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sklar

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Another Bristolian here!
« on: September 28, 2011, 10:44:27 AM »
Morning everyone..

Pick up a new A500 on Saturday for my Missus, all the way from Thames in Slough. After many chats with dealers within a 100 miles radius of Bristol including Wessex looking for a minimal spec black one in stock we settled on Thames as Abb was very professional and courteous plus did an amazing deal on our existing 500 byDiesel that we could not replicate anywhere else.

Looking forward to the drive home :)

The missus is all about subtlety so the car is black, no decals, 17" 10 spokes and dealer fitted chrome mirrors.  Plus free mats and a tank of fuel too of course  ;)
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corsa

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Re: Another Bristolian here!
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2011, 10:52:32 AM »
Welcome! :thumb:

I am currently waiting to pick mine up from them too.
(Hopefully today or tomorrow!)

Forum here is a very helpful community as far as I have experienced.

Enjoy your A500 ;D
Weather is great for the first time driving around!
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garyskisplym

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Re: Another Bristolian here!
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2011, 11:10:25 AM »
Hello and welcome to the forum

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cliff

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Re: Another Bristolian here!
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2011, 11:31:19 AM »
Hi mate   :wave:

Corsa is spot on , It's a great forum - lots of nice people here to meet up with   :thumb:
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sklar

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Re: Another Bristolian here!
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2011, 11:41:25 AM »
Thanks for the welcome.  I've always loved the Abarth brand - I'm a proper italian car nut  :thumb:

Back in 2008 I made an Abarth blog, in anticipation of getting an AGP and part exchanging a GP Sporting.  In the end we didn't go through with it and therefore the blog withered without my interest. 

It's good to see such a good forum here and as a bonus there's also high standards of spelling and grammar  ;D
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gavos999

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Re: Another Bristolian here!
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2011, 12:40:54 PM »
Welcome    ;D
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colin

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Re: Another Bristolian here!
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2011, 12:55:01 PM »
Hello and welcome.

Runmour has it that I live in Bristol, too.... Stoke Gifford to be precise, though at present that feels more like my mailing address and belongings store rather than I place I actually use!

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sklar

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Re: Another Bristolian here!
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2011, 08:46:13 PM »
Thanks again for the welcomes.

I spent a large amount of time over the day talking to my insurance broker trying to do a mid-term adjustment to our existing policy for the Abarth.  They were telling me the company wouldn't insure it and must take a new policy out with a new company.  I thought this strange as I could do a new policy on the brokers website and would come up with the same insurance company Axa.  

Finally after many phonecalls I discovered that the woman on the end of the phone was inputting the car as the 695.  Gahhh.  Sorted now  :thumb:
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sklar

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Re: Another Bristolian here!
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2011, 07:15:52 AM »
Got the car yesterday, everything went smoothly.

The Sport button really makes a difference doesn't it?!  I like the brakes - very progressive and not grabby like many other marques. 

Gonna go the long way round to get some Tesco 99 in a bit  :D
« Last Edit: October 02, 2011, 07:22:33 AM by sklar »
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garyskisplym

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Re: Another Bristolian here!
« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2011, 08:18:45 AM »
Hello and welcome
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Krakn

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Re: Another Bristolian here!
« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2011, 10:18:53 AM »
Welcome.  :wave:
Nice motor.black is best  :thumb:

 Now keep it clean in winter  :whistle:
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Andrew

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Re: Another Bristolian here!
« Reply #11 on: October 02, 2011, 10:30:54 AM »
Welcome!

Looks nice & shiny  :thumb:
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olig

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Re: Another Bristolian here!
« Reply #12 on: October 02, 2011, 08:49:54 PM »
I drove past a black 61 plate abarth in bristol yesterday.. Cant remember where too tho lol.. probably you! Enjoy!
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Eddie Beefburger

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Re: Another Bristolian here!
« Reply #13 on: October 06, 2011, 10:43:44 PM »
The sport button is really just for decoration!

Welcome :wave:
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Drew

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Re: Another Bristolian here!
« Reply #14 on: October 12, 2011, 01:07:40 PM »
Another Bristolian Abarth owner!

Welcome to the forum  :thumb:
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