He Jetted right out of there.

I owned an ’88 Horizon. It did its econobox thing well enough as long as you kept your expectations low. But low miles add very, very little value to a car this old, forgettable and obsolete. This is a $500 stopgap car for someone with very little cash and a desperate need for transportation.

This. More broadly, here’s my take: I don’t think anyone should be prohibited from owning or driving the vehicle that makes them happy, subject to sensible rules (vehicle safety, appropriate licensing). But if you own a rig like the one above and you don’t need its capabilities for your job or recreational pursuits…

As long as you’re prepared for the upkeep, sure, NP. That is indeed lovely. It manages to avoid the regular-car-in-a-fat-suit look of so many Rolls and Bentley models. That greenhouse is sublime.

I don’t know what the market is for these, but possibly irrational NP. It’s beautiful.

I am way too lazy to own a vehicle that requires this much coddling.

There are campers, and there are vans carrying around a load of furniture. This looks like the latter. ND.

Turn it on again.

It’s not the color, but as Rob pointed out, painting over the rear reflectors.

Passed its smog a week ago, now won’t start, and already the owner throws in the towel? That plus the weird paint job tells me to run away. I don’t know what’s going on here, and I don’t want to know. ND.

I freely admit, I don’t have the stomach for Alfa ownership. ND for me.

That is so pretty. It’s like an embiggened E30 with an Italian accent. But...

No mention of the Nissan NV200 vans? They were a flop, but definitely a part of the history.

The last dealer I bought from tried the same thing, same price. It’s called BrakePlus. I later found the modules online for less than $10 and the official installation video, which depicts mayyyybe a 15-minute job.

...driving around the boot.

The whole point of buying a car like this is to get it for next to nothing, so when the inherent ’90s GM-ness asserts itself, you’ve probably had it long enough to get your money’s worth. I know the next-to-nothing bar ain’t what it used to be, but nearly $8K? Nah.

If this is your thing, good luck finding one nicer. Buy it and spirit it away to a desert climate before the Florida humidity imposes its will. I see that I’m in a small minority, but I’ll say NP.

The special edition means nothing at this point, but it looks to be a well-kept truck that will easily give you $5K of use before anything big goes wrong. NP.

This is one of those cars that reflects the owner’s very specific vision, which is all well and good, but good luck finding someone else to buy into it. And I can see this thing becoming momentarily undrivable if the sun hits that dash at just the wrong angle. ND.

I don’t. ND.