I have a Fiat 500 for a week. What should I do with it?

"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44)
03/08/2016 at 10:50 • Filed to: None

My next press car is a new Fiat 500 with the retro ‘1957 Edition’ style package. My original plan was to compare it to an original Fiat 500 but someone capitalized on that idea before I could get the car. Now I need ideas. A straight-up road test is possible but also kind of boring. I want suggestions for fun or wild things I should do with it to make an entertaining video. Maybe take a crazy roadtrip somewhere with it?

Full disclosure, it’s in the pistachio green color pictured and it has an autotragic.

DISCUSSION (32)

CalzoneGolem > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 10:51

I think you should see how many college students you can fit in it.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > CalzoneGolem
03/08/2016 at 10:53

It’s the convertible one too, could be a massive number.

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 10:54

Avoid old Italians or you will be talking about the old country all week.

64Mali > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 10:56

2 suggestions,

1. Will it blend.
2. Can you pick up chicks with it.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 10:56

Turn the Swift Rapids Road into a Rally course.

Or any other, closer-to-home rough road. Swift Rapids is just the first one that springs to mind.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 10:56

Drive it through a mall with a larger car chasing you

JGrabowMSt > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 10:56

You should find out if handbrake turns in a non-sports car can attract an equal amount of females compared to the Land Yacht.

For science. And Jeremy Clarkson.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 10:58

Jump test. See if you can flip it at an autocross.

Patrick Nichols > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 11:01

Make some retro style ad parodies if you can (either print or video).

Do 0-60 times with different weights/# of passengers in the car and see how gutless it really is.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Patrick Nichols
03/08/2016 at 11:01

Hahaha I love the multi passenger 0-60 idea. That’s gold.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 11:01

I love those old-school wheels.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > JGrabowMSt
03/08/2016 at 11:01

For science!

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
03/08/2016 at 11:02

Step one, acquire a mall...

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
03/08/2016 at 11:03

I don’t think they let you auto-x non-Abarth 500's...

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > 64Mali
03/08/2016 at 11:03

No and yes?

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 11:04

They’re not supposed to, but not all clubs are SCCA.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 11:05

IKEA would work too

Stapleface > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 11:18

See how many people you can stuff inside of it?

Funktheduck > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 11:23

If you lived near me I’d suggest “will it dog?” And we could use my dogs. I have 4 ranging from30-80 pounds

CALUSA > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 11:27

Can you put 500 things in a FIAT 500?

Slant6 > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 11:32

Go on a picnic.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Slant6
03/08/2016 at 11:37

Yes.

Your boy, BJR > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 11:38

Compare it to the Chrysler

Slant6 > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 11:42

Don’t know if Canada has any spring weather yet but get a lady in a big hat, a nice polka dotted summer dress, you wear a brightly colored tight plaid (the plaid is tight, not the shirt). You have the top down. Show you two laughing with the sun shinning while driving the car. Lots of lens flare. Drive the car to a nice grassy patch on a cliff overlooking the sea where you have the picnic with the car on an angle in the foreground.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Slant6
03/08/2016 at 11:47

Made a call, she has a polka dot dress and a picnic basket. Picnic is happening.

Brian, The Life of > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 11:48

A barrel roll?

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Your boy, BJR
03/08/2016 at 11:48

Uhhhh both use internal combustion?

bingham123 > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 12:22

hoon the living crap out of it, handbrake turns and burnouts obviously.

also see where you can park it i.e down a tiny ally way or under a bro truck.

you could see how fast will it go in reverse? genuine question because our D/D will do 45ish backwards.

Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/08/2016 at 13:40

Two Drink Minimum > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/18/2016 at 11:17

Compare it to an actual 1957-era Fiat 500.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Two Drink Minimum
03/18/2016 at 12:04

See post. We already did and now I need another idea. http://driving.ca/fiat/500/revie…

Two Drink Minimum > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/18/2016 at 12:38

Enjoyed that. Thanks for the link.

OK, so how about a retropalooza? Fiat 500 1957 Edition, Mini Cooper r53 (the new one has lost the plot) and VW Beetle (new or newer, take your pick). Which one comes closest to the spirit of the model that inspired them?