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Abarth 500
- Thread starter Lal B3N
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brisa4984
ClioSport Club Member
Great little car
I did a track experience about 18 months ago in one of these around Brands Hatch in the rain,great fun overtaking supercars in the wet:tongueout:
hold on hold on.. an abarth 500 overtaking supercars on track.. in the rain.
put the smoke down dude
Car looks awesome.
I have a massive soft spot for these... They sound superb
How is it on fuel? I do fair mileage. Could be a possible replacement for the 182 if/when the time comes.
I have a massive soft spot for these... They sound superb
How is it on fuel? I do fair mileage. Could be a possible replacement for the 182 if/when the time comes.
-Rob
ClioSport Club Member
Fuel wise I get 30-48mpg depending on driving, 300 mile trip just this last week and I returned 44mpg.
Great cars and I love the splitter on this!
Turbo 182 Alfa 159
Cheers Dan.
Its easily as good on fuel as a 182, if not probably better. Never does less than like 300 mile to a tank, never costs more than £42ish for a tank of the good stuff either. On a good motorway run I've seen almost 400 miles from a tank.
Turbo 182 Alfa 159
Yeah thats probably its biggest downfall for a lot of people, how crashy the suspension is.
Ours isn't that bad but then I'm maybe just used to it with having cars like the clio etc. Ours is on FSD shocks, H&R springs and Fiat coupe rear bump stops and its bearable. Its just rough back roads it can be annoying.
That's gorgeous!! Nice pics too.
That is awesome, really really like it, shown my missus it, and she's in love with it lol.
Turbo 182 Alfa 159
Haha yeah i enjoy driving it far too much!
Turbo 182 Alfa 159
I can fully understand where you're coming from. On a B road last night it was pretty awful lol. Been very tempted to buy Bilstein Coilovers for it to see if it improves at all.
Advikaz
ClioSport Club Member
It's not only that I don't/we don't drive the car for enjoyment. So a generic sturdy bus is all I need.
Mega comfy as well.
Turbo 182 Alfa 159
Lucky for us it rarely goes down B roads, just mainly A roads were it is a lot more acceptable.
Anyone looking for any sort of comfort in one though is certainly looking at the wrong car lol.
Advikaz
ClioSport Club Member
It makes my old clio 200 feel like a Bentley lol!
Should try a Fiesta ST on broken B Road's, now that's bad, i've been in 200 Cup on the local broken roads and felt million a miles away from the ST, surly the 500 can't be that bad lol ?
Turbo 182 Alfa 159
Never been in a MK2 ST so can't compare but the 500 is quite bad lol. I'm yet to come across something as stiff/bouncy over B roads and thats after owning cars on coilovers/springs/damper set ups etc. From factory, the rear pretty much sits on the bump stops, Fiat coupe shorter ones help resolve this but its still quite bad.
