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It's a huge shame that MMC don't deal more effectively with these customer issues. My Plus 4 is settling down nicely. It doesn't rev high on start up and even the sensitive throttle seems better although I'm probably adapting to it.
DaveW
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'16 Yellow (Not the only) Narrow AR GDI Plus 4
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https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/...-530-hp/7238963Pity its LHD but for this money and bhp it is a lot of v8 power for not a vast amount of £'s .
Last edited by madmax; 28/05/17 08:44 PM.
Geneva 2016 plus 8' The Green Godess' 4 side exits .
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Whats the point in having a car with a roof? Its almost...... summer.
.+8 Now gone for a 1800 4/4. Duratec in bright yellow.
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Whats the point in having a car with a roof? Its almost...... summer. True , although when it gets a certain temperature air con is preferable to being very hot behind an open windscreen if you have air con of course !
Geneva 2016 plus 8' The Green Godess' 4 side exits .
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Picking up on an old thread, just to say that this last weekend me and the mrs. went to a dealer to check on the Abarth 124. She liked it. Prefers white body with black matte bonnet. 
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Picking up on an old thread, just to say that this last weekend me and the mrs. went to a dealer to check on the Abarth 124. She liked it. Prefers white body with black matte bonnet. The Memsahib and I went to have a good look at the Abarth 124 and agreed it is a really nice car unfortunately I can't get in it as I am too tall unlike the original which a friend of mine has which has plenty of room. Perhaps being Japanese based is the problem.
Here for a good time not a long time!!
Reg
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The car looks brilliant but Head Office thinks we need a few cars with room for the dog LOL
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Picking up on an old thread, just to say that this last weekend me and the mrs. went to a dealer to check on the Abarth 124. She liked it. Prefers white body with black matte bonnet. The Memsahib and I went to have a good look at the Abarth 124 and agreed it is a really nice car unfortunately I can't get in it as I am too tall unlike the original which a friend of mine has which has plenty of room. Perhaps being Japanese based is the problem. Heavily based on the latest MX5 i believe and costing £5k more.
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Built in Japan on the Mazda production line I believe... 
Brian
1970 Morgan Plus 8 - Moss Box (Indigo Blue)
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True with the FIAT 124, not with the ABARTH 124. With this one the chassis comes from Japan, but the final assembly is made at the Abarth workshop in Turin.
Compared to the Fiat and the Mazda this is a more powerful car (170 bhp), with limited slip differential, revised bilstein suspension, better brakes, a few other bits and pieces.
From my perspective, it ticks all the boxes.
- it isn't a supercar wannabe (quite the contrary),
- it is a convertible
- Should be good to drive up twisty mountain roads, and/or in selected track days.
- it is a good car (but not too comfy) for some longer trips within Europe, and with a different tune both from the Plus 4 and the M3W, so the "palette" of options to choose from is even wider.
- it is italian, and has a service network in Portugal that makes me feel safe from another UK adventure (this time with Lotus, still the "other" contestant for my next purchase)
- It is exclusive enough. (At least in Portugal, I have yet to see one on the road)
- Although heavily influenced by Japanese engineering (MX-5 chassis and gearbox), it still carries a lot of the italian modest "racey" sports car heritage that Abarth represents.
(and my M3W has a MX-5 gearbox, probably one of the best parts in the entire car, so I'm not new to MX-5 engineering anyway).
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