Countless times I sat in my Spitfire at stoplights then glanced over at the car next to me only to see a truck’s lug nuts at eye level. The TR6 that replaced it is only slightly better. Driving the wife’s B2300 feels like I’m up in the clouds in comparison.

This is a lot of hand wringing over nothing, especially since…

Bradley, you can bookmark this Forbes article for future reference. I’m beyond tired of the EV naysayers always chiming in with ‘data’ that’s either made up or wildly out of context. Fundamentally what they miss is that even if today the electricity that charged your batteries was fossil fuel derived, it’s still a…

The best fantasy outcome for me would be Jimi Hendrix doing 90 on the Autobahn in this, passing Porsches and smokin’ a blunt. I’m totally not a patriotic guy, but that would do it for me.

I bought ours used w 70k miles. Chances are all the problems happened under the prior owner and were worked out. Now, 30k miles later it’s all gooooooooood.

The reliable Abarth parked in my driveway disagrees.

The a/c is actually sufficient. Thankfully ours is a stick so I don't worry as much about it being gutless.

Tip of the hat to cartoonist Catana Chetwynd whose art I’ve Pao-ized. Maybe she’d approve?

We had a little JDM get together here in Tampa FL a couple months ago which we brought our Pao to. I discovered that Paos are becoming (gasp!) common?

Seriously, I appreciate your addendum. I just felt wordy.

Thanks - I knew I could count on Jalopnik’s highly esteemed commentariat (you specifically) to properly alert me to pop-cultural antecedents of which I was sadly previously unaware.

Back when Hurricane Sandy smashed NYC, I had a FEMA co-worker drive up from NOLA in her HHR to join me. She had a bright idea as gasoline was unobtainable in Queens where we were stationed: she bought a big plastic bin with a snap lid and filled it with 20 gallons of gasoline.

I’ll submit myself to a tarring/feathering by the dumber Jalops here: I’m all for safety inspections if it’ll make car exhaust quiet again. Tampa sounds like a war zone, there’s not a 5 minute span in my house that I don’t hear everything from clapped out automatic Civics with no muffler to stunningly loud bro-dozers…

As a devoted Abarth owner I’m sad that I was unaware of the existence of this. My parallel twin Honda CA77 Dream motorcycle agrees that this engine configuration is way cool.

We rented a base Fiat 500 and liked it so much we bought an Abarth. It’s hard to go wrong with a 500.

Not enough “How To Bro Your Truck, Bro” or “Plumes Of Diesel Exhaust Get Me Hard” type stories here? There’s other places on the internet.

Love it! Our B2300 is the wife’s ride. She could literally have any truck but is perversely devoted to the Mazda. It’s got a poverty-spec grey vinyl bench seat, steel wheels, manual locks, manual windows and cold AF air con. It’s had a mountain of $ lavished on it: thorough suspension rebuild w/new bushings all…

Great advice! A notification site similar to camelcamelcamel.com for Harbor Freight deals would be nice.
Not sure what you mean by speed governor. We never got that heavy trailer over 55mph out of ample fear of invoking Darwin’s theories.
Feel free to post a pic of your cheap-o trailer. We had a 6x10 enclosed trailer…

I’m about to follow your example and just buy a Harbor Freight trailer instead. Speaking of not having the guts, here’s our pipsqueak Mazda pulling a 2000 lb dual axle trailer with a 2000 lb Triumph and a pickup bed full of books and LPs. This is more than double than its capacity, all we did was add Timbren helper…

Agree entirely: I’ve had U-Haul trailer envy ever since renting my first one. We both rock Mazda tow vehicles, even if ours is a faux Mazda. Our B2300 is a four cylinder / 5 speed and despite lack of herspers it tows those aluminum trailers like pulling cans on strings at a wedding.

BAM.
Now I want a Changli just so I can honor the spirit of David Carradine.