| Re: [GMCnet] Anyone tow a Fiat Abarth? [message #311063 is a reply to message #311040] |
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jhbridges
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Registered: May 2011
Location: Braselton ga
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The Abarth is a nice little 'hotrod in a paper sack.' I drove it and the 1600cc manual shift Kia Soul, and bought the Soul both for price and utility. I haven't put them head to head off a light, but I expect they'd run about the same. The Soul will eat a stock 500 in that circumstance. Curb weight (my 2012) is 2615. Demco has a baseplate for towing it. The base 1600 with the manual 6 speed steams along nicely when you keep the revs up. Base equipment is nice, it has everything but a cruise control. The cruise control is ~~300 bux from Rostra, and installs without opening the hood. You need only remove the fascia around the steering wheel and punch a hole in it to mount the control stalk.
Kia hung the tech out on this engine, direct injection and dual overhead cams, both phased and a dual length intake. You can feel all of it open up, the little car jumps at about 3K on the tach and pulls happily out to the redline. I have yet to see under 30MPG, it's usually north of 35 on the freeway with the cruise set at 3K RPM. 5th and 6th are both overdrives, hills of any length or steepness want to see downshifts. I just rolled over 95K, it runs the same as when I got it. One set of tires, original pads, hoses and belt. It gets 5W20 synthetic and a new filter and tire rotation every 5K miles. At 100K, I propose to do all the hoses, and the belt and antifreeze, and keep going.
I found out by skinning both doors against a gas pump bollard, body work can run to money. Replacing the doors with new requires a LOT of labor to move all the components. Consequently, I'm looking for a set of white doors on a salvage yard and driving the dents in the meantime.
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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