That looked like a lot of fun. Now that JCW is off elsewhere my one regret is that I didn't get the chance to take it somewhere like that and I could really have found out it's true potential apart from the odd spurt on the Kings highway. I liked the quilted leather in the second car. That is a car I have never considered but did notice when I was in my hot hatch phase.
Tried the 180BHP version of these on a Motability test drive some years ago (the 145 was not available to test drive). I loved it so much, but the suspension was too hard for my buggered back. Regret it now.
Looks like an absolute blast!! To be fair these cars were not designed for that kind of punishment so you just pushed it beyond its capabilities and it didn't like it!!
No Stef ABTV he would have loved it. I thought that would be fun..... Think I would break my fiat 500 with Esseesse suspension and shocks! Need to try it though ;-)
Hi Sir Pete this video was great to watch! It’s always cool to see ya have a blast and bring out your racer boy side lol. I really liked the color combo of the blue and red one. I don’t think I’ll ever own one of these as the 124 abarth spider is more what I would want.
@9.37... The button on the handbrake is to stop that awful ratcheting noise... Police Driving Instructors were permitted to slap students who failed to use the button... and rightly so!
@@PetrolPed BUT... You were stationary! I agree you may have been a bit frantic about what had happened, about what you'd done to a lovely little pocket rocket... I certainly would have been! 🤣
I really Hate abusing cars like that.... Flat out in a straight line Yes.... But I love Cars and don`t like to break them..... Having said that I did do 2 complete laps of a roundabout Fully sideways in my 3.5 SD1 Vitesse....... But it was wet so less potential for damage to the diff etc.... :-))
Hi Ped You have shown that Autosolo is indeed a fun branch of motor sport, but beware to have a contingency fund for tyres and drive shafts. Tried this in my Morgan Plus 8, not the ideal car, very hard on tyres and very bruised rib cage for the driver.😥😥
As an owner i love my 595 and while i agree its fun to see what these amazing little cars can do BUT i`d doubt you`d abuse your own car like that? i would also not be too happy in the thought that Abarth UK will likely be selling these "almost new cars" abused to breaking point from Abarth UK dealers?
Same could be said for Chris Harris power sliding a car round a track. At the end of the day Abarth invited us to learn a new set of skills and demonstrate how good the 595 is at a genuine firm of motorsport in Autotesting 👍
@@PetrolPed True.. please don`t think i`m criticizing you? NO the exact opposite, i envy you! plus you did rather well, but i guess as i have done in the wet, and on snow you`d probably already had some practice in your younger days..
That can only be described as a look of grim determination. (Well done though!) Great little cars but the centre console digs into the left knee making them impossible to live with.
was it official abarth "driving school" or just abarth fan club? And was the essesse new or badly used? Not good promo for abarth if it broke down after this light, short use
Nah, you didn't break it the car just couldn't keep up with the quality of the driver.....and I would stick with that! I can only imagine the warranty claims Abarth may get from their customers saying "well you did it on Petrol Ped so thought it was within the limits of my warranty".
My wife runs a 21 plate - new on 1st August 2021 - and we drive in sedately. It sounds fantastic with the exhaust open
They sure do 👍
You looked like you were in your element Mr. Petrol Ped, absolutely superb video as always. Thank you for all your very hard work ... 👏👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Always liked the look of these.
Such fun little cars 👍
my goodness!!!!!!!! well played yes indeed,sweet vid as always...thx again !!
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❤ The Abarth’s models 🏁🇦🇺 . Wonderful video mate 🥂🍾
Cheers Bud 👍
The perfect car for this. Little gem
Yep 👍
This was a great fun video, looks like a good laugh an great fun , great driving by Mr petrol ped 👌👍🏴
Thanks 🙏🏻
I would never ever abuse an Abarth this way, especially my own one
What great fun! I'm Googling "hand brake front wheel drive instruction" now!
😂😂😂
Brilliant!
I had 4 Abarths, could never afford the really fast ones.....
Got a Turismo and it is a lovely compromise not too firm and enough poke
Morning Sir, awesome day of fun. Last time I was at Brands, we were watching the Truck racing last year. 👍👍🇬🇧
That looked like ace fun! Almost an aerobic workout on each run!
It was 😂
That looked like a lot of fun. Now that JCW is off elsewhere my one regret is that I didn't get the chance to take it somewhere like that and I could really have found out it's true potential apart from the odd spurt on the Kings highway. I liked the quilted leather in the second car. That is a car I have never considered but did notice when I was in my hot hatch phase.
Reminds me of my 90’s army days when we hired German hire cars! We did J turns and handbrake burnouts too lol
LOL 😂
Looks like fun. 😎
It was 👍
That looked like so much fun. I'm sure the car will recover🤣
Great video mate👌
That’s looks fantastic fun !! 😊
It was 👍
Tried the 180BHP version of these on a Motability test drive some years ago (the 145 was not available to test drive). I loved it so much, but the suspension was too hard for my buggered back. Regret it now.
They are quite firm 😬
Looks like an absolute blast!! To be fair these cars were not designed for that kind of punishment so you just pushed it beyond its capabilities and it didn't like it!!
😬😂
See you at the Autosolo!
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OMG Sam Moore!
Indeed 👍
Not that I would do this (often) with my own car, but I'm curious if this can work with an electric hand brake like my '23 JCW Clubman will have.
Sadly not. You need a traditional handbrake 👍
@@PetrolPed Heh. That’s two things Mini have taken from us - stick shifts and hand brakes. What next?
No Stef ABTV he would have loved it. I thought that would be fun..... Think I would break my fiat 500 with Esseesse suspension and shocks! Need to try it though ;-)
Yeah. Shame he wasn’t there 😢
Handbrake turns int a tiny car - what a hoot!
And you broke it and all.
Is that a you bend it you mend it arrangement?
Luckily not 😜😂
Appearing at a High St bank heist next week lmao. 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍🇬🇧
😂😂😂
You look like your having far to much fun ped awsome content
Yep 👍😂
Never seen such an aggressive face for a power slide… 😂 you all out of puff like you were pushing by hand.
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Hi Sir Pete this video was great to watch! It’s always cool to see ya have a blast and bring out your racer boy side lol. I really liked the color combo of the blue and red one. I don’t think I’ll ever own one of these as the 124 abarth spider is more what I would want.
Me…a boy racer 😮😂😂
You broke her back in😆
Old style Peds with his seriously concentrating face on !!!!!!! classic old time😊😊
LOL 😂
that looks fun
It was 👍
@9.37... The button on the handbrake is to stop that awful ratcheting noise... Police Driving Instructors were permitted to slap students who failed to use the button... and rightly so!
Only used the ratchet a couple of times when it got frantic 😂
@@PetrolPed BUT... You were stationary! I agree you may have been a bit frantic about what had happened, about what you'd done to a lovely little pocket rocket... I certainly would have been! 🤣
Oops indeed 😂
😂😂😂
I really Hate abusing cars like that.... Flat out in a straight line Yes.... But I love Cars and don`t like to break them..... Having said that I did do 2 complete laps of a roundabout Fully sideways in my 3.5 SD1 Vitesse....... But it was wet so less potential for damage to the diff etc.... :-))
I didn’t set out to brake it 😜😂
@@PetrolPed I know..... :-))))
Hi Ped
You have shown that Autosolo is indeed a fun branch of motor sport, but beware to have a contingency fund for tyres and drive shafts. Tried this in my Morgan Plus 8, not the ideal car, very hard on tyres and very bruised rib cage for the driver.😥😥
😂😂😂
You didn't break it! It's a Fiat. It just returned to it's resting state 🤣
😂😂😂
Hahahahaha
FIAT approved used cars
😂😂😂
One careful owner low mileage dealer demonstrator great value
😂😂😂
As an owner i love my 595 and while i agree its fun to see what these amazing little cars can do BUT i`d doubt you`d abuse your own car like that? i would also not be too happy in the thought that Abarth UK will likely be selling these "almost new cars" abused to breaking point from Abarth UK dealers?
Same could be said for Chris Harris power sliding a car round a track. At the end of the day Abarth invited us to learn a new set of skills and demonstrate how good the 595 is at a genuine firm of motorsport in Autotesting 👍
@@PetrolPed True.. please don`t think i`m criticizing you? NO the exact opposite, i envy you! plus you did rather well, but i guess as i have done in the wet, and on snow you`d probably already had some practice in your younger days..
That can only be described as a look of grim determination. (Well done though!) Great little cars but the centre console digs into the left knee making them impossible to live with.
Stick to driving MINIS !😂
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Evening All 🥃
Hi 👋
Great piece tonight, great fun brings back loads of memories years ago driving my old XR2 . Little pocket rocket , nimble is fun 😊
was it official abarth "driving school" or just abarth fan club? And was the essesse new or badly used? Not good promo for abarth if it broke down after this light, short use
It was a press event organised by Abarth UK 👍
F.I.A.T. = Fix It Again Tomorrow
Fiat is known for poor engines that blow head gaskets all the time, so you didn't break anything the car broke itself.
actually the 1.4 Tjet is a very good engine with no real issues (unless really abused)
Delicious food for algorithm ;-)
Yum 😋
What an unnecessary test 😂
😂😂😂
Who said being a hooligan wasn't fun
LOL 😂
Your driving definitely got a lot rougher after the instructor got out .....
Faster or more committed maybe 😜😂😂
Hard to believe Fiat don’t build their cars to be hand-brake turned for 2 hours without breaking…
LOL 😂
Hi
Hi 👋
That looked like a lot of fun.Well done (apart from the breakages) Fiats break all the time anyway,so no biggy.
FIAT = fix it again tomorrow
Hello mate
Hi 👋
you vandal lololol
Yep 😜
Sadly Pete Fiats arn't built like Porsches 🤦♂️
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🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏
That looks so much fun. But I think Ruby would be faster🤔 and wouldn't break down😅
Maybe 👍
Nah, you didn't break it the car just couldn't keep up with the quality of the driver.....and I would stick with that! I can only imagine the warranty claims Abarth may get from their customers saying "well you did it on Petrol Ped so thought it was within the limits of my warranty".
😂😂😂