Greetings from Bradford.

My mate's recently got an A500 Esseesse in Funk White and having driven it, I'm seriously impressed and considering getting one for myself. Superb handling, excellent sound and surprisingly quick acceleration all with good economy makes for a tempting package.

I currently drive an Alfa GT JTDm which I love, but as is usual for me, I get irrationally bored of cars at the 1year mark. My job is quite a corporate one, so I wonder what impression it would give to turn up to a meeting in one!! I'm not a snob but have to say I'm a little concerned that coming from the GT which looks very prestigous, to a small pocket rocket might feel a bit odd. My heart tells me to just go for it for the thrill of the drive and forget the status but how long will that last is the question.

So... I'm actively looking for the right A500 SS for around £12,500. Ideally funk white but I do quite like Campovolo grey. So if anyone wants to offload or knows of a good deal then please let me know!! I thought I could get a good example A500 and then buy the Esseesse kit but having read a little further, it seems that it can only be applied to cars under 12months old which is outside of my budget. Is that right?

its difficult to check whether prices are realistic too as there seems to be some discrepency between the ones listed on Autotrader. Any ideas where I can check that as Parkers doesn't list the Abarth?

Attached is my current car if anyone's interested.

Cheers,

Dave

I get irrationally bored of cars at the 1year mark. My job is quite a corporate one, so I wonder what impression it would give to turn up to a meeting in one!! I'm not a snob but have to say I'm a little concerned that coming from the GT which looks very prestigous, to a small pocket rocket might feel a bit odd. My heart tells me to just go for it for the thrill of the drive and forget the status but how long will that last is the question.

Second Troopers comments, but I'll add also, you wont get bored of an A500SS, what happens is you just grin more and more. And forget about corporate woes, this is one little mother of a car that everybody looks at. Forget the brain, just do it

Thanks chaps,

Please don't get me wrong, I'm not fixated on status and prestige but it is a consideration that when I turn up at clients they don't judge me as a 30year old boy racer.

I like that A500's have a kind of 'those who are in the know' thing about them, a drivers car.

Lol, good luck one that one, I sourced mine from romford Essex and had to drive it to Northern Ireland, it did impress me as I was a dtuk boxed derv man ;-) wife loves it 

Only 2 months - short and sweet!

That looked ace! where did you get those wheels from? or were they sprayed?

Looks like original Esseesse, just black
Nice indeed...

Somehow that car is pretty close to mine