Abarth 500 :)

[Stuart]

Had a few people asking about it, so might aswell make a thread. Its not a project as its staying 100% standard aside from winter time when it will get a different set of wheels to take winter tyres

We popped into the Slough Abarth dealer to see if we liked the A500 and to see if it was something we should look for in future.... About 10 mins into the 40min test drive we both agreed we wanted one, just I didnt realise the Mrs mean buying the one we were driving there and then
Picked her up in early June and got free tickets to the Trade day of the FOS which was a lovely little bonus. I have to say I loath car dealers as they are usually below estate agents in terms of being a human being, BUT the guys at Thames Fiat/Abarth are just fantastic!!! aside from not being able to tell the difference between an Evora and a Ferrari

Anyhooo, I cleaned her up today so some shiney shiney pics.




shiney pipes, I even bothered to polish them up.... first and last time that'll happen


The Abarth forum is funny, most posts are about some sort of iffy tuning box or about exhausts. I wrote a 'how to' jack the car up thread and it was like im a heretic (the manual states you need to goto a dealer to have the car lifted ).

[Spudly]

You total massive ghey, why didnt you just post pics of yourself wearing a pink tutu and smoking some guys pole, wouldve been far easier to guess youve h'actually come out of the closet

[Andy]

You raving shirtlifter.
LIke.Especially in red,not seen one before in that colour.

[MK999]

200+ horse out of it or GTFO.

[Stuart]

Technically it's the mrs's car, but it's replaced the Clio so really it's mine

Fiat 500 = benders and girls car
Abarth 500 = hetroish and girls car

[Benn]

At least it isn't white.

[turbojolt]

is there much difrence to the arbarth over the standard 1.4 turbo (think its called t-jet), i can see the body is diffrent but what about the toys?


p.s i really like it, but then again i really like mx5's so i must be a gayer

[turbojolt]

At least it isn't white.

nova white

[Stuart]

iirc you cant buy a 1.4 T-Jet Fiat 500.
The Abarth has different wheels, suspension, front and rear bumpers (front is purely to fit the intercoolers in), leather interior as std and thats about it. The 500 is a very simple car so the toys arent exactly mind blowing with a headunit that can play from an iDevice or USB stick as a peak .

Have to say the 1.4t-Jet is one of the finest engines I've ever experienced. Tons of low down torque, pulls like a train when you need it to and will return nearly 45mpg on a run in traffic.

[Stuart]

nova white

BosaNova and its the worst colour (saying that the chavs LOVE it)