Colorado general chat...

[Cloudbase]

No worries man. I still need to do the M Coupe and will gladly take you up on the Subframe bushing tool.

[Eric]

New wheels are on!

[colorado_cabrio]

Look awesome Eric

[fsmtnbiker]

Great choice. Looks excellent!

[Cloudbase]

Tight!!!

[blefevre]

Very good choice in wheels!

Also I finally got around to doing the T-belt plus goodies! All ready to roll over 200k now.

[Roland H]

Awesome wheels Eric, and good job on the timing belt Brad!

[Roland H]

MSRP on a Fiat 500 is only $15.5k... holy shit.

[blefevre]

MSRP on a Fiat 500 is only $15.5k... holy shit.

Yep, a well optioned sport is around 18k or so. I am hoping the abarth stays below 25k.

[Roland H]

Yep, a well optioned sport is around 18k or so. I am hoping the abarth stays below 25k.

Yeah, going to be hard to resist them.

[Eric]

Thanks guys, but holy crap they get dirty fast!

the Fiat's are cool, I wish I could have driven one in europe.

[Bimmerman325i]

Mmmmm Abarth 500. Do want.

[clarkkey594]

A fully configured abarth is 26,610 euros which is aprox $38,000.

[blefevre]

A fully configured abarth is 26,610 euros which is aprox $38,000.

Euro cars sometime cost more then US cars due to taxes, etc. At least from watching top gear that is what I've gathered, lol.

Howevever, 1. that is a fully optioned car. Look at the price span of a Cooper S base to fully optioned. 2. If it isn't competive with the cooper S it will not sell here. Good thing all I want is a manual and cloth heated seats so mine should stay cheap.

Edit: I was bored and priced a similar 500 sport US vs Euro. Euro came out about $1,100 more before taxes and fees. Interesting considering the improvements made to the US version vs the Euro.

[Bimmerman325i]

Euro cars sometime cost more then US cars due to taxes, etc. At least from watching top gear that is what I've gathered, lol.

Howevever, 1. that is a fully optioned car. Look at the price span of a Cooper S base to fully optioned. 2. If it isn't competive with the cooper S it will not sell here. Good thing all I want is a manual and cloth heated seats so mine should stay cheap.

Edit: I was bored and priced a similar 500 sport US vs Euro. Euro came out about $1,100 more before taxes and fees. Interesting considering the improvements made to the US version vs the Euro.

Case in point. Euro 135i cost €55,000 in 2009, us spec was $35,000. Prices are not comparable between markets.