A friend of mine is a UK employe of the fiat/Chrysler group. Part of his employment package he receives a daily drive vehicle, from the brands fleet. Normally he takes charge of each vehicle for about three months before swapping it for the next one. The guys a petrol head and has owned many sportscars.
Few weeks back he was excited to hear that he was getting an Abarth Spider. Here in the Uk that car has LSD, 30bhp more than the fiat spider and a 'record monza' exhaust. It was a model he'd previously driven at a pre-launch corporate track day. After the event I recall him saying, "i defy anyone to drive this car and not laugh out loud".
The day came and he picked up his Abarth Spider daily drive. That night driving home from work he had great fun playing with the audio delights available from the 'monza exhaust'.
Throughout subsequent early morning starts for work he was concerned by the potential of noise nuisance within his neighbourhood. The fruity noise of the car frequently drew attention, not always favourable. Quickly both of his daughters refused to travel in the car. The noise of the exhaust caused them to feel self-conscious and embarrassed when they were being picked up/dropped off. The final straw resulted from a 4hour, 70mph drive on a heavily trafficked motorway. The previously enjoyed audio delight was now an invasive nuisance. The combination of these events caused him to actively seek a car swop after three weeks.
I have no reason to repeat the above other than it may be of interest to others. Right now I'm very happy with my fiat spider. My friends experience has not closed my mind to the possibility to future ownership of an Abarth. Were all different.
Have fun whatever you drive.
Few weeks back he was excited to hear that he was getting an Abarth Spider. Here in the Uk that car has LSD, 30bhp more than the fiat spider and a 'record monza' exhaust. It was a model he'd previously driven at a pre-launch corporate track day. After the event I recall him saying, "i defy anyone to drive this car and not laugh out loud".
The day came and he picked up his Abarth Spider daily drive. That night driving home from work he had great fun playing with the audio delights available from the 'monza exhaust'.
Throughout subsequent early morning starts for work he was concerned by the potential of noise nuisance within his neighbourhood. The fruity noise of the car frequently drew attention, not always favourable. Quickly both of his daughters refused to travel in the car. The noise of the exhaust caused them to feel self-conscious and embarrassed when they were being picked up/dropped off. The final straw resulted from a 4hour, 70mph drive on a heavily trafficked motorway. The previously enjoyed audio delight was now an invasive nuisance. The combination of these events caused him to actively seek a car swop after three weeks.
I have no reason to repeat the above other than it may be of interest to others. Right now I'm very happy with my fiat spider. My friends experience has not closed my mind to the possibility to future ownership of an Abarth. Were all different.
Have fun whatever you drive.