Author Topic: Oops think I just bought an Abarth 500 (Read 8227 times)

SAF · « **Reply #15 on:** September 09, 2009, 06:22:19 pm »

Hi Paula,
Welcome!!

from another girl, waiting for a gorgeous 'road' coloured 500a

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Paula · « **Reply #16 on:** September 09, 2009, 06:50:13 pm »

One day my Abarth will come. . .

SAF · « **Reply #17 on:** September 09, 2009, 07:29:16 pm »

Its a good job we're not all driving round in the same colour/spec abarths, with the same taste, ...there'd be far less to talk about ?!

Paula · « **Reply #18 on:** September 09, 2009, 09:26:15 pm »

I suspect it's a car that apppeals to people that like something a bit different. I'm probably the only person who has bought it as a sensible little work car

Paula

nyssa7 · « **Reply #19 on:** September 09, 2009, 09:34:09 pm »

Quote from: Paula on September 09, 2009, 09:26:15 pm

I suspect it's a car that apppeals to people that like something a bit different. I'm probably the only person who has bought it as a sensible little work car

Paula

No, mine is ordered as daily driver to replace my F500 1.2 POP

Paula · « **Reply #20 on:** September 09, 2009, 09:57:43 pm »

Ah the old "this car is great but what it really needs is someone to stick a turbocharger and whacking great spoiler on it"

nyssa7 · « **Reply #21 on:** September 10, 2009, 08:19:45 am »

Something like that, certainly "this car is great but could be a bit quicker and take corners a bit better"

Paula · « **Reply #22 on:** September 10, 2009, 09:39:43 am »

Probably amounts to the same thing.

Capriwidow · « **Reply #23 on:** September 10, 2009, 12:54:34 pm »

Quote from: Paula on September 09, 2009, 09:26:15 pm

I suspect it's a car that apppeals to people that like something a bit different. I'm probably the only person who has bought it as a sensible little work car

Paula

Mines going to be a work car too! At the moment my journey to work is very short, but I am looking at other jobs further away because I'll have a great car to commute in! Car ordered - now need to get the new job!
Capriwidow

Paula · « **Reply #24 on:** September 16, 2009, 08:01:00 pm »

I'm so sad that yesterday I bought a die cast model A500 off eBay. Because no-one seems to stock the small 1;43 red ones I managed to get a second hand one (never taken out of the box

).

Paula

scuderia sitar · « **Reply #25 on:** September 17, 2009, 03:07:45 pm »

Yep, we've all done that whilst waiting for our real cars to arrive

wampa · « **Reply #26 on:** September 17, 2009, 04:22:42 pm »

I managed to resist, purely because I couldnt find one in the colours I had specced on my car. It would have been a different story had I found one in my colours.

SAF · « **Reply #27 on:** September 17, 2009, 05:01:12 pm »

Yesterday felt like the hardest yet, in this waiting game!! Why aren't there any tiny grey A500 models?

Paula · « **Reply #28 on:** September 17, 2009, 07:25:55 pm »

They do only seem to do white, black and red ones - and only the white ones seem generally for sale in the small size in this country.

Problem is I'm now waiting for two Abarths to arrive!!

I really need to give the dealer of the real one a ring to find out what happens and when I need to chase him. Just been so hideously busy at work.

Paula

Paula · « **Reply #29 on:** September 19, 2009, 01:51:45 pm »

One if my cars arrived. But sadly it's the model one. Problem is it's immaculate and in an official abarth box and I wanted to take it out and make vroom noises.