Steve McQueen, Jim Garner, Paul Newman, in any order you wish.

There were no turbo Spiders in the USA.

“Would you rather have 17 of these or one C8 Corvette?”

You mean a high 6 figure low 7 figure mistress.

Shifter works fine for this period of car and it is 5 speeds.

“... but for a weekend toy $3500 is a bit too rich for my blood.”

“ ... the fact that it’s Italian and old (unreliable and expensive to fix) ...”

We have Ferraris and Teslas for incendiary fun now.

“This settled things for me....such an Alfa Romeo simply doesn’t exist.”

“Looks like they nailed a trailer hitch so I’m going to assume the brakes don’t work well.”

“I’m never buying an Italian car again.”

“It’s an Alfa. You can’t buy the new without spending money on maintenance.”

A “needs nothing example” if one can be found will be over mid $30K.

Ayyyy, you deserve neither car.

Depends entirely on chassis corrosion.  Everything else can be repaired for an ascertainable cost.

Cab cab forward styling does not trump an engine located over the front axle and front-wheel drive dynamically. Physics, not styling, determines Dynamic Behavior of an automobile.

Too bad it did not lose 500 lbs., then it would be a serious car and not just a luxury coffin with a horrible infotainment interface and confused interior styling.

My parents had an E9 2800CS for 32 years. Was just a magical car.

Just because you cannot afford it you do not have to be harsh.    Well worth it and more.

A truly beautiful car with an M bespoke engine.