Abarth 595 Owners

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Lukerevhen

Original Poster:

21 posts

125 months

Wednesday 12th March 2014
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Anyone got a 595 on here? General opinions, problems, things to look out for etc, gf has one on order!

Exoticaholic

1,043 posts

211 months

Thursday 13th March 2014
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I have a 595c Competizione having traded in my 500c last month.

You say a 595 is on order, would that be the Turismo or Competizone? Both are different ie no Monza or Sabelts on the Turismo.

Hatchback or convertible? Mine is the latter hence the small 'c' suffix. Rearwards visiblity isn't good due to the height of the top when lowered.

The ride is quite hard, but that's the price of having different shocks and suspension settings. Generally no problems but I do think the interior's atmosphere needs lifting a bit - especially the plastic door cards. They are identical as the Fiat 500 Pop.... but at least the armrests are leather!

I hope you enjoy the new car.


ferdi p

1,519 posts

171 months

Thursday 13th March 2014
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Got a 595 Turismo (with Monza) as my everyday runabout...

+ Quick, fun, nimble & noisy!

- Hard ride, high seating position & noisy!


Lukerevhen

Original Poster:

21 posts

125 months

Thursday 13th March 2014
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It's a turismo! Am I right in thinking the only difference is the monza and buckets?

Will be used to the ride coming from a cooper s on runflats!

BOR

4,699 posts

254 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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Anyone have any experience with the paddle shift gearbox?

Do you think the ride is too stiff for short trips ?

Thanks,

ferdi p

1,519 posts

171 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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BOR said:
Anyone have any experience with the paddle shift gearbox?

Do you think the ride is too stiff for short trips ?

Thanks,
The paddle shift is actually pretty good, however I found the ride too stiff for any type of trip! Great fun cars if you can put up with the ride...

BOR

4,699 posts

254 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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Thanks Ferdi. We have a local manual demonstrator we can try.

sidpinup

998 posts

254 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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I have a 595 Comp with the MTA gear box and Record exhaust. Record Gray with brown bucket seats.

Its quick and makes a great noise, handles well but is a hardish ride, drinks too much petrol and makes you drive like a grinning idiot. The best trick is turn off sport mode and floor it, when the rives rise hit SPORT and the pops and bangs from the exhaust as it kicks down are just hilarious.

If you do a lot long journeys its probably not the ideal car but I find it OK and comfortable on motorways.

No reliability issues or any quality issues so far apart from part of the door decals coming off when I used the jet wash.


bob-in-toon

423 posts

204 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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Picked up one of these a few weeks ago - as others have said, great fun to drive but jesus the ride is hard! Luckily only use it around twice a weekbiggrin

BOR

4,699 posts

254 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2014
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I have just tried the 595 Comp demonstrator. Really nicely done. Lot of fun to drive, steering really good, good level of exhaust noise. Sabelt seats look great, but aren't built with comfort in mind. Suspension also pretty hard. I could live with it for short trips, my wife is less sure.

The quality of the interior was higher than I expected. Overall, very enjoyable car, but maybe the lesser versions would be a bit more useable.

Martin_M

2,071 posts

226 months

Friday 26th December 2014
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I bought one a few months ago - plan to trade it in or sell it privately for something bigger in the near future though. No issues with mine, touch wood.