I have to agree, the ESP on 500 is pretty good indeed!!! It really lets you have some fun with the car before interfering! I could even do a little "scandinavian flick" with esp on... And in the end it saves my bottom before I can get into too much trouble.
It has been -2 to -4 degrees celcius these last couple of days and all in all this little Fiat has copied very well with winter conditions. No rattles or creaks what so ever and it is even quite a warm car too! I have to say I had my reservation about the 500 as "winter car", but so far it has proved me wrong. Well, I guess we´ll see how it copes with really cold weather, like -20 or so, when the winter progresses...