I'll start this with one question: Why is Abarth bothering to put these in the new SS kits? They should be standard fit!
Given we are talking about a short wheel base, large wheeled, stiff springed car it is now almost comfortable. On my in town, slow to work journey I deliberately hit all the rough bits I would normally dive to avoid and it was absolutely brilliant, it transmitted to the cabin but not in that out of control way. Speed humps? Meh no slowing to a crawl to go over them finally, it deals with the impact from them very well and I have a lot on my journey and should save a few minutes.
Tonight I had an hour of chucking my car down the worst pot holed, broken tarmaced lanes, single track roads, dual carriage way, hump back bridges around my home town; you name it I tried to find it. Wow, I am genuinely speechless, had to have a beer just to get thoughts to line up in my head. Totally different car, on roads I used to have to do ~40 on just because you had no idea where the back end was or if the crashing noises from the front were your wheels falling off I was doing 60 and tending to be picking up more speed... naughty boy.
It does still buffet you around but see my previous comment about the physical realities of the car, its going to, however it is still totally planted on the road and I have never had so much confidence in the car when driving down the roads I did, possibly more than any of my cars. The cornering is really smooth and compliant, the bump stops actually helping, rather than hindering the ride, to control the body lean and again as the car is so much more planted with the TTC engaged I was able to pull much more controlled corners at higher speeds than without the Koni's
On the dual carriage way it becomes almost German-esque, firm but surprisingly compliant soaking up the lumps and bumps so well even at motorway cruising speeds, becomes a nice ride and I now look forward to my next long distance journey.
So if you aren't a track king and just want to sort the ride out these are worth every single penny! Want to go lower get the SS springs, job done. I strongly suspect the other two systems regularly discussed on here are technically better for track days etc. but I don't want to change the ride height or adjust my what evers I just wanted fit and play, and the Konis deliver fun time allowance in spades. The, what sound like crazy claims, of both comfort and handling in one easy package are spot on
Just my thoughts from a guy with an NP, a bloody fantastic, go round corners, non-pogo sticking comfy NP, as others have said this is what they should all be like
Next stop Monza