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So I'm going to kill a few birds with one thread here and use this as my intro thread as well as to document my experiences with the 500C that we picked up until either it dies or I get banned... I've learned several things about the car since purchasing it and will continue to update this thread as I learn more. Sorry if I repeat anyone's info that is already here.
Hi, my name is RoadDad and I'm a car addict. I have not been car sober since I was about 3 and that's been a few decades already. I have no plans on dealing with my addiction other than continuing to pour money into it with miles of smiles in return.
I come from the world of driving, modifying, rebuilding and racing sports cars and antique cars... I don't like to compare cars that are not in the same category/class/price range or don't have the same goal or purpose and will not be doing that unless specifically asked to do so, and if that happens I will always try to be as unbiased and objective as I can be. So please be patient if you ask me how the 500C compares to some car X that I own or have owned when I ask back "In what way? Ingress and egress? Handling? Hauling kids and groceries?"
We just got our 500C a bit ago. It is quite the change from what I've been driving over the past many years. It is the most practical functioning car that I own. Two seater sports cars just aren't very useful for most things other than creating a grin. The purchase was prompted by the permanent death of the engine in my "practical car" and the cost prohibitive replacement of that engine even with me doing the swap... and yeah, it died beyond a rebuild... there are now three portions of the block instead of one
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One thing that has remained pretty standard across almost every car purchase that I have ever made is that most sales folks really don't know their products well at all and are willing to make up answers to your questions right on the spot instead of saying "I don't know... let me find out for you." Often wrong information is given flat out to begin with, even before a question is asked. And the Fiat "Specialists" at the Fiat "Studios" are no different, no matter what they call themselves.
Now on with the show...
Hi, my name is RoadDad and I'm a car addict. I have not been car sober since I was about 3 and that's been a few decades already. I have no plans on dealing with my addiction other than continuing to pour money into it with miles of smiles in return.
I come from the world of driving, modifying, rebuilding and racing sports cars and antique cars... I don't like to compare cars that are not in the same category/class/price range or don't have the same goal or purpose and will not be doing that unless specifically asked to do so, and if that happens I will always try to be as unbiased and objective as I can be. So please be patient if you ask me how the 500C compares to some car X that I own or have owned when I ask back "In what way? Ingress and egress? Handling? Hauling kids and groceries?"
We just got our 500C a bit ago. It is quite the change from what I've been driving over the past many years. It is the most practical functioning car that I own. Two seater sports cars just aren't very useful for most things other than creating a grin. The purchase was prompted by the permanent death of the engine in my "practical car" and the cost prohibitive replacement of that engine even with me doing the swap... and yeah, it died beyond a rebuild... there are now three portions of the block instead of one
One thing that has remained pretty standard across almost every car purchase that I have ever made is that most sales folks really don't know their products well at all and are willing to make up answers to your questions right on the spot instead of saying "I don't know... let me find out for you." Often wrong information is given flat out to begin with, even before a question is asked. And the Fiat "Specialists" at the Fiat "Studios" are no different, no matter what they call themselves.
Now on with the show...