Newbie Abarth 500

[Guppstah]

Hi all,

I am Garry from Chelmsford, UK

Been a petrol head in the past, with a Nissan 200SX ramped up to 342 BHP, then had kids so went boring and practical for a while.

Now is the time to have some driving fun again.

Ordered a 2012 Abarth 500, I pick it up on Thursday morning.

Can't wait.

Just wish I could get on the Abarthisti forum, been waiting approval for ages now.

Hi to all the fellow Petrol Heads.

G

[Squadrone Rosso]

Congrats - epic little car. Check out the FiatForum

[irish boy]

Great buy...my wife bought a new one last week and it's superb....


http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[DavidTillyer]

Yeah sign up to FiatForum.com as well. We are a friendly bunch and there are plenty of shows and events throughout the year.

Welcome though. I have an Abarth too (Punto Evo) and I love it.

[Fantuzzi]

Great cars, definately looking at one in the future as a DD.

Whats the real life mpgs any?

[Guppstah]

40 ish on a run and 30 around town from what I have read. Depending on how you drive obviously.

[squirejo]

23mpg on an abarth 500 with Tmc fitted. Urban journeys only.

[Oli G]

Hi. Welcome from another Abarth owner. Check out www.thescorpionclub.co.uk

[Fantuzzi]

Guppstah said:

40 ish on a run and 30 around town from what I have read. Depending on how you drive obviously.

Sounds great!

Love the Abarth, any owners got the Monza exhaust?

[Oli G]

Yeah I've got the monza on mine. It sounds great! A bit expensive and not brilliant quality tho.
I average around 38mpg

[Guppstah]

Mine has the Monza. Unfortunately I couldn't pick it up yesterday as the log book hadn't arrived from the Dvla yet. Hoping for today :-(

[BIRMA]

I've been doing a bit of test driving of the Abarth 500 as my wife is changing her 2 litre Beetle auto for one. Yesterday I drove the MTA auto box which was in a convertible then tried a car with the Koni kit. The MTA box is quite good and I think I could live with it as the wife prefers an auto and I can use it every now and then to blow the cobwebs out on a few country lanes I know. I did the test drive on the Koni equipped car straight after the auto and have to say the ride felt much nicer and smoother (I used the exact same route with both cars and drove one straight after the other)and on the twisty bits just felt planted anyway I've concluded we will buy one of the new 595 models

[JackTheLaddddd]

Goodluck with the little beast