Wow. Interesting why there’s so much interest in a few cars this morning. Of course, no one cares about these cars, particularly anything made by Fiat, except for the fact that they almost became known as the car that killed Jerry Seinfeld.

According the AP, “Seinfeld was driving alone when the brakes on his 1967 Fiat BTM stopped working Saturday evening, East Hampton Town Police Chief Todd Sarris told the New York Post. Seinfeld tried the emergency brake, to no avail, and then swerved to keep the car from careening into an intersection, Sarris said. The two-door sedan flipped over and came to a stop just yards from the highway, Sarris said, adding that the comic’s maneuver ‘probably avoided a very serious accident.’”

Rollovers are no strangers to the public as I recall having to hear about every single Ford Explorer that rolled over on the evening news for about a six month stretch in 2000. Somehow that story wouldn’t just roll over and die (Hey now! Roll over! I kill me.). No word yet if Seinfeld’s car had Firestone tires. I bet they love that joke.

Seinfeld’s car, prior to the accident of course, probably looked something like this:

However, I don’t know if this is the right car or not because remarkably, there isn’t a single picture in Google Image Search of a 1967 Fiat BTM. I’m sure there will be today. Assuming this is pretty much what one looks like, I can see the problem already. In my n=2 study of these cars, it seems like this one is trying to drive into a pond and the other won’t stop. These things must have a mind of their own.

One really can’t help but wonder what the world would be like today or a year from now if Seinfeld was somehow killed in this accident. Would he have become a James Dean-like larger than life figure, always pictured with a cigarette precariously hanging from his lips? Somehow I doubt it. Certainly, his wife would have sold less cookbooks anyway.

That would have been the real tragedy.

So, Seinfeld is fine and likely we’ll get to hear about this accident in his stand up act in the future: “What’s with these Fiats? They don’t even have brakes…I mean what’s with that. I’m tired…I need a break.” Ugh.

No word yet on who is most likely responsible for cutting Seinfeld’s brakeline. Certainly, any former Seinfield cast member is high on the list as retribution for Seinfeld’s alleged unwillingness to share royalty dollars. Anyone who’s accidentally watched Julia-Louis Dreyfuss’ “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” has to also be a suspect. If Seinfeld was still willing to do his show, this abomination would never have been created. Finally, any parent who had to sit through “The Bee Movie” also has to be a suspect because…well…because they had to sit through “The Bee Movie.”

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Posted on April 3rd, 2008 by Jonathan - Everyone But You
Filed under: Celebrities

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