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Fiat 500 Arbarth - test drove 1 yesterday

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Old 11-22-2010, 03:54 AM
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err it's a fiat. it would fall to bits in a few years (i reckon)..
they have a cool website though

but seriously, i think you'd look quite gay in one... it's very feminine imo
Old 11-22-2010, 04:19 AM
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there's nothing femine about the exhaust note just after the turbo kicks in...or the red brembo 4 pots it's got on the front.....driving one may change your mind hence my first post
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Originally Posted by Nottm_S2,Nov 22 2010, 12:54 PM

but seriously, i think you'd look quite gay in one... it's very feminine imo


they look stupid as well.
Old 11-22-2010, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Nick Graves,Nov 22 2010, 01:53 PM
Drive it; don't crash the bloody thing!

Actually; egg-shaped cars tend to be quite safe when you roll them. Which happens quite often with small FIATs in country lanes.
But not as often as glass slipper shaped S2000s though...

Our near neighbours have two of these Fiats.
Good litle town cars, but a bit bouncy at the back.
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Much rather one of these than a cooper s! Probably a bit cheaper too.
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I've always liked the look of them.
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they are gayer than my MINI

ok for a city runabout

but they simply don't drive as well as any equivalent MINI

that's not just my opinion,, but the opinion of just about every reviewer on the planet

like MINIs though, most will be driven by people who don't care

(there are lots of people like that or no-one would buy Peugeots or Hyundais)
Old 11-22-2010, 11:16 AM
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what i said stands for the mini and the alfa version of the 500.. the mito
it's the sort of car, lookswise, that nina likes.

500
mini
corsa cc thing
206 cc
mito

all too 'cutesy' for me. regardless of their relative prowess - the mini mooted as one of the best dynamic cars in its class in this generation

i could drive the old 182 but not the new 200 clio (I saw one of these next to a 182 and it's massive btw)

the focii are huge and i've never liked fords

i'm running out of hatches


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It's off the GM Corsa/Punto B plank, not the 500's.

I cannot decide if the MiTo looks more like Michael Winner or Nick Mason...
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