Renting a Classic Fiat 500?
Jun 6, 2017, 10:27 am
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Renting a Classic Fiat 500?
My wife and I will be travelling to Italy at the end of June. We'll be staying in Tuscany for the first 5 days, I have a car rented for our stay.
My wife is the reason we are returning to Italy, she loves everything about it, including the little Fiats
. I'd love to give a little surprise for one of our day trips and see if I can pick up a classic fiat 500 for a day or part of a day. A quick google shows many places renting them, can anyone suggest one?
We'll be staying at the Renaissance Tuscany
My wife is the reason we are returning to Italy, she loves everything about it, including the little Fiats
. I'd love to give a little surprise for one of our day trips and see if I can pick up a classic fiat 500 for a day or part of a day. A quick google shows many places renting them, can anyone suggest one?We'll be staying at the Renaissance Tuscany
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Jun 6, 2017, 2:45 pm
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This is the place for you: http://www.slowhills.com/it/affitto-...-500-noleggio/
Jun 7, 2017, 7:53 am
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This is the place for you: http://www.slowhills.com/it/affitto-...-500-noleggio/
. My co-worker is Italian, so he helped me with the site and sent them an inquiry on my behalf. If there are any other recommendations in the meantime I really appreciate it. I wish I could find one near us (Barga) area.
Jun 8, 2017, 7:18 am
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slowhills is an aptly named site. I remember when I was a boy and fascinated by cars there was a car mag which I read avidly. I particularly liked the 0-60mph numbers, in the days when under 10 seconds was very powerful. Most cars were 10-15, or perhaps 20 seconds. A very small number were over 20 seconds. And then there was the Fiat 500 which clocked in at 83.2 seconds from 0-60.
More relevantly, I can see pootling about in an Italian village in one, or perhaps even in Rome (although driving there is a nightmare), but going between villages would be very painful and I would avoid the autostrada completely in a machine like that.
More relevantly, I can see pootling about in an Italian village in one, or perhaps even in Rome (although driving there is a nightmare), but going between villages would be very painful and I would avoid the autostrada completely in a machine like that.
Jun 14, 2017, 7:06 am
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It looks like our hotel "overbooked" and we had to pick a new one (with less than 2 weeks until our trip!). Anyways, I think the new location will be in my favor for trying to book something. I was also looking at a group tour as an option. This could give us a wine tour and some classic 500 time all in one, plus since we're part of a group, no need to worry about break downs etc.
I was thinking about these guys, they seem to get good reviews:
http://www.500touringclub.com/tours.php
I was thinking about these guys, they seem to get good reviews:
http://www.500touringclub.com/tours.php