MX-5 VS ABARTH 500

The MX-5 is an actual driving oriented roadster. The Abarth is a glorified city car for people who also like sporty looking sneakers.

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>>15479635
Best compromise:
MX5-chassis
500 Abarth engine.
Meet the Fiat 124 Spider.

>>15479680
>top always down
Hope it never ever rains, snows, or two women in high heels see your car

>>15479680
I meant a used one, probably around 2010-13.
The spider wont be affordable for me for a few years anon.

>>15479635
they both do that desu
test drive both and see which you prefer

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>>15479692
It's a convertible. There's a fabric top

If youre gay youre good with both

But if youre a hetero, then leave this board forever and get a s2000

Is the FIAT reliablity horror just a meme or are the 500s reliable?

>>15479817

My friend had one, he had it lemon lawed.

>Car wouldn't shift into first in first 2k miles
>Transmission replaced
>Car wouldn't go into reverse
>transmission replaced
>Lights on the right side of car would go out when he turns on left blinker.
>transmission starts shifting hard.

all this happened under 10k

>>15479817
The engine is reliable, the tranny is okay, everything else is absolute garbage.
I would get the miata for sure

>>15480135
This is why the Fiata makes so much sense. Only has Fiat styling badge, and engine. Everything else is from the Miata.

>>15480135
by everything else you mean suspension, electrics etc?

>>15479817
A girl I work with has a 2015 Abarth. The fuel pump went out about 3 weeks ago with 6000 miles on the clock.

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>>15479680
>not getting the abarth version
fuck the base 124 desu

>>15480863
>only 4 more horsepower because no muffler
much wow. many horses.

>>15480902
some suspension stuff like stiffer springs and shocks and rolls bars, far better exhaust note, better interior, looks MUCH better

>>15480932
plus the abarth 124 gets a LSD