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ginger

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mx5 to abarth 500
« on: December 29, 2011, 07:16:25 PM »
Happy New Year to all Abarth owners!!!!!!!!!!!
Indecision is my problem i have drove a 500 Abarth and loved it being very different to my beloved mx-5, i think one of my problems is my wife says i will look silly in a 500, by the way i am 52 so i am no boy racer! but i like cars that are different and Italian i just wish my wife would see my veiws.
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lloyd

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Re: mx5 to abarth 500
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2011, 07:17:49 PM »
you won't look silly, and 52 is just a number ;D
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Re: mx5 to abarth 500
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2011, 07:21:56 PM »
Just buy it!!

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Re: mx5 to abarth 500
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2011, 07:27:51 PM »
And sell the wife  ;)
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Re: mx5 to abarth 500
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2011, 07:33:46 PM »
Yes, just buy it  :thumb:
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Re: mx5 to abarth 500
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2011, 07:37:31 PM »
Hard to compare the two.
Personally I really like both of them.

Age is absolutely irrelevant if one has taste :thumb:

The Abarth is certainly the more usable car in everyday life (space, if relevant).
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Re: mx5 to abarth 500
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2011, 07:40:59 PM »
Not an exact comparison at all but I went from Honda S2000 as a daily car to Abarth. I don't regret it.... ;D
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Re: mx5 to abarth 500
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2011, 07:46:56 PM »
hit 53 this year had a mr2 and audi tt .tigger my abarth puts a smile on my face every time we go out
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Re: mx5 to abarth 500
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2011, 08:27:25 PM »
And you don't look more ridiculous in an MX5? ;)
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Re: mx5 to abarth 500
« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2011, 09:23:11 PM »
MX-5s are great cars, but the 500 is more than a match for it on track, and at your age you shouldn't worry about looking silly  ;).  You won't and you'll love it. Ignore the wife - she'll be after it once you've got it!
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Re: mx5 to abarth 500
« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2011, 09:33:33 PM »
Quote from: ginger on December 29, 2011, 07:16:25 PM
Happy New Year to all Abarth owners!!!!!!!!!!!
Indecision is my problem i have drove a 500 Abarth and loved it being very different to my beloved mx-5, i think one of my problems is my wife says i will look silly in a 500, by the way i am 52 so i am no boy racer! but i like cars that are different and Italian i just wish my wife would see my veiws.

My wife had an MX 5 until recently - I felt more of a 'girl' in that (but still great car- modern day MGB for us older chaps) compared to our new Abarth. I'm 53 - at our age we shouldn't worry what others think - go with your heart!
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Re: mx5 to abarth 500
« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2011, 11:12:04 PM »
Hi
Thanks for all the replies, keep them coming ! as its only the wife that thinks i am mad getting rid of of a mx 5. Your replies will make interesting reading for her and hopefully bring her round to a 500.
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Re: mx5 to abarth 500
« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2011, 11:42:18 PM »
Quote from: ginger on December 29, 2011, 11:12:04 PM
Hi
Thanks for all the replies, keep them coming ! as its only the wife that thinks i am mad getting rid of of a mx 5. Your replies will make interesting reading for her and hopefully bring her round to a 500.

I remember years ago when my uncle got rid of his Opal Manta for a Peugeot 205 GTi.....I thought he was mad! Didn't take me long to realise the error of my ways :thumb:
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Re: mx5 to abarth 500
« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2011, 12:29:49 AM »
Quote from: K77NAN on December 29, 2011, 11:42:18 PM
I remember years ago when my uncle got rid of his Opal Manta for a Peugeot 205 GTi.....I thought he was mad! Didn't take me long to realise the error of my ways :thumb:

he was mad, I still want a Manta now  :-[ a nice Manta A with a V8 would do me or a 400. :pray:
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Re: mx5 to abarth 500
« Reply #14 on: December 30, 2011, 10:05:43 AM »
57yo and a permanent grin when sitting behind the wheel. Maybe silly - but good for the soul!

Easier to get in and out of, particularly after a weeks snowboarding, than the MX-5 would be.
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