The day has come (3 weeks ago) and I have finally gotten myself a Fiat 500! To those in the Automation community who’ve known me for a long while will know I have a strange affinity for these shitty little hatchbacks, but anyways to the real cake.
This is Billy Bee (I did name my cars, yes, I am that type of person). This is my 2012 Fiat 500! It’s the Lounge trim so it comes with all the bells and whistles that these little cars came with like heated seats, a moon roof, parking sensors, etc etc.
I bought this car off FB Marketplace from a mechanic who owned the car as a daily driver for 6+ years for $3000, so despite its high miles it’s in incredibly good mechanical shape after owning it nearly a month and driving long distances. I bought it with 146,900 and now it’s at nearly 147,800. I do a lot of driving so for this car to have lasted well with its mileage through multiple interstate trips and long torn roads it’s held up tremendously.
Though, Billy is without his flaws. The TPMS isn’t working which has always been a common issue with these cars, and is an easy fix I’ll do myself. But otherwise, most of the issues are purely cosmetic like pain chips, the front underbelly splash guard being torn, and some interior problems like worn cloth seats and some plastic bits that need to be reclicked in.
I of course plan on driving this little yellow egg until he hits the dust, and will of course keep him in tip top shape. If I ever have an issue, ik where the mechanic is located so I trust his work in fixing it (though it won’t be for a while cause when I checked everything when I first got it, it seemed like he had already replaced a lot of stuff recently like the oil filter and such so it should be good for a while).
To end out this post, here’s some more photos of Billy cause he’s a very photogenic car.
The stripes are a nice bit, over here too many 500s don’t have any fancy config, and they have (had?) a lot of such options.
