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Old 22-08-2008   #1 (Post Link)
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Chilling Fiat Abarth 500 SS

160 ponies

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Re: Fiat Abarth 500 SS

One day it may even grow up to have 160 Horses
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Well, a small car usually has ponies, a bigger car horses and a supercar has stallions
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Well, a small car usually has ponies, a bigger car horses and a supercar has stallions
So it is easy to nobble a super car...just bring in a mare
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Durty boy!
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Re: Fiat Abarth 500 SS

Just got voted best woman's supermini. Not so now.
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Re: Fiat Abarth 500 SS

my wife has a regular 1.2 lounge....its so sweet ...even i have to say its sweet...but it is pretty firm...
it does drive fabulously though...once you actually get up to a decent speed....actually, even at low speeds its a gas!
i reckon we'll have this for years....it really is boootiful..in 'cha cha cha azure'
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Re: Fiat Abarth 500 SS

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Just got voted best woman's supermini. Not so now.
You're referring to the baseline 500, not the Abarth, let alone the Abarth SS version
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Re: Fiat Abarth 500 SS

I love mine!!

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By then, you need to upgrade it to the Abarth SS version Jenny
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By then, you need to upgrade it to the Abarth SS version Jenny
MMMMMMMM, great minds think alike!
You see there is method in my madness .. take the little 1.2 across Europe with a load of tuned Minis/MINIs, let the other half get frustrated that we are oh so slow, then we simply MUST trade it in for a HOT one!
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Further proof that women are smarter than men!

I'd say, you don't even need to trade it in. Once you get to Turin, just go to the new Abarth factory and get them to sort it for you
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Further proof that women are smarter than men!

I'd say, you don't even need to trade it in. Once you get to Turin, just go to the new Abarth factory and get them to sort it for you
Good idea Thanks!
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Re: Fiat Abarth 500 SS

Originally Posted by broom_zoeyellow View Post
my wife has a regular 1.2 lounge....its so sweet ...even i have to say its sweet...but it is pretty firm...
it does drive fabulously though...once you actually get up to a decent speed....actually, even at low speeds its a gas!
i reckon we'll have this for years....it really is boootiful..in 'cha cha cha azure'
Course it is. Fiat and ALfa make great small cars. I miss my 1.2 8v punto IT was so slow that you could drive it into the ground and your still only doing 50mph Loads of noise but not much speed is where the fun is
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Course it is. Fiat and ALfa make great small cars. I miss my 1.2 8v punto IT was so slow that you could drive it into the ground and your still only doing 50mph Loads of noise but not much speed is where the fun is
but it could use a power ugrade...thinking about what and how....im sure there will a host of options in the not too distant future...small fiats are fab....my mum has 2 tiny engined puntos...and i got my first ever 3 points and £60 fine in one
such a proud moment in my life....
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Fiat is likely to fit a revised turbocharged engine offering an estimated 160 horses along with the Q2 Torsen C limited slip differential from Alfa Romeo.
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Re: Fiat Abarth 500 SS

I've always loved small Fiat's and this one is no exception
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