Any male Abarth 595 owners here?

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Charliesum said:

30k haha
Wait til you see this....
Abarth695biposto.com...
anyone got a spare £55000

Edited by Charliesum on Friday 26th September 06:25

55k and it comes with plastic windows :P

I like the idea; it's practically the rood going version of the Abarth race cars. However 55k is mental price!!!

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Martin_M said:

Have had my 595 competizione for a week now. I'm 6 foot 4 and it's not as comfortable as I had hoped. If anyone is looking for one get in touch as I could be tempted to part with it.

Martin

Just saw your other thread Martin and we are the complete opposites I'm selling my Abarth (with a little regret as I've just spent £££ on a full stainless Monza) for a M135i ( http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...)

I know the running costs would be much higher (insurance almost doubled and is almost same price as my E92 M3) but found one with spec I like so decided to go for it.

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Martin_M said:

I'm sure you will love the performance sir. I just never keep the one car for very long but I'm extremely tempted to buy the forthcoming 180bhp version and go a bit crazy on the modification side of things...or else I'll be more sensible and go down the new type r or wrx sti route...by next week I'll have another plan! lol

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the BMW.

I'm the same...have a reputation of changing cars often! Longest I've kept in recent years was the GTR at 2 years...

It all depends on what you expect from the car to be honest. I'm lucky enough to have experienced quick cars and as I don't think I can afford any other options I'm now in the hunt for the perfect "junior super car".
Looking at practical, quick and well built cars and I had my eye on the new Golf R and M135i. It's shame that I can't afford the Golf R now so went for M135i instead.

Is there a good forum to join for M135 owners? For Abarth if you're note already on I'd recommend http://www.abarthforum.co.uk/index.php

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Martin_M said:

Already on the Abarth forum - good bunch of guys.

I think you've made a good choice but for me, I wasn't enjoying the experience enough and it didn't look different enough to warrant £400 a month. If you're used to a GTR then I would imagine most things will seem slower but I found that the M135i was more than I wanted or needed for the road...and I have a couple of speeding fines to prove it!

The Golf R is supposed to be a great car but I think it looks boring from the front. I do like the quad pipes at the rear and the interior looks nice but I know I'd get bored with it after a while. I believe there were some very good lease deals available at one point, much like the M135i but I missed those.

For me, unless I buy second hand, I feel like there are less cars I'd like to buy (under £30kish) than ever before. I was always a fan of the RS range but I don't like the looks of the Clio or Megane (the fortcoming Clio Trophy might look good in the metal though). I've had a corsa vxr in the past which I loved but again, the looks of the new one aren't doing it for me. It's all subjective though as I sometimes look at the dinky Abarth and think the same lol...what I love about it though is that I have yet to see any other Competiziones, I can drive it really quite hard without it costing a fortune and the bang for your buck is really good! If I go for the 180bhp version I will most definitely need to do something with the steering wheel and seating position though.

Edit: good forum here: http://www.babybmw.net/

Thanks for the link

As this is my second car I always have bought second hand. I might consider leasing in the future as it seems to suit my style of changing cars ever so often.

You are right about the Abarth, it is cheap as chips to run and you'll have more chances of exploring the limits of the car. Regarding seating position I've read some people on forums getting Recaros on custom made rails.

Edited by crazy about cars on Sunday 15th March 16:48