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Old 06-15-2012, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by JPP
Welcome to the club!

These cars are sweet. I saw an incredible grey over red in Florence a couple of years ago with all the Scorpion logo's on it that had me by the strings for sure ..

... but ... Mark D let me drive his/your ex Cinquecento a few weeks ago .. are you SURE your other 500 was the slowest car you've ever owned I also couldn't wipe the ear-to-ear grin off my face for the rest of the afternoon either .
And I think Mark's car has a 650cc motor. You should drive my 63 500, you can count the times the revolutions of the engine.
Old 06-15-2012, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by JDHertz11
And I think Mark's car has a 650cc motor.
Well ... jeeezusmarynjoseph! No wonder it made me smile ..
Old 06-15-2012, 12:28 PM
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Looks nice, enjoy. Great color choice too!
Old 06-15-2012, 12:41 PM
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Well ... jeeezusmarynjoseph! No wonder it made me smile ..
And his car has a synchro transmission too, most do not.
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Lovely, reminds me of taking delivery of a Fiat 850 Spyder in 1967. That was a very fun car and had only 60 or so horsepower.

Shows having fun does nøt require Turbos and horsepower...just like a Porsche 356 did!

Where did we get lost?
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Congrats! I hope Fiat does better with Chrysler than Peugeot did in the 80's.
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Man that looks great in white, enjoy the new toy!
Old 06-15-2012, 02:38 PM
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Congrats! I hope Fiat does better with Chrysler than Peugeot did in the 80's.
Renault?
Old 06-15-2012, 02:44 PM
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How does the Abarth compare to the MINI Cooper S, anyone?
Old 06-15-2012, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by JDHertz11
Renault?
The Peugeot 505 may have been sold in Canada only via the Chrysler dealers.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ifhp97/5572960953/
I remember looking at them in the showroom. I'm glad I bought a Saab 900S instead.
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So who are they made by and who services them?
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Originally Posted by Cupcar
Shows having fun does nøt require Turbos and horsepower...just like a Porsche 356 did!

Where did we get lost?
Well ... I took a hard left at a 914-6 and I was spoiled .. that gateway drug led to a 911E and it was all down hill from there. To my credit, I owned my 58 Speedster through that whole time and never got tired of it, you just don't need any more power in those cars, they're perfect.
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So who are they made by and who services them?
  1. Mexicans...
  2. No one...
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Interesting car for sure. I had a Fix It Again Tony way way back before they pulled out of Canada - was a fun car, and believe me, I learned a lot of wrenching on that car.

Roughly how much are these cars in the US? The Abarth price is really jacked here, so much so that price is less of a driver to purchase.

It will be interesting to see your longer term opinion of the car. How long do you plan to keep it?

Cheers,

Mike


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