Ordered my new car....

Here is the little beast. Mad as a box of frogs!

Also a pic of my previous 500 Sport:

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undertherazor said:
Enjoy it! Would love some interior pics if you feel like it.
Cheers
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Funny you should say that......

Tall_Paul, shame you don't fit. The interiors are pretty nice.

Mine's pretty stock inside, other than the upgrade to leather. Couldn't do cloth, especially with the little 'un and the crumbs / mud etc that come with her!


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A beauty indeed.
Had a punto gt (1.4 lt 136hp) back in 1999 with an abarth exterior body kit and loved it. I bet this 500 will be even more fun living with it. Drive safe.
Cheers !
 
It does improve your knowledge of auto mechanics. Learned to do things that most people had forgotten in the 1950's.
double clutching; fixing vapor locks; The value of Al foil and old plastic Clorox bottles. It was a strange trip while it lasted.
Fix it again Tony (FIAT).
 
Re: RE: Ordered my new car....

Johnus said:
It does improve your knowledge of auto mechanics. Learned to do things that most people had forgotten in the 1950's.
double clutching; fixing vapor locks; The value of Al foil and old plastic Clorox bottles. It was a strange trip while it lasted.
Fix it again Tony (FIAT).
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At least you still had a clutch. My daughters clutch started to get stiff, she didn't realise until she pushed the clutch pedal so hard she broke the pedal box in her cinquicento. I thought it was Fix It Again Tomorrow.

The modern FIATs do seem a lot more reliable.
 
Nice car, what's the engine? does this one have a Turbo? I had few old fiats (131, Tipo, Tempra) not the best quality but ok. Back at home a Fiat specialist had a 131 Abarth lookalike and Uno Turbo, they were great cars and very fast and great fun to drive.
 
Lose the beard said:
The modern FIATs do seem a lot more reliable.
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Yeah,

Had this orange 500 Sport (hence my user name) for four fun filled years. It was great, which is why we upgraded to the Abarth.

Sezer74 said:
Nice car, what's the engine? does this one have a Turbo? I
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It's a 1.4 twin cam 16V version of the FIRE engine with fuel injection, a turbo charger and twin intercoolers.

It's pretty quick (0-60 in 7.8 I think) which feels ballistic in a small car. The Sport mode actually does make a marked difference when engaged, weighting up the steering, adding more torque and sharpening the throttle response.

Price wise it's on par with a Mini Cooper, which it'll laugh at in terms of performance, equipment and interior space. And it really grumbles and barks. Very grumpy!

Love it!
 
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