So then, it’s like it missed?

A bike may help you last longer, but this Toyota is bulletproof, understressed and anvil-simple. With a modicum of care, this crate will outlast either one of us. If Armageddon ever occurs, some cockroach will climb behind the wheel of this Corona and drive it out of the smoke. Unless it leaves dry desert life and…

Would’ve gone full Darwin Award.

Y’know, there’s something to be said for using the old lock and key.

Valid point.

Touché. I stand (technically) corrected. Which, of course, is the best kind of correct.

Gotta take exception to your ’nother thing (Note the correct single-quote: that’s Alt+0146 on your extended Windows keyboard; Option+] if you’re tapping this out on a Mac. Shame that your web interface can’t do that correctly for you).

The line that’s always worked for me is:

Tubing for the heat choke valve.

There will not be better. Alfas rust if you spit on them, much less actually use them. All of them have some rust bubbling, somewhere, which will require cutting and replacing to “fix.”

While the pop-up doors appeal to my sense of outrage, being of a certain age means leveraging with the top of the door to pry my way out of sports cars is entirely necessary. Dammit.

This reeks of offloading a mistake on the unsuspecting. Just like it happened to the seller some time in the near past.

You haven’t paid enough attention to Formula 1 to see rain tires go off that fast there too.

Please. Pay closer attention.

I have no doubts that’s true. *laughing ruefully*

Sure. I lived in Maine.

Timelessly fugly, you mean. That thing looks like a blueberry turd.

Nah, that was the downsized next generation. This one was only shared with the Toronado.

The problem is, they made lots of these Eldo convertibles and they were reliable and wore well. Parts are easy to find, and don’t cost much compared to most cars of that era. They’re not exactly practical, and drink gas like it’s going out of style, so they see little mileage and are easy to keep well preserved.

Yeah, buddy!