You know, I say this at every Cars & Coffee when someone does something stupid, and it never fails to be true. The person acting like an idiot is ALWAYS in a late-model American car. Even the young tuner kids are generally pretty well-behaved, but Mustangs, Camaros, Chargers, and Corvettes...god, the Corvettes...

You, sir, have opened my eyes. I'm off to find a turbo 9000. Thank you.

Did you just say "fragile" and "60's Benz" in the same sentence? Are we thinking about the same cars? I mean, these are the same guys who made a tiny two-seater convertible that weighed OVER 4000lbs.

This is actually the base trim level of the next-gen Cayenne. Porsche will then charge you $276,900 in options for it to NOT look like this.

Yes! I daily drive a Milano - it's got no clearcoat left on the hood and roof, a small dent on the driver's side of the nose, a ruined interior, and rust on the wheel arches, but it's mechanically in great shape and completely unmolested down to the Quick Reference guide sitting under the sun visor. If it were an E30…

Yes! I think these used to get a lot of hate that was more properly directed at the late C3s, but the C4 was actually a very well thought-out car. And the ZR-1 is a masterpiece. This, by the way, is coming from someone who only owns European cars and typically loathes Corvettes.

In a Lamborghini? They probably give you some designer sunglasses or something.

I was wondering why they chose Knoxville instead of Nashville, but then I remembered that there's an East Tennessee Fiat club, but no middle Tennessee Fiat club. Nashville Fiat owners, we really need to step up our game. I'm sick of being the only Alfa on the road out here!

Fiat 850 Spider owners. We're both pretty nice.

All very good points, except it's actually quite difficult to find a bomber jacket at a thrift store.

Looks like Peter Dinklage isn't going to be trading in for a new Silverado any time soon.

SPICA isn't really dramatically different from diesel fuel injection systems or BMW's contemporary kugelfischer injection used on some 2002s. You have a 3d cam that is a function of throttle position and engine speed, plus a barometric compensator for altitude changes, which is essentially a little thermostat that…

I had always read that the 360 was one of the easier Ferraris to service? I know the Mondial T/348/355 required dropping the engine for servicing, but since the whole drivetrain was bolted to a removable subframe this wasn't really a big deal as long as you had a lift. The 308/328/Mondial always looked like biggest…

OBDII? That's for the weak. Got any deals on a good stethoscope? I've got some carbs to balance...

I live in Nashville by the Lane Motor Museum so it's not uncommon to see a Lancia Delta Integrale or a Renault Clio Cup or a Peel Trident out getting some exercise. Not counting the Lane cars, I sit next to a 599 GTO in traffic on a fairly regular basis. My own Alfa Romeo Milano and Fiat 850 Spider are not exactly…

A friend of mine was basically given a perfect '70 Roadrunner in High School, and he was/is obsessively careful with the thing. I've seen him accelerate hard on a couple of empty, straight back roads once or twice, but that's about it. He treats it well too - the slightest perceived noise or imperfection and he'll…

This is a great write-up. I buy and sell sub-$1000 European cars as well, except for the selling part. I just end up keeping them!

That was the hardest decision I've ever had to make in my life. I went with the W123.

Riviera all the way

I don't like the '69 Shelby front end. Way too much Camaro going on. You guys can hate me now.