So funny enough, my father in law owns the lot I buy all my cars from. Since I’m family, I get last pickings if any for a loaner car. My Abarth is almost never in service since I can do the majority of maintenance and mods myself. Usually it’s my C3 Vette going for service since that’s a bit above my pay grade if it’s…

Anybody who thinks a Fiat 500, not even an X or an L, a regular ass 500, is impractical is welcome to swing by my house and I will show them how it is done. I have fit an entire set of wheels in, numerous parts from other cars and indeed even body panels from itself. And I typically also tote these large loads with a…

The trick of all Fiats is to buy used. A Miata will hold its value, a 124 will not. Let someone else eat the lions share of the depreciation then pick it up after a year or two. It's a cheap and cheerful turbo Miata with a fair bit of aftermarket support without having to pay for a Miata

Don't worry, they already have

I think Princess will be my forever car. Once in a while I wobble a little, she isn’t used as much as she should be and she does have the assorted issues all vintage cars have purely from age. But then a nice day comes along and I cruise around with the tops out and remember what an absolute joy she is and how much…

If it puts more Alfas on US roads, I accept it

I know an old guy who literally used to own an Alfa he perpetually brings up in conversation, and he calls it an Alfa Romero. Fucking kills me in the bad way

The bitch of the 500 is our Euro friends get updates that could just as easily be put on US cars, but FCA just refuses. On the other hand, the whole lineup did just get turbos, so that’s not terrible

It looks better than the Pacer I saw finish the Idaho Gambler 500 last summer, so there may be hope yet!

Would not be surprising at all. Production companies usually buy the cheapest car they can get away with then fix it up enough to be visually passing and work enough if it needs to roll.

To do anything sensibly is not the Fiat way.

I'll bring the lighter if you bring the accelerant...

Chassis codes annoy the hell out of my husband, so naturally my MR2 is the “A-Dub” and hes RX7 is the FD. Juuuust to drive him nuts😅

While I frequently drive barefoot in the summer cause flip flops and pedals don’t mix well, there is a danger element. If you crash and your shoes are nowhere to be found, you’ll likely be stepping out onto broken glass, plastic, very hot/cold pavement, etc.

As a goth, I am generally in favor of things appearing blood spattered and all that, but yeah, on white it really does look like a tampon. Maybe try on like grey or something? 

Fiat hasn’t completely abandoned all cars. Fiat still has an assortment of 500s, including an electric flavor. At this point I honestly think Fiat still exists in the US just to try to play for CAFE standards. And I say that as a die-hard Fiat lunatic

I am a wife and a Corvette owner. Last I checked I'm not banging any dudes on the side...

I too am a Corvette (C3) owning wife to a non-Corvette owner husband. He solved the flashiness issue with a big ass wang...by which I mean he has a '13 STi. Big enough for family duty, comfortable for weekend jaunts out of town, fast enough to be fun, reasonably respected among car people. And as a bonus for me, he…

TV productions do not buy nice cars to destroy. They buy the cheapest possible visually acceptable car to get by with. This car was most likely a non-runner or had other serious health issues. I own an AW11, I get the horror of seeing one smashed, but please don't think this car was a high quality example. 

Mmm, nope. I have a yard guy who takes all the leftovers away. I’m not moving so I don’t need boxes, and the last appliance I bought had free delivery/haul away. Never needed to buy lumber, last home depot run was for some screws, I think. In the last 5 years of home ownership I have needed a truck exactly three times,…