I’m not “beating up” anyone. I have a job to do if you don’t like that job you don’t have to cooperate. No one forces anyone to do anything in this business.

I feel like there is an Alfa Male joke to be made somewhere here...

Exactly! When you own a car you need to own ALL of it—have a little fun! I’d make fun of my possessions any day.

Lifelong Alfa fan here, never once have I got the impression you, or anyone at Jalopnik, wanted to tarnish Alfa’s image. Alfa does a good enough job of that itself. If anything it seems most of you quite like certain Alfas, in spite of their flaws

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I feel like there is an Alfa Male joke to be made somewhere here...

Why those red bow “Lexus for Christmas” commercials are such complete BS.

I like survivors:

Pontiac fiero with a painted and lined up testorossa inspired bodykit.Why is this a unicorn? Ive never seen one complete outside of magazines.

I took my 89 Jeep Comanche to get some river rock. I asked for half a yard. Guy at the yard said “I’m thinking about getting one, can I see what it’ll do? I’ll only charge you half a yard” I don’t recall the final number, but it was SIGNIFICANTLY overloaded. Back on the bumpstops, anything over 15mph and the front end…

I had one ton of mulch in the back of my ‘95 4Runner, and it barely even sagged.

My mechanic has a B2200 as a beater/parts hauler. A friend of mine was looking into a little pickup for hauling tile, so I asked him how much he could carry with the Mazda. He said “As much as you want, as long as you don’t mind riding the bump stops”

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I’m still eating ‘member berries...

came here to say wtf on “dogged by high-profile crashes” as well. good lord. It was 1. Over at the Boeing Museum you can tour the Concord. Amazing machine.   

I think the “overloaded...and still driveable” aspect applied to Toyotas, Mazdas, and Nissans of the time. Those trucks were perfect for real-world use. They’re so lamented. 

If you want an ugly new truck, Nissan will sell you a Titan.

I love this! Back in a day when a lot of commercials were actually really clever. Bring it back!

It’s OK. I understand. I don’t want it either.