I’ve lusted after Alfas, but couldn’t afford a project car. But I got my taste because I twice rented the exact same Giulietta turbo diesel in Portugal and drove it at least 1500 miles all over the country. It was brilliant fun and got 37mpg at 120mph. I drove like a banshee through the Duoro valley and mountains for…

In college I got my Saab stuck in mud for two weeks! I was “rallying” a field on the NY/MA border with snow tires. One week it was fine, the next week the ground had softened too much and I got stuck. It took two 4wd trucks, two winches, 400ft of cable, and $250 to get my car out before the locals burned it to the…

I was pulled over not once, but twice in college for doing double the speed limit in one of these. Let off with a warning both times. (Out of pity?)

My first Saab I got stuck in mud for two weeks while “rallying” the NY/MA border. (A 9000 turbo I had for 200k miles, and drove through at least 30 different states.)