The Fiat 500 Abarth Quirks Doug DeMuro Missed

[@car2carcomparisons500]

I’m a little late to the party, but I have a 2012 abarth with 329,891 miles all stock and I am the only owner. I have not had to replace a single serious thing on this car besides tires brakes a couple intercooler hoses and oil changes! I drive it hard as well! I consistently beat Subaru wrx’s and Mini Cooper s all the time lol. This car really is a beast! Just have to make sure sport mode is turned on because it truly makes a difference!

[@calliope7479]

Wow. Could you write a summary of your maintenance regimen?

[@Nobody-dc8dp]

Wow

[@oooohyeahhhhhh]

Assuming you still have it, do you have a manual or automatic?

[@josephkrause5290]

Doubt it

[@evobudbrink]

One quirk is I get almost 40 mpg Freeway driving in non sport mode doing 65. It's a Rocket when needed too

[@shouldigetit]

That’s awesome! I’m about to drive it 300 miles so I’ll try to get near that!

[@shouldigetit]

What tire pressure are you running?

[@evobudbrink]

Should I Get It Reviews 35 all around. I love this car. It gets under your skin ....another quirk lol

[@canto_v12]

Doug can't match that hair.

[@oriolgonzalez9328]

That's very nice tribute, the only thing I would change is the first words, you have say it like "THIIIIS...", with conviction, almost theatrically

[@shouldigetit]

Noted! Will do better NEEEEXT time

[@robertpryor7225]

W Nnnnn! b c

[@helenemc5008]

THIS!

[@ptg_st3v3oh62]

This is super well done. Good job!

[@shouldigetit]

Thank you!

[@rickgaan9911]

Nicely done review, Ben. Love these little Abarths!

[@shouldigetit]

Thank you Rick! An ode to Boomba

[@faeinthebay]

Cool video, I like how you're more detail-oriented.

[@shouldigetit]

Thank you

[@picrureperfect8476]

I had one (auto) from 2015 - 2018, now I’m considering getting one again, the only difference is that I used to go mostly city miles back than vs now that I mostly do highway miles. I don’t remember.. but how are these on the highway at 70-80mph? And how has reliability been? I gave mine up at 42k miles and never had an issue.

[@shouldigetit]

They’re pretty good at 75mph. Not the most plush ride but I’m happy with it. In terms of reliability it’s definitely not a Japanese car. I had to replace the alternator and had a leaking rear brake so I’ve spent about $2000 on maintenance . Have 60,000 miles on mine.

[@picrureperfect8476]

@@shouldigetit at how many miles did your problems start? And was it a headache to get it fixed? Like finding parts or a mechanic that was able to work on these? I’m not technically minded at all, would any regular mechanic be able to work on these?

[@shouldigetit]

I bought mine with 45k miles. Alternator issue was a few thousand miles after that. Finding a mechanic is easy. Parts are unique to fiat so a bit more expensive than usual. For instance the alternator is $500. Only 1 type fits it. Most cars have a $150-250 alternator.

[@picrureperfect8476]

@@shouldigetit thank you!

[@shouldigetit]

anytime!@@picrureperfect8476

[@MarkoVukovic0]

Love it, especially that growly exhaust note!

[@shouldigetit]

Me too! Even better after I put the 500 Madness exhaust one, I have a video of that on the channel Marko :)

[@ChrisL-hh9ro]

Can't wait to see some driving reviews as well!

[@Turtisland]

Damn that other video came out two years ago! Crazy how tike flies

[@shouldigetit]

Yup!

[@ADDwithJTC]

I was never really a fan of those but didn't know how cool they are! Great job bringing up some really cool selling points. One of the things I thought was cool about my Focus ST are the active grill shutters to save gas. It's the little things 😊

[@shouldigetit]

Thanks Jason! I didn’t know about the active shutters on the ST that is really cool

[@ADDwithJTC]

@@shouldigetit you're welcome! Yea between that and the over boost feature, "Overboost is designed to extend the peak torque of the Focus ST's 2.0L direct-injected turbocharged 4-cyl. engine for 15 seconds at a time when at full throttle. ... The overboost feature extends the peak another 1,500 rpm, squeezing nearly 10% more torque - and attendant acceleration - from 3,000 to 4,500 rpm, Ford says." I was like yea this thing has some hidden gems inside. Had to have it. Been very happy ever since!

[@shouldigetit]

@@ADDwithJTC Super cool! Enjoy it. Sounds like 15 seconds of glory!

[@ADDwithJTC]

@@shouldigetit I like the way you put it! Lol I definitely do! Yea shifting these cars early is key when really wanting to take off! Especially with the small turbo losing the high end. Once you learn this car it's extremely fun!

[@OsvaldoPaese]

very quirky and memorable car

[@shouldigetit]

Definitely! Thanks for watching Osvaldo

[@MP-Fin]

What a great video. Do you still have the car?

[@shouldigetit]

Thank you and yes! Drove it yesterday :) do you want to buy it? -Ben

[@MP-Fin]

@@shouldigetit Hello, I am in Finland :--D So not this time no :-D Have nice day and thank you for the good video. I liked it because you were "normal", if you understand, like not obnoxious and shouting and going crazy and all that :)

[@shouldigetit]

Oh so not Stradman you mean? Haha thank you for watching from Finland! Nice to e-meet you

[@rickc303]

Dupli-Color NGCC414 is a very close match to touch up those wheels

[@_chan.burn.21_]

I remember at one point wanting one of these 500 Abarths really badly when looking for a first car. The only thing is I went to test drive a regular 500 to get a feel for the size and found and it was just too damn small for me.

[@shouldigetit]

Ah man, it’s alright you ended up with a fun car anyway! One that has a much better radio ;) I’d bet the seat was up pretty high in that 500 or it had the sunroof. Both make it feel much smaller. That....or you’re over 6 foot 4!

[@_chan.burn.21_]

@@shouldigetit Yeah, I'm definitely glad I ended up with my Beetle! Now that you mention it, this 500 did have a sunroof, so that might explain why I felt a tad claustrophobic inside.

[@EvilSean62]

dude im 6 foot ... the abarth seat is a lillte lower ... also i play upright bass and it fits with the back seat down

[@Epii_]

that thing souns amazing oml

[@shouldigetit]

Just wait til you hear the new exhaust on it! Thanks for watching :) -Ben

[@Epii_]

@@shouldigetit please make a cold start video too then :)

[@williamchan5573]

How much did you got it for?

[@shouldigetit]

A bit less than $9,000 with 55k miles

[@BBBonYT]

lol @ "I am not as tall as Doug". Interesting observations

[@johndej]

Looks like fun, but I'll stick with my Mini. Thanks for the tour!

[@frankellul613]

I’ve had a Mini Cooper (new shape) and now on an Abarth Trofeo. The Abarth is actually the car the Mini should have been! It’s super fun can easily be personalised and absolutely flies 👍🏼

[@coastalrally1759]

That sounds like it would be great on a rally.. :)

[@mitchelljohnston5078]

Your car is lowered, I can jump speed bumps hmm

[@shouldigetit]

My car is that much lower!? Previous owner didn't tell me it was lowered and I honestly didn't know any better.

[@mitchelljohnston5078]

@@shouldigetit yeah, yes you have Newspeed lowering springs.

[@abarthcorsa3493]

Yeah stock front lip is 7 1/2 inches up

[@TheStandardstory]

Moreeeeeeeee cars, do more

[@shouldigetit]

What cars should I do next Raghav!?

[@ryuman757]

But do you deadass have to tap the volume buttons to turn it up or down? You can't just hold them to increase or decrease? 🤣

[@shouldigetit]

Oh good point! For clarification you can hold up on the button to have it continually raise or lower volume!

[@ryuman757]

@@shouldigetit I figured Doug was just exaggerating TF out of it as usual, but I do love him for it also. I could tear apart both my cars up and down with the same shit 🤣🤣

[@EvilSean62]

and another thing ... mine doesnt say FIAT anywhere ... it DOES say maserati in a few places .. but mostly it says " ABARTH" and right;y so ... this is a masterpiece of origami engineering ... forged pistons etc ... not a little old lady car ...but it does come with little old lady economy if you keep the sports of=ption off and the revs relatively low edit for spell checking

[@shouldigetit]

Mine does say Fiat but only on the windows!

[@InterstateRaziTV]

You just got a new subscriber I like how you copy Doug Demuro

[@shouldigetit]

Thank you very much! Just for this video :) Might do a Stradman parody next. Tuesday one of my "ANSWRD" series videos is coming out with the BMW M2

[@CoolDude2443]

I like how hard he’s trying to copy Doug DeMuro, even copied his thumbnail 😂

[@shouldigetit]

I like how hard I tried too! Was gonna try to do Stradman but I don’t have the energy.

[@steenledger6753]

Interesting. I am assuming this is a newer model version car. My one doesn’t have the switches behind the wheel and different front cup holders also different sun visor mechanism, it’s a 2013

[@shouldigetit]

Mine is a 2013 model as well. Are you in the US?

[@steenledger6753]

Should I Get It Reviews ahh, no I’m in the UK. Must be that. Interesting with what the differences are.

[@noone6223]

Nice video but it's really weird how you talk exactly like Doug

[@shouldigetit]

I will take that as a compliment for my acting. Thank you!

[@noone6223]

@@shouldigetit Hahahah I couldn't figure out if you were joking with the accent or not. Your impression is spot on!

[@JarnoScw]

Nice video but voicecrack is real.

[@shouldigetit]

Thank you Jamp! Yes it is

[@Andy-Andeee]

A Barf 😂

[@shouldigetit]

LOL 😂

[@jameslatham3521]

Get your hair bigger. It’s not distracting enough.

[@shouldigetit]

I’m working on it James! Greatness takes time 💇‍♂️

[@lukapogo]

You talk EXACTLY like him holy crap

[@shouldigetit]

Haha really!? I just kind of went for it and hopes for the best.

[@johannilsson1889]

whats wrong with your hair?

[@shouldigetit]

What do you mean!? It's all right to me!