Fiat 500e - Cindy's thoughts

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[@ethanmiller6115]

I think Cindy might be the best car reviewer on KZbin. No messing about whatsoever 😂

[@buddy1155]

The problem with regular car reviewers is that they are car freaks, they care about things that regular people don't care about at all. Things like consumption, there is extremely little difference between comparable size electric cars, all -5% or +5% deviation from average. Imagine that people start discussing if an ICE car consumes +5% more or 5% less on 100 km .... everyone would consider that "the same".

[@bazoo513]

I _love_ Cindy's reviews.

[@timob.6570]

Cindy‘s reviews are the best 👍🏼😀 extremely honest and straight! Like it a lot!

[@seb.]

We keep hearing tall reviewers how they'd prefer longer seats, but do they think of shorter people? Nope. Great job Cindy 👍

[@CaroAbebe]

Nice review! It’s not the first time, by the way, that I’ve realised that a small car may not be the best fit for a small person. I had way more difficulty reaching the pedals in our tiny fossil car than I have now in the ID.3. Not only can I reach the pedals with ease, in the ID.3 I’m not glued to the steering wheel, making the drive way less dangerous.

[@mike.n.davies]

Great reviews by Cindy. A non-car person's views of cars. What did she think of the e-UP/Mii/Citigo EVs? I missed that maybe?

[@BatteryLife]

There was no video back then.

[@sk.43821]

I really don't get it, why cars after 100 years of manufacture still have these built in flaws in every new generation. Like: • length/angles of seats (+ hard pipings on edges) • distances to pedals/steering wheel • start buttons at stupid places • position of door handles • size of bottle/cup holders • useless placed interior lights • touch panels one accidentally operates • insufficient foot rests for back seats • pointless humps on steering wheels • not reachable seat belts • insufficient adjustable headrests • ... and so on ... 🙄😤🤬🤯🤦‍♂️ One simply needs a list of standards which can slightly evolve over time. But these basic keys for comfort should not be botched up.

[@buddy1155]

@@sk.43821 I can answer some of your questions, there is something called anthropometric data (human dimensions). These can be plotted in a normal distribution and look something like a bell shape. If you design product you can decide P90 or P95, what means that for 90% or 95% of the people the product would fit. You can also offset it a bit from median to fit your target group better. Make a car targeted at women fit women better. Every car manufacturer could make a seat where the back can be go back and forward to fit large and small people (P100) Although, this would make the car more expensive and it is just a calculation... is this worth it? Designing for P100 rarely is. As for placement for cup/holder, door handels, interior lights etc. every design choice has consequences that might not be obvious to the user. Many of the interior pieces come out of moulds, some designs could be impossible, weaker, would drive the price up or has causes an other problem. Let's take the unreachable seat belt, that is because Cindy has her seat forward in combination with the B-pilar to be far back. The B-pilar is so far back to make the doors longer so it is easier to get into the back seat. It is not that industrial designers don't know what they are doing, they just have to make all kind of compromises. Some people like the hump on steering wheels (I do) and some people with smaller hands don't. If 40% want humps, 50 don't care and 10% hates them... they would probably be implemented (if the costs aren't significantly higher). And to make everything a bit more complex, companies also look at other products on the market... if most cars on the market have humps on the steering wheel and they know many people hate them they might consider no humps to be attractive to the 10%.

[@FCFimpair]

Great review Cindy, like it a lot👍😉

[@TassieEV]

Guessing the term lukewarm is a Canadian or North American thing, think of tepid or where it is the same temp as body temp basically. Always good to hear Cindy's thoughts/review, thank you again Cindy! :)

[@briangriffiths114]

I'm shortly replacing my Twingo GT with a 500e and my wife and I took an extended test drive of the Fiat last week before before placing an order. Both cars seemed incredibly similar to us in terms of driving position, visibility, handling and performance and the bonus is that we'll still have car that fits into our smallish integral garage.

[@backwoodsbungalow9674]

Did you try folding down the rear seats? 🤔 That way a small car is a 2 seater with the hatchback as a door for the pets. 😎 I downsized from a large car and I only lift a rear seat on the rare occasions when I need to transport more than 2 people. The rest of the time the car has 2 seats and a large trunk space with the rear seats folded.

[@BatteryLife]

No, the dogs are seatbelted.

[@kevinn1158]

Adorable exterior, no sound insulation, short wheelbase = bumpy, seats suck.. check check and check!! Oh yah and Cindy likes buttons! So basically OEMs, she is like every normal person!! Wake up donkey designers!! pro tip Cindy, get transitions for your glasses girl!! And another pro tip, don't kiss your dogs while you are driving. ;). I love how Cindy starts and she makes you think she hasn't got much to say, and then the flood of information comes out. LOL Maybe change the heading. Instead of Cindy's thoughts, you can call it Cindy tells it like it is!

[@michellebakic4202]

Hi guys just want to say to Cindy you need to go to the chiropractor and get your tailbone straightened out because it's the problem I got and I actually sick I know round tube in my car with a pillow for my lower back

[@pka8514]

Just cold facts 👍

[@ChuckJ1944]

I love Cindy's honesty and candor! I'm think an Iinic 5 for her.

[@richard--s]

Wow, Cindy has a very good memory! Most people would recall maybe 5 to 7 things. Most would not remember the seat belt for example, I am sure ;-) Remembering how the steering wheel feels would be easy because you see it, but Cindy remembered really many things, wow! And it was an honest review as always, I like it. Is there any quizz show like "Am laufenden Band" any more on TV where you need to remember as many things as possible? And you win all those things that you could remember? But well, today everyone has everything, so why would anyone "remember" a toaster or a TV where you don't know which model it is... OK, that's why there are no such TV shows any more ;-) At least they had such things like a question mark which could be anything that would not fit on that conveyor belt where they had the prizes on (but it still was one predefined thing) --- or a little plastic palm tree as a stand-in for a vacation for two people to a holiday island - but once it really was just this little plastic palm tree - or a toy car was a stand-in for a real car - or just that toy car ;-) You could not rely on such patterns ;-) There were some candidates (or some couples) in each show and the person who got most points (by answering questions or by doing funny tasks like transporting as many air-filled normal balloons with a hand barrow over an obstacle course (well, Cindy would not be a fan of such tasks, I am sure;-) ) could then near the end of the show sit down in front of the conveyor belt where they showed many items one after the other and this person won those items that he or she could remember. Cindy would recall nearly any of those around 20 items or so ;-) Maybe she would pretend not to remember the toaster or things like that ;-)

[@henvan8737]

Small hands, big heart.

[@mike.n.davies]

BTW "lukewarm" is lauwarm in German, according to Google. To me it means not very warm or tepid but not in a good way. Lukewarm coffee is not good!

[@richard--s]

In parts of Germany or Austria we would call this coffee - if it tastes like nothing an "Abwaschwasser" - a dish washing water ;-) Meaning that it has at most a very thin taste and maybe it was not hot any more too ;-) But that would be a very very bad review, you would not say that there in person - you might say that back home to the people around you when you remembered that coffee... ;-)

[@sk.43821]

Chris never read the patches in clothes where it states "handwash in lukewarm water" 🤷🏼‍♂️😆

[@christophernoble6810]

You are spot on. My German dictionary says the same. Origin is a bit unclear.

[@buzzofftoxicblog791]

Sums up the car well 👍💚🌍

[@IrenESorius]

👍‍‍😎👍‍‍!

[@pqvid]

Hey Chris, just a generic thing on touch control - I hated it too for the same reasons, like try to hit something while driving, you'll end up hitting all the possible stuff around it... BUT - I figured it out in Tesla Model 3, after a while. At least there, all controls are close to the borders, so that you can rest you fingers on the frame and use your thumb to touch (or vice versa). This way it works quite naturally even on a jumpy road. Still would prefer a system like BMW's iDrive at least as an addition.

[@stevedunn3113]

Brilliant review, more Cindy please.

[@oscare.quiros6349]

It appears it is not a family car, but mostly a city car for the younger crowd.

[@karl-heinzoehling483]

Just nice. ID.3 simply suits you best. The ID.3 is simply a good all-rounder, which I can confirm. Chris, already received SW-Update 2.3?

[@BatteryLife]

No, she hates the Id.3 seats. No update for me so far.

[@jeffnapoli1705]

How did Cindy like Twingo seats in comparison?

[@BatteryLife]

There is a video ;) Twingo was her champ.

[@frankwitten7881]

Had Cindy thoughts to the e up, too?

[@BatteryLife]

Sorry no, eUp was my first press car. We didn't thknk of that yet back then.

[@jonathan6665]

Her english is very good 👍

[@BatteryLife]

She is canadian ;)

[@jonathan6665]

@@BatteryLife ok i thought she was german 😁

[@KJSvitko]

EV adoption is accelerating every year. The number of electric vehicles and types of vehicles and trucks is growing. Electric vehicles are just better. No noise, no emissions, less fuel costs, less maintenance costs and amazing technology. Gasoline and diesel are OLD polluting technology. So last century.

[@ahmadsyauki]

This car is so meant to be for asian people, tiny compact for narrow and hectic road. Imagine how much cost will reduce if this car made in china

[@vyomrana8563]

🇩🇪 Germany vs 🇮🇹 italy, 😆🤣

[@inubbidiente]

You did´n not have make a movie about not knowin anything..