Perfect getaway car. Immune to speeding tickets

it may not have enough of a radar cross-section, so the cops might mistake it for a bird

The cop probably didn’t believe it could exceed the speed limit and ignored it.

My dad used to tell a story of driving his VW beetle home from college and getting pulled over in a little Iowa town for going 72 MPH when the top speed of his beetle was only 68. He mentioned the top speed to the cop and ended up going to court right away after explaining he was just passing through town on his way home. He gets in front of the judge who tells him the fine for speeding was $9.00. He only had $7.00 in his wallet at the time so he told the judge he didn't have enough to pay the fine. The judge then asked how much he had. Knowing he would need a little money for gas to get home to Chicago so he told the judge he had $4.00. In response the judge picked up his gavel, struck it on his bench and said fine for speeding $4.00. My dad made it home on his remaining $3.00 then a few months later received a letter from his insurance company showing he had zero driving infractions on his driving record which led him to believe the cop and the judge were working together and keeping the money from the speeding fines they were giving out in that town.

18:50 “imagine learning to drive in this car” My grandfather did in Italy back when it was still a requirement to show you knew how to change a tire and do basic maintenance before you could get your license. I’ve heard stories from post war you had to partially disassemble and reassemble a fiat 500 before you could drive it for your test, but idk how much volition that has.

"Is sport mode on?" You forgot to put heat on full blast to give the engine max cooling. Also the door.

I was stopped on suspicion of speeding in a 1.1 fiat Cinquecento, the cops asked me if the engine had been modified because it was harder to keep up than expected, I lifted the hood to show the bone stock motor, and the traffic cop just exclaimed " 1.1 liters, ragged to an inch of its life..."

I had a 74 Fiat 500 when I was stationed in Italy. One of the most fun cars I’ve ever had. Every traffic light was a race.

130 kph is the equivalent of around 75 mph, not 190 :)

The old saying that "it's more fun to go fast in a slow car than to go slow in a fast car" definitely applies to the 500!

This car busts the myth- red cars don't get more tickets. You guys are making really entertaining content. Keep em' coming!

“We need an accurate speedometer” Phone: 5mph at the stop light

It really staggers me how BIG modern small cars have gotten

I had one, but it was stronger 18PS. I payed 50 Deutschmarks ( 25 Euros) for it. For maintenance, i drove it on the gardens lawn, put a woolen blanket to its side, and then a friend and me flipped it over on his side, the right one with no mirror. Brakes done. Suspension lubed, done. By the way your car has the speedometer from the Fiat 850.

My mom got a speeding ticket in her 94 geo metro, once, but it had a MASSIVE 52 hp. I got it up to 90 one time, I think, but the speedometer stopped at 85, but the needle went past about 5 mph more.

This series of you two driving old cars doing modern things is great. I'd love to see you guys drive a typical car from each decade ( if available) and compare the improvements over the decades. Keep up the good work.

To be fair, that Colt was using all 87 horsepower. It's Amazing: the road is a regular car museum out there.

I lived in Naples, Italy 1963-64, when I was 7 - 8 years old. Fiat 500s were everywhere. On Sunday evenings as families streamed back into the city from their weekends in the country, drivers would cram 7 lanes of Fiat 500s on the boulevard in front of our apartment that was striped for 3 lanes. An Italian family with which we were close (father, mother, 7 year old girl, 5 year old boy) had a Fiat 500. They lived at the top of a hill. The car could not get up the hill with all four of them aboard, so the mother and children would need to get out and walk the last couple of blocks up the hill while the father drove the car up. But given the narrow streets, cramped city, expensive gasoline, and generally poor economics in post-WWII Italy, the Fiat 500 was the right car for the time and place, and got Italians moving in the middle of the 20th century.

My uncle bought one in 1958. He drove our family from Milazzo to Palermo (about 5 hours, one way), and back. We had 2 adults and 1 child in the back seat. Then, 2 adults and 1 child in the front. I was the child in the front. I sat between my uncle, who was driving, and the left door. One leg and one butt cheek on the seat. Another time, my uncle drove me home from Messina in heavy fog. Couldn't see the hood of the Fiat while I was standing on the floor, in front of the passenger seat. I was scared to death. Another time, I was sitting in the car while my uncle was standing outside, talking with some friends. As usual, he parked with the car in 1st gear (not that I knew anything about that, then). Anyway, I always saw how he manipulated those 2 little levers between the seats, to start the car. I was a curious child and decided to play with the levers. Being in gear, the car lurched forward. My uncle almost panicked as he dove onto the hood, trying to stop the car. His shocked face was staring right at me from the other side of the windshield. I got scolded but it was fun.

that was the first car i drove in 1996. Pay respect to it! :D Greetings from italy!

Henry Ford was right; the Model T only had 20 horsepower, and he said people didn't need any more to get around.

The thing with the italian flag is what should be the turning signal, in europe we need to have also 1 turning signal on each side of the car, you don't in usa soo they put that little "wing" with a flag

I have a '65 with a bigger engine from the replacement 126 model. They do handle beautifully, as long as you keep the tire pressures in check. Ameri-spec versions had US headlights that bugged outward like a mudskipper's eyes. The hoops on the Lusso's bumper make great handles for lifting the car, which is very convenient. Another reason no one will steal it, is that no one wants to.

The 2 of y’all are hilarious in that little car 😂😂

I actually learned to drive on a 500 in 1980 at 16. What memories this video brings 👍

9:58 Case’s screams always get me cracking up lol

As I've said before, these are my favorite of your vids. Fun buddy mini- stories about classic vehicles. I could watch these all day.

You could fix these cute little simple cars on the side of the road using nothing but a screw driver. The fuel economy was also spectacular. Don't knock this car. It may outlast many modern, electronics-filled nightmares. Simple is beautiful.

Casey looking like a discount Tom Cruise.

130kmh is barely 80

I'm Italian and I live in italy. Here you can find lots of those still used by enthusiasts with gatherings of 500 vintage cars throughout Italy, and still used by novice drivers. It maybe not be a reliable chance today, but if you know how to use one, you can really use it everyday!! :)

In the 60's a friend bought a pretty good '57 500 from a salvage yard. It was in good shape but the valves were stuck and push rods bent. We freed them up and he used it to commute. Thanks

My first car was an old hand-me-down badly maintained Audi Fox that my grandmother had purchased new in 1974, and handed down to my parents to give to the first kid to get their driver's license. I got mine before my sister, so it became mine. By the time I got it, the dash was falling off, the power steering and power brakes didn't work, one of the cylinders had massive blow-by and one spark plug didn't work. (Different cylinder.) It truly had problems reaching 55 MPH. I once got pulled over for speeding - doing 60 in a 50 zone. The officer told me how fast I had been going, I honestly went "really? I didn't know it could go that fast!" He laughed, saw and heard the engine obviously struggling even at idle, and let me go with a warning. (I must have been going slightly downhill.)

My Italian import in 1965 WAS pulled over by a cop.... on my way to San Diego from the LA area. It was a Vespa GS motor scooter, and the cop felt that it could not legally be on the freeway. The California law of that time for motorcycles required the ability to exceed 62 mph. I told the cop I had been doing as much as 65, still the speed limit on that particular segment of freeway. He told me to show him and so I did, though I did have to bend down close to the handlebars to reach that speed. He waved to me OK as he passed me, so for me as well, no ticket, though if I had the money I have today I might have framed it as proof to my motorcycling brother who also scorned the top speed of that practical, puddle jumping commuting machine.

4:13 - thats the manual pump for the windshield washer fluid! :D

A recent model was used as the basis in Europe for the Ford KA, strange it doesn't have a synchromesh box though, but what a great little car thanks guys!

Great video (as nearly always). The 1971 Fiat 500 Lusso (4 Passenger) has a fuel capacity of 5.8 US gal.

The door ajar screwed up the aerodynamicals. That's at least 25 seconds added to the 0-60 sprint.

Very fun show - thanks for making me smile today (and most every other day, too!)

I remember when on a vacation trip on the spanish island Mallorca way back in the early 1970s, that my dad had rented this particular car to see the tourist spots. I don't have a lot of memory about the whole vacation, mind you I was just about 7 or 8, but I clearly remember one situation: we kids (Sister and me) standing on the backseats, roof open, kids heads out in the wind and the whole family was singing while dad was honking the horn to the rhythm and diving through the country side of Mallorca 😄

Nice! The panorama you saw in the 500E is the profile of the city of Turin, there is the exact same design on the roof of the Fiat factory in Turin (which can be visited by the public), it is the factory that has the car track on the roof

Vi seguo qui dall'Italia e siete simpaticissimi! In Italia la Fiat ha fatto quelle che un tempo potevano essere definite le "auto del popolo" nel senso che se le poteva permettere chiunque, una 500 doveva girare nelle strade strette e trafficate, in America ci credo che non ha avuto così tanto successo ai tempi, si dice che alcune città in Italia siano a "misura d'uomo", beh in America si può dire che avete invece delle strade a "misura d'uomo". In un contesto del genere ci credo che risulti bizzarro 😂❤ good job Bro, i love it

Memories... I leaned to drive on that car when I was 17... Still remember everything about it, especially how to use the clutch with the unsynchronyzed gearbox to quickly change gear smoothly (except first and reverse, mandatory stop for those). Wish my parents hadn't sold it many years ago...

Next test: Will it make it up Pikes Peak and back?

😂 the face reactions from you guys and laughing. Is pure gold. Kase 9:52. I love when you do this hilarious and 12:33. Love you guys as always.

Love it, love it, love it! Too much fun, just what I need at 5am. Tommy and Kase are crushing it!!!

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

Nice! I have had 2 classic 500. One in the same color, coral red. A 1974, 500 R. I worked the motor and suspension and got about 28 hp out of it. Doing 75 mph top speed. Running into the red at rpm. I got thumbs up everywhere. It even sounded great accelerating. Considering 10 grand if you want a nice one now and much more if it is a Abarth or Steyr Puch.

It doesn't help that you were doing 38mph in a 35. Thats more normal to cops than someone actually doing the speed limit lol

Wow something slower than my Subaru.

4:14 that's the windshield wiper fluid button. It's just pumps air into the reservoir when you press it (no electrical switch and pump). Quite cheap and simple, but after the years the rubber gets brittle and cracks, not working anymore. Our family car was a 1972 Fiat 600R (slightly bigger 500 brother) and it had the same speedometer, ashtray, switches (only 2: lights and wipers; no hazzards) The ignition switch was on the column, and at the center of the dashboard was a cigarette lighter instead. There was only one lever by the handbrake and was the choke. The heater lever was on the "transmission" tunnel behind the driver seat.

At college, one of my friends had a Fiat 500. I am quite tall, so I could only be seated in the car if the hood was open so I could look over the roof of the car. Not particular safe, but quite fun!!

Great content, great humor, you guys are on your game lately!

Might get a ticket for holding up traffic. Lol

Oh man filling up at a shell station. Green dino is going to be pissed off. Thanks guys, fun video

These two guys remind me of me and my best friend. Fun, silly, nerdy, and informative. We once went off-road driving in a diesel Chevette and had the best time ever. So stupid but so laughably fun!

Must have been a joke when you said 130km = 195mph 😀 Other way around. 130km is about 80mph.

I drove a friend's RHD B210 Datsun with him from England down to Italy in 1978 and these cars were sort of a speed hazard on the Motorstrada, most were doing about 42 to 50.

Excellent episode!!!, The cops probably could not believe you even had that go kart make 40 mph LoL

Love the car and the music. Two thumbs up!

This was so fun to watch! Thank you for the laughs!

The FIAT Nuovo had a 22 liter fueltank. That equals 5.8 gallons. It was suggested to use 5.6 liers per 100km, so you could go nearly 400km - around 240 miles - with it.

The popular car in Italy at the time was FIAT 600, not the Cinquecento. The 600, launched before the Cinquecento, was somewhat larger, just enough to make it actually usable. There was luggage space behind the rear bench, and a little more rear legroom. What's the new BEV 500 good for? Well, it's adequate for short drives around Beverly Hills.

Excited to see this new Fiat. I have a 2018 500x and have had zero issues. Got the mopar lifetime warranty before they discontinued it and have never had to take it to the dealer 😅

Love the video guys! 😂. Guess 16-17 hp isn’t enough to get a ticket but love the comparison between the new and old Fiat 500! 😉

The speeds you are reaching remind me of my 2012 Royal Enfield 500 classic after I added the sidecar. GPS 103kph( 64 mph ) down hill with a tail wind. Mind you it was always fun when you overtook a truck.

1977, Hawker College Canberra, Straya... My mate Steve Steiger had a Fiat 500 Bambino. He was 6 ft 5, Im 6 ft 4, we would ride around with our heads out the roof. He also had a habit of taking the front seat out and driving from the back seat...

I would be willing to bet, those fins sticking out are there for the same reason the headlight housing on the Nissan Leaf sticks up over the hood. To change the wind directin and cut down noise. On the Leaf with headlights that didn't stick up there was a high picthed wind noise.

Early East Germany's Trabant P 50 didn't even get to 60mph, its top speed was just under that (95kmh). My granddad drove one of those.

Good review, but I would have LOVED to see Roman, Andre and Nathan drive this thing around....with your St. Bernard. Now THAT would have been a test!

Very fun video! The elite performance of this vehicle is unmatched 0-60 time infinity! 🤣 Those tires need replacing though fellas. I know that the 17hp of that 500 is just sending you into the next dimension but in all seriousness id hate to see ya have a big problem in the tires while driving.

Hello guys. I saved my life with such a seatbelt some decades ago, but you have to tighten them properly like I was happy to do a couple of minutes before the crash where a car came on the wrong side of the road against us and made a front collision where I was told that you have to tightsen this seatbelt to make them work and save you. Good luck. Best Regards from Arne G in Norway

I learn to drive in the Argentinian version of the 500, here we knew it as the Fiat 600 (fitito), and the latest versión had an 800 cc engine, however they really struggled to go much more than 100 km/h, one curious thing was that the spare tire was store in the front, that trend was implemented in a lot of other fiat models since up to early 2000. The 600 was a very successful car because it was cheap, easy to fix, and could transport 4 people, and its biggest rival was the Citroën 3cv. However, the fiat was more popular. In fact, it was produced in Argentina, the sold close to 400000 units

re. cars like the 500e being too small for Americans: as a fellow American I know what you mean, but I think Americans have lost all perspective on what a reasonable vehicle size is-and forgotten (or never known) the advantages of staying small. I live in Southern CA and used to drive an '04 Mini Cooper. There were many times when going to some event or visiting a friend in a parking-constrained neighborhood, in which I was able to squeeze into a spot that was just too small for anything else (save motorcycles). Yet it was a blast to drive and with the rear seats folded down, had a shocking amount of cargo space. For a single person or childless couple in an urban environment, a tiny hatchback is ideal.

It's funny seeing that dodge colt, almost the same as my first car. I don't recall the last time I saw one. Mine was a 4 spd base model. It was fun in town but struggled to keep up with traffic on the freeway.

and i thought my 2015 Kia Soul base 1.6L (automatic) doing 0-60 in 12 seconds was slow! but that car was very peppy around the city. loved that peppy feeling.

The old Fiat 500 may be the perfect car for the brazen law breakers! Great video!

The good old yogurt pot (as we called them in France). I remember getting picked up at the Florence airport on one of these. There were 4 of us, and the driver - and suitcases. We opened the roof and held the suitcases out the top. It was a blast!

The racing model comes with the fold away roof as well, which comes in handy in case you need to reach up to launch a Koopa shell at someone blocking the roadway.

I have a 74' 500R and that is just the coolest little car ever!

I tuned a 650cc 126 engine and fitted it to our 1967 500, it did 85mph, I had a few grandprix`s .

These two are the best duo at TFL.

One of the reasons to avoid the higher ethanol fuels in older cars is that the condensation from the alcohol can cause the rubber hoses/components to perish... or so I'm told. The curb weight is seriously impressive, heck its even lighter than a 2cv. The Morris 1000 is light enough for 1 person to push along... on the flat... and that weighs over 1600lbs.

Years ago I was on a highway and one of these fired up and flew by me. Turns out someone had taken a 100 horsepower outboard boat motor and modded it into the back end. It flew by me.

I recognized those mountains immediately😅.. Looks like near Longmont, Loveland area lol

As an italian who have never experienced this car (I'm too young), I really enjoyed this video.

The double-clutching gearbox of the Fiat 500 helped me a lot to get the Trucks and Buses license in Italy

This is so iconic lol seeing that thing go highway speeds is terrifying

I am big into retro Computers and i just fell into this! Time for some Whiskey and a binge watch

the cameraman first of all really looks down on cars, the development of cars is beautiful bro... don't look down on every classic car just because the technology isn't what you expected

Great designs. AWD is needed for the new e500, a must for Colorado and other snowy climates. The MSRP with no AWD, is a no purchase.

Hey in my country we learned to drive and took our DL test in Fiat 500s.

lol too funny, you are driving a FIAT 500, the car my mom owned and got passed by a Dodge/Mitsubishi Colt, the car I drove while living in Europe. Man, that was more than 30 years ago, but still good memories

Man I didn't ever realize just how small those cars are until seeing it next to the modern version. WOW. I think the Smart Car might have the edge on size.

I had a Dodge Colt just like that (but silver). I got it to 100mph. 1.6 liter. Decent little motor, nice to see one again. :D

The aero wing is common on EV as the wind turbulence on wing (door) mirrors makes loads of noise.

The best vehicle is in the background at 0:48 in the video. I really like those trucks from that era.

A train went by my house when you were approaching the railroad crossing so I had to pause the video to see whether it was IRL or on the video 😂😂

Fun video. Now you need to race the 500 against the model T

I can almost top that. In 1973, the Interstate speed limit was still 70 mph. That Summer, my mother and I were travelling on I-64 over Afton Mountain, in our 1970 VW Bus, when we were stopped, and she was cited for supposedly exceeding that 70 mph. I can personally attest to the fact that our VW bus never exceeded 40 mph ascending Afton Mountain, and it could barely manage, floored, to attain 70 mph on the westward downhill side. And yet, some hero VA State Trooper was apparently hell-bent on making his quota that day, nonetheless. That anemic, air-cooled 1.6L flat-four overheated and dropped a valve in the #1 cylinder 3 times in the 9 years we had it. After changing out the #1 cylinder, head & valve, piston & connecting rod, for the 3rd time himself, my father gave it a paint-job and sold it in the Fall of 1979. I really do miss it to this day though, lol!