Alastair2308
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Hi there guys. I am a brand new member here! Saw this forum while searching for information on the Stilo Abarth and here I am! From what I have read there seems to be guys with a wealth of knowledge about this car in this forum so I would like to hear what our guys have to say!
I am currently the owner of a GD01 Honda Jazz with the1.3l DSI engine. It's been a great first car. But being a bit of a car nut has lead me to seek out a car that's more exciting! Which has led me to an Abarth Stilo. Or two for that matter. XD but I'll only pick one obviously. Now I have been doing a lot of reading and research online about this car trying to pick out the good from the bad.
This particular model is a 3 door manual. So no selespeed box here to worry about. From what I can tell that's half the battle won already!
Anyways I have been doing some reading about the car. And here is what I have learned.
What I like.
If people have good things to say about the car. It's normally the model with a manual box. The one which is what I might get. The car seems relatively easy to get some cheap power out of it. From stock 175 to 200 ponies with a intake kit and a remapping. And some Eibach's. This from what I have read takes the car from 8.9s to around 7.5s for 0-100 acceleration and thanks to the Eibach's handles a load better too. It also seems to be in good condition. It's owned by a friend who is a fiat enthusiast and services them and maintains them. From what I can tell the 01-03 models were the devil in terms of reliability but the later models (this one being either an 04 or 06) were substantially better. This one also seems to leave out a lot of electronic fluff since it doesn't have the satnav and stuff the EU models got. SA pretty much got a bog standard stilo with a big engine in it from what I can tell. So this seems like a far more exciting car to own with some potential power gains that should be easy enough for me to learn on in terms of modifying cars.
What I don't like.
This car has a reputation. It's either loved. Or its hated. Nobody seems to sit on the fence with this one. It also seems the engine computer dips it's grubby fingers into everything. Intake kit breathing TOO WELL? Well we don't want that! Let's just run the car lean and cut the horses in half until you get that checked JUST TO BE SAFE! Also while it is easy to get around 200 hp out of her with the above mentioned relatively easy stuff. Getting more than 250 is a no-no on stock internals since it seems there is a lot of float between the conrods and the crank and too much power will send something flying. Which means some turbo love is out of the question without some new and expensive internals. But don't think I would want more than 200 With this car. At least until I have better pay. But then I'll probably end up with a new car if the comes to be anyways.
So have any of you owned this car or had experience with it? Is this a good idea? An exciting car to own? (maybe not exciting by today's standards of hot hatch, but by my standards since its around 2x as powerful as Jazzy) Something to see me through until I am really earning some better monies? I can't keep the jazz I am afraid since I would sell her to pay for the abarth.
What do you guys think?
I am currently the owner of a GD01 Honda Jazz with the1.3l DSI engine. It's been a great first car. But being a bit of a car nut has lead me to seek out a car that's more exciting! Which has led me to an Abarth Stilo. Or two for that matter. XD but I'll only pick one obviously. Now I have been doing a lot of reading and research online about this car trying to pick out the good from the bad.
This particular model is a 3 door manual. So no selespeed box here to worry about. From what I can tell that's half the battle won already!
Anyways I have been doing some reading about the car. And here is what I have learned.
What I like.
If people have good things to say about the car. It's normally the model with a manual box. The one which is what I might get. The car seems relatively easy to get some cheap power out of it. From stock 175 to 200 ponies with a intake kit and a remapping. And some Eibach's. This from what I have read takes the car from 8.9s to around 7.5s for 0-100 acceleration and thanks to the Eibach's handles a load better too. It also seems to be in good condition. It's owned by a friend who is a fiat enthusiast and services them and maintains them. From what I can tell the 01-03 models were the devil in terms of reliability but the later models (this one being either an 04 or 06) were substantially better. This one also seems to leave out a lot of electronic fluff since it doesn't have the satnav and stuff the EU models got. SA pretty much got a bog standard stilo with a big engine in it from what I can tell. So this seems like a far more exciting car to own with some potential power gains that should be easy enough for me to learn on in terms of modifying cars.
What I don't like.
This car has a reputation. It's either loved. Or its hated. Nobody seems to sit on the fence with this one. It also seems the engine computer dips it's grubby fingers into everything. Intake kit breathing TOO WELL? Well we don't want that! Let's just run the car lean and cut the horses in half until you get that checked JUST TO BE SAFE! Also while it is easy to get around 200 hp out of her with the above mentioned relatively easy stuff. Getting more than 250 is a no-no on stock internals since it seems there is a lot of float between the conrods and the crank and too much power will send something flying. Which means some turbo love is out of the question without some new and expensive internals. But don't think I would want more than 200 With this car. At least until I have better pay. But then I'll probably end up with a new car if the comes to be anyways.
So have any of you owned this car or had experience with it? Is this a good idea? An exciting car to own? (maybe not exciting by today's standards of hot hatch, but by my standards since its around 2x as powerful as Jazzy) Something to see me through until I am really earning some better monies? I can't keep the jazz I am afraid since I would sell her to pay for the abarth.
What do you guys think?