Abarth 595 Competizione as a daily?

[raining_sulphur]

Saw mangolesti offering a new comp for £469depsoit and £269/month. May be worth looking at?

[CooperS]

raining_sulphur said:

Saw mangolesti offering a new comp for £469depsoit and £269/month. May be worth looking at?

But I'd hazard a guess that will be 5000 mile limited and/ or be a billy basic car without Carpplay, Beats sat nav.

[marky911]

Well we’ve got a Black Comp coming in a week or two.
Had the choice of some dealer stock with an extra £400 discount if registered by end of March.
Works out about £19500.

Plain spec apart from the reversing sensors and climate control, although that might be standard.

We owe £12300 on our Trofeo so need to pay £750 deposit and £288 per month.
Not too bad.

I didn’t want a black one as they’re a pain to look after but the other choice was Record Grey and that’s what we have now so fancy a change.

The grey one had no parking sensors but they’d fit them for free. It did have the Scorpion aerial or something. I couldn’t even see what that was online so no big deal. Like I say we didn’t want Grey again and I didn’t like the thought of a mechanic drilling the rear bumper for the sensors.

Anyway I’m quite looking forward to it. I like the standard wheels with the 5 horseshoe sort of design.
Not much worth changing given its use. It’ll have 20bho more than the Trofeo anyway.

Cheers.


ETA for post above.

CarPlay is standard now.
We have 8000 miles allowance although it’s pretty irrelevant as long as you don’t hand it back to finance company. We’ll always just eBay or it trade it in.


Big shout out to Olivia at Abarth Nuneaton. She worked hard to get us a good deal. We’ve only had the Trofeo since 2017 so I thought we’d have to run it for another year tbh, to make the figures stack up.

Edited by marky911 on Friday 29th March 17:49

[pidsy]

Decided to take the plunge.
Sod it, I deserve a present:






It’s a performance pack car - 16k miles.
Pick it up next weekend.

It’s awesome.
I’m very happy. Or will be when it’s on the drive.

Edit to add - it’s got a sunroof. I didn’t know that was an option. It’s huge.

Edited by pidsy on Saturday 30th March 18:21

[marky911]

That looks ace Pidsy. Nice one!


Update on ours.
Turns out the black one is actually sold.
Abarth UK have found us a Grey one with £1500 of options for free.
So Record Grey, black mirrors and stripes, yellow Calipers.
Scorpion antenna
7” screen with sat nav
Reverse sensors
Auto climate control
Auto dimming mirror
Beats hifi
Xenon headlights

Happy with that.
Seems weird having black extras but the yellow Calipers. Red or black calipers would have been better but hey it’s a decent deal so it’s no biggie.

[n_const]

NAfreelance said:

Hi all

I am new here so sorry if this might be covered elsewhere

I am on the brink of ordering a Competizone, or a Turismo. I am leaning towards to Turismo as I love the red leather with Campovolo grey. But, I am slightly worried about the wear and tear on the leather. The older leather seats had the single flat piece that you sit on, and this often looked stretched and a little saggy on the second hand cars. Has anyone had any experience with the newer design seats now with the stitching that splits this flat section into segments.

I have a brand new record grey Turismo with red leather due to arrive into stock shortly.

[pidsy]

So - recommendations for insurance company’s?

The owners club is affiliated with Flux - I’m never using them again.

The meerkat gave me a very reasonable £304 from AXA.

Wondered if there was anyone else I should call?

[geeks]

LV came out well for me along with Direct Line, went with LV on price in the end!

[pidsy]

geeks said:

LV came out well for me along with Direct Line, went with LV on price in the end!

Thanks. I’ll call them tomorrow.

I can’t believe how much cheaper everything is on the Abarth. I’ve been getting shafted for years on the BMW.

[RATATTAK]

=LV quoted me £159 when adding the Abarth to my multi car policy, then when I explained to them exactly what it was they said they couldn't insure it so they offered no insurance for the Abarth but a £50 sweetener for wasting my time ... this was subsequently increased to £100 when I explained what my time is worth ... ended up going to Adrian Flux for an agreed value insurance

Edited by RATATTAK on Monday 1st April 20:44

[marky911]

With time that valuable Ratattak, who the heck are you?? Bleedin’ Richard Branson.

We pay the same for ours. £160 on our Admiral multicar policy.

I take it everyone still buys gap insurance?
Haven’t had a quote yet for new one. Paid £170 for Trofeo.

[RATATTAK]

marky911 said:

With time that valuable Ratattak, who the heck are you?? Bleedin’ Richard Branson.

No, I'm better lookin' than Mr Branson

[DELTAHPE]

RATATTAK said:

=LV quoted me £159 when adding the Abarth to my multi car policy, then when I explained to them exactly what it was they said they couldn't insure it so they offered no insurance for the Abarth but a £50 sweetener for wasting my time ... this was subsequently increased to £100 when I explained what my time is worth ... ended up going to Adrian Flux for an agreed value insurance

Edited by RATATTAK on Monday 1st April 20:44

So what put them off? I presume not that it was an Abarth but maybe the extras? Direct line wouldn't cover mine because it had performance pack

[geeks]

DELTAHPE said:

RATATTAK said:

=LV quoted me £159 when adding the Abarth to my multi car policy, then when I explained to them exactly what it was they said they couldn't insure it so they offered no insurance for the Abarth but a £50 sweetener for wasting my time ... this was subsequently increased to £100 when I explained what my time is worth ... ended up going to Adrian Flux for an agreed value insurance

Edited by RATATTAK on Monday 1st April 20:44

So what put them off? I presume not that it was an Abarth but maybe the extras? Direct line wouldn't cover mine because it had performance pack

Weird that you guys are having issues, both were quite happy to quote for mine, I have the PP as well, it's just a factory option

[pidsy]

Surely it’s not modified if it’s factory fit?

[RATATTAK]

DELTAHPE said:

RATATTAK said:

=LV quoted me £159 when adding the Abarth to my multi car policy, then when I explained to them exactly what it was they said they couldn't insure it so they offered no insurance for the Abarth but a £50 sweetener for wasting my time ... this was subsequently increased to £100 when I explained what my time is worth ... ended up going to Adrian Flux for an agreed value insurance

So what put them off? I presume not that it was an Abarth but maybe the extras? Direct line wouldn't cover mine because it had performance pack

They'd never heard of the Rosso Officine edition of the Biposto ... the quote they gave me was apparantly for a 595 Comp

[RATATTAK]

The little bugger has pushed the Porsche out of the garage



And she's nicked the Porsche's coat

[marky911]

I recognise that photo. Didn’t realise you were on here as well.

[RogerExplosion]

RATATTAK said:

The little bugger has pushed the Porsche out of the garage



And she's nicked the Porsche's coat

Love it!

[RATATTAK]

marky911 said:

I recognise that photo. Didn’t realise you were on here as well.