If you can manage it and you can park it properly, have at it. Jack it up, bag it, do anything you want short of coal rolling and I don’t care. BUT, if you can’t park between the lines or stay in your lane or whatever, you are unfit to drive it. As long as your rig stays in its assigned bubble, have at it. But if you…

As a Fiat lunatic, I’m waiting till the meeting on friday to discover our fate. I will admit though, if we get killed off in the US, I will be absolutely heartbroken. I love these cars dearly and have happily turned many others on to them. I am ride or die for Fiat and have been an owner since the first year of…

Best decision you can make, trust me on this one. Like as much as you love the Cooper S, an Abarth will make you grin constantly

Need more noise but still love a tiny shitbox? Abarth is whispering in your ear. Or screaming. More likely screaming.

Definitely this. We have his and hers forever cars; mine an 82 Corvette CE and his a 94 RX7. At this point combined with our dailies, my racecar, the project, and the Gambler rig, we need a 7 car garage. As it stands, not all the cars get to live at home. I also have a wonderfully close relationship with my shop,…

I’m not sure if it counts as a lie per se, but I swear every time I brag about how reliable my 500 Abarth is the little bastard throws a code. It’s like the car has ears or something, “oh, I’m being good, eh? Here, go look up what P1068 means!”

I fall into the *if* category. I have 30 cubic feet of space with the seats down in the back of a Fiat 500. I usually keep it on one up/one down configuration which is more than enough to manage a Costco run. I can carry a set of tires plus a toddler. I honestly don’t get the fascination with needing a big vehicle to…

Honestly, blaming Kimi is just dumb. Is he supposed to have eyes on the back of his head with x-ray vision to see the mechanic’s leg? There is zero way for him to know that all body parts weren’t clear and there’s no reason he should take responsibility for it. Whoever dropped the car early or whatever triggered the…

I always say I want a viking burial in her, and I’m only half joking...

Dear auto manufacturers,

Iam living breathing proof of this. Even as a parent with kid seat and everything, I get by perfectly fine with my 500 Abarth. I transport the kid, do full size grocery and Costco runs, even transport racecar stuff. Door cards for other vehicles? No prob. Side skirts for repainting? Easy. Full set of wheels and/or…

In spite of 70's skin, she is an 80's car and goddamnit I am determined to have the last 99% original numbers matching C3 even if it kills me. Only the radio was updated (before I owned her) and nothing else will be touched. Won’t even restore her paint and decals or anything, she will be a survivor as she has earned…

I was once stranded in the wilderness of Idaho in the winter outside of cell service by a Subaru. Not a new Subaru, one with like 150k miles on it, but none the less. I have despised Subies ever since. The vape bro culture and general hideousness of WRX/STIs also adds to it, but even without that, I would never touch…

I am a well known Fiat nerd and beyond that, an Abarth person. I love Fiat because it leads right into my love of a spunky underdog. I don’t want the car everybody agrees is a good car, I want to have to fight for my respect and prove my car is awesome. I want something that isn’t “best in class” on paper but will…

Speaking as someone with experience in flipping a small car, I’d quite like to try this...

As a proud Fiat nerd, even if it is swapped, it still makes my heart sing to watch that car

Cheap does not necessarily equate unsafe though. I’m a Fiat 500 person, many of our cars have been crashed in the community and the vast majority of drivers walk away just fine. I rolled at about 40mph and got away with a scratches and bruises. Cheap cars meet the exact same minimum safety standards as larger vehicles…

Cheap does not necessarily equate unsafe though. I’m a Fiat 500 person, many of our cars have been crashed in the community and the vast majority of drivers walk away just fine. I rolled at about 40mph and got away with a scratches and bruises. Cheap cars meet the exact same minimum safety standards as larger vehicles…

That would be the 70's. For instance, my C3 Vette could be ordered as a “california car” which would entitle you to less power, but your car would be legal.

I feel no shame or embarassment whatsoever in tiny car ownership. In fact, I wouldn’t have it any other way! I have owned 3 Fiat 500s, 2 of which Abarths and I do not foresee any circumstance where I leave these cars. I can park it virtually anywhere, I carry my toddler in the back, I have enough space for Costco…