"Americans have power, Germans have technology, and the Japanese have reliability. But the Italian cars have passion. No other country produces cars that evoke so many emotions. It can be the lustful body design, the pure ecstasy in the driving experience, or the crushing disappointment when the car doesn’t start (again).

We’ve all had a neighbor with an old Lancia Beta, Fiat 124, or Alfa Romeo Spider. The pure joy on his face when he goes for a drive on a sunny day (and the pure agony on his face when the car would break-down on a sunny day) made us all envious. Because there are no more budget-priced Italian brands sold in the U.S., we know that spares are so rare and/or expensive that finding parts gives the owner a kind of joy usually only organ transplant recipients know.

If you are that neighbor, thank you for sharing the experience. Now get back in the garage, your Alfa is leaking olio."

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jug said:

someone should probably notify the US that modern italian cars have not been built in the 80s. actually nah lets not tell them, they dont deserve it.

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