What Car Would You Like To Flip Like Jerry Seinfeld?

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:40:00 EDT

If you flipped your 1986 Crown Victoria it wouldn't be news unless it landed on someone famous. But Jerry Seinfield flips a Fiat, a Fiat BTM mystery car, and it's suddenly the biggest news of the day. He walked away from it, but because he made jokes about "shrinkage" he's all of a sudden dominating coverage. As much as we envy the giant garages of the celebrity elite, we're starting to envy the casual nature with which they can famously dispatch of them.

We all can name a few hundred cars we'd like to put in our own fantasy garages, but what car would we feel alright flipping for headlines? It's got to be safe enough to walk away from, which shouldn't be that hard considering someone just walked away from flipping a Fiat. It has to be fast enough to flip. And it has to have that certain cache so that the media picks up on it. What car from your celeb fantasy garage would you flip?

Seinfeld Rolls 1967 Fiat "BTM," Unhurt

Ray Wert — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:30:00 EDT

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld rolled his 1967 Fiat "BTM" this weekend after the brakes of the classic car failed on him. Apparently, after the brake failure, Seinfeld tried the emergency brake in East Hampton, NY, but it seems even that couldn't quite do the job, forcing Seinfeld to swerve in order to avoid flying into an intersection, thus rolling the car. We're told Seinfeld's OK. The '67 Fiat "BTM" (Yeah, so what's up with a Fiat "BTM," anyway? That's what the AP's claiming it is — and we've no idea what Fiat the man half behind a show about nothing owns) however, was not. Seinfeld's not be charged in the incident which is being attributed to mechanical failure. (Hat tip to Michael!) [via CNN]

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What Car Would You Like To Flip Like Jerry Seinfeld?

Seinfeld Rolls 1967 Fiat "BTM," Unhurt