Fiat 500

I rented one on vac. in Hi.
Ride isn't very good because of the short wheelbase and there's very little room in them.
But it got good mileage and pulled pretty good once it was really wound up. Parking was a pure joy and it seems to be built well.

Does Fiat approve of four down towing?

We rented one on vacation too. The driver's armrest was already broken. My wife refers to it as the worst car ever. And it isn't like she is used to the best; she drives a base Versa. It was easy to park at the campsite because it was so short. I remember the engine being loud.

Rangerman40 wrote:
Any special considerations when outfitting it for towing?

The special consideration is that it is a terrible car with very poor ratings from many sources and has one of the worst reliability ratings of any car sold in the USA.

AS far as towing, it is light and has no restrictions as to distance or speed with a manual transmission. That is probably good, since it may well be towed to a repair shop more than it is driven!

DownTheAvenue wrote:

Rangerman40 wrote:
Any special considerations when outfitting it for towing?

The special consideration is that it is a terrible car with very poor ratings from many sources and has one of the worst reliability ratings of any car sold in the USA.

AS far as towing, it is light and has no restrictions as to distance or speed with a manual transmission. That is probably good, since it may well be towed to a repair shop more than it is driven!

That's special, Forward Thinking engineering. :B

Are you talking about a Fiat or a Yugo ? Or maybe a Vega? :)

1995brave wrote:
Are you talking about a Fiat or a Yugo ? Or maybe a Vega? :)

All very similar, no?

Fiat stands for = Fix It Again Tony

We left a park in Largo, FL last weekend. There was a couple there that was towing a Fiat Convertible. Didn't stop to talk to them as there was a bit of a language challenge (from Quebec). I didn't really look at the car too much other than to notice that it was a Fiat 500 Convertible.

We are currently 4-down towing a 6-speed 2013 Mini Cooper Roadster S. I've seen some convertibles being towed 4-down too as an alternative. I'm guessing that there will be some comments about people not liking the Mini's either but we're on our 3rd and yea, they aren't cheap to fix but the first one we ordered is still on the road 13 years later with over 200K miles.

Have you read the reviews on the Fiat. If I'm not mistaken I believe it had the lowest reliability rating of any car sold in America.

On a positive note you could always tow it to the dealer when it needs worked on. ;)