I wanted a bare bones car. The only option this has is the Beats Audio upgrade which I wouldn't have spec'd if I had ordered it. The exhaust sound is too addictive to listen to the radio loudly. The ride with the 16's is a lot smoother than with the 17's and I also plan on swapping the wheels in the future so there was no need to spend the money there yet. Originally I had wanted the white 17's and red mirrors and stripe but after driving it, those options didn't matter anymore.

I have no problem with the RPM range because daily traffic hardly gets above 65 for the 15 minutes I'm using the highway.

My father was a Chrysler employee so I was able to use a family discount that took a big chunk off the price which helped as there were no incentives/rebates on the Abarth right now, only the 500 Turbo.

 

That is as good a reason as any. I really want a white/red stripe with nothing else but all of the white ones locally have major options.

Allegedly there is a zero option white car coming in later this week to the local dealer that they can add the stripes to. Hopefully we can come to a deal that gets me out of that stupid IQ I bought.