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Been looking around and this seems to be one of the more active 124 Spider forums. 
I'm a 2 day old owner of a 2017 124 Abarth in Grigio Argento.
Short story on how I became the proud owner of it:
Have been talking to my wife about a new Honda Goldwing (I'm a big time motorcycle rider, currently have a Yamaha FJR that I do LD rides on) to add to my stable.
This is the FJR I normally ride (got rid of my 2005 Goldwing) and it was taken on a trip from Texas to W. Virginia. Stopped off at the Wild Turkey distillery in Lawrenceburg, KY on the trip back. Rode the bike up there (21 hours) straight on an iron butt ride .
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And for the sharp eyed amongst anyone, yes that is a car tire mounted on the back of the FJR.
Had also commented to her it would be nice to get a Jeep Wrangler again. She's been after me to get off the bike after a friend was killed on one so she asked me a few days ago if I was still interested in a Jeep. Needless to say, I told her sure! Hit online to look at the local inventory and find one in Ennis (about an hour drive away) that meets what I wanted. I knew that sometimes our local Dodge/Jeep dealer didn't keep their web inventory updated so as we were headed out to Ennis to see about working a deal we swung into the local dealership lot... fatal mistake. There near the front door was the Abarth and it was in my favorite color scheme (the same as the Jeep I was looking at in fact). Took it for a test drive and on the way back told the wife that she could forget about the Jeep, I'd just found a 4 wheel version of the GoldWing for me.
She's an AT with the base equipment, which is fine with me as my knees aren't what they used to be - one of the reasons she's been after me to get off the bike - and I don't like a lot of "fluff" on my rides. The only exception is that the dealership is getting the Nav card in as part of our deal and is trying to find out if the factory radio can be upgraded by them to Sirius ability by adding in the antenna and module since it has the XM grayed out. In the mean time they are paying to put in a Sirius Commander module that ties in via the accessory plug.
I've been perusing some of the toys for her, but I'm going to give it a bit of time before I do much more than the Forge BOV.
A little about me... I'm retired at 54 years young. My career consisted of working for state and municipal agencies in Texas (correctional officer, law enforcement and then computer - network admin). I currently run several forums on the 'net (a pipe forum, a recumbent bike/trike and a Linux site). The sites help me keep my feet in the water on the computer aspect, but I prefer being on the roads on nice days.
I'm a 2 day old owner of a 2017 124 Abarth in Grigio Argento.
Short story on how I became the proud owner of it:
Have been talking to my wife about a new Honda Goldwing (I'm a big time motorcycle rider, currently have a Yamaha FJR that I do LD rides on) to add to my stable.
This is the FJR I normally ride (got rid of my 2005 Goldwing) and it was taken on a trip from Texas to W. Virginia. Stopped off at the Wild Turkey distillery in Lawrenceburg, KY on the trip back. Rode the bike up there (21 hours) straight on an iron butt ride .
And for the sharp eyed amongst anyone, yes that is a car tire mounted on the back of the FJR.
Had also commented to her it would be nice to get a Jeep Wrangler again. She's been after me to get off the bike after a friend was killed on one so she asked me a few days ago if I was still interested in a Jeep. Needless to say, I told her sure! Hit online to look at the local inventory and find one in Ennis (about an hour drive away) that meets what I wanted. I knew that sometimes our local Dodge/Jeep dealer didn't keep their web inventory updated so as we were headed out to Ennis to see about working a deal we swung into the local dealership lot... fatal mistake. There near the front door was the Abarth and it was in my favorite color scheme (the same as the Jeep I was looking at in fact). Took it for a test drive and on the way back told the wife that she could forget about the Jeep, I'd just found a 4 wheel version of the GoldWing for me.
She's an AT with the base equipment, which is fine with me as my knees aren't what they used to be - one of the reasons she's been after me to get off the bike - and I don't like a lot of "fluff" on my rides. The only exception is that the dealership is getting the Nav card in as part of our deal and is trying to find out if the factory radio can be upgraded by them to Sirius ability by adding in the antenna and module since it has the XM grayed out. In the mean time they are paying to put in a Sirius Commander module that ties in via the accessory plug.
I've been perusing some of the toys for her, but I'm going to give it a bit of time before I do much more than the Forge BOV.
A little about me... I'm retired at 54 years young. My career consisted of working for state and municipal agencies in Texas (correctional officer, law enforcement and then computer - network admin). I currently run several forums on the 'net (a pipe forum, a recumbent bike/trike and a Linux site). The sites help me keep my feet in the water on the computer aspect, but I prefer being on the roads on nice days.
