly new fiat i am shocked by how flimsy and shoddy they feel. A cinq defo feels better put together than a Grande for example. My mum's mk2 punto is not that bad and nor was my Stilo. Can't really comment on reliability of the really new cars, but again the stilo was as reliable car and mothers mk2 has been decent too.
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Aye, well the car is nice but compared to the bravo it's like going from a Merc to a Dacia. It's crazy to think the bravo and the Punto are made by the same people!
Well I went from a 2010 Panda to an Abarth and the difference in build quality was shocking. Even though both were made by Fiat I think it has more to do with where its made. The Panda and 500 are made in Poland and are pretty robust whereas the Punto is made in Melfi Italy. The paint quality and finish in particular is very bad.
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whats next john??
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Still have mine FYI. No-one bought it and it is looking a little sorry for itself lately.
Later this year I plan to get her looking good again so I can make a return to Auto Italia :slayer:
I started off on a rocky road with my Abarth. But things just get better and better and I would never sell it now.
