This is the most under-appreciated comment in the whole thread.

That’s what’s so scary about it! It is really good, and the low speeds and nimble lightness encourage you to explore its limits. Then in your exploration you go just the teeniest tiniest bit too far and it snaps on you. The spiders, IIRC are more rear-biased as well.

Fiat 850 Spider. Why?

I could see it on an early water cooled VW, but if it’s a boxer the oil pan is the engine case, and you have to literally split the engine in half to get to the rod bearings. Theoretically possible, but not at all easy.

Old VWs are the most generous when it comes to breakdowns. I once had my throttle cable snap in my driveway on the first press of the gas (as opposed to any of the other hundreds of times in a single trip that it could have snapped while I was moving) and a couple years later lost my left rear axle just as I was…

I saw the Nashville group go by a couple weeks ago when I was out on a walk. There were lots of really awesome vintage bikes and I would have loved to join them on my ‘64 Puch.

Was just about to make this joke about Saab...

Son?

As someone who never had anything to do with motorcycles while indulging in 6+ cars, it was always the significant safety risks that kept me away. I just recently got a 1964 Puch, and even then have stuck to back roads and have kept under 40mph (because...well...that’s as fast as it goes). The idea of riding on the…

My 50-year-old Puch has no working locking mechanism, so there’s nothing to stop anyone from hopping on and riding away. I’ve only taken one mini-voyage on it, and took the coil wire in to the store with me. I’ll probably invest in a bike lock.

What helmets are those in the lead picture? Right looks like a Bell Bullitt but I don’t recognize the other one.

Added gas, changed oil, charged battery. Still nothing. Any ideas?

This will work well on anything carbureted, but most EFI pumps require fuel for lubrication and can seize if you run them out of fuel. If you can’t drop the tank or drain the fuel easily some fuel stabilizer is probably your best bet.

So like a 50’s Citroen only it varies the steering ratio rather than the weight?

A car so catered to market trends that I had to stare at the picture for 10 minutes to convince myself that I have not seen it driving around affluent neighborhoods for the last 18 months.

The solution is not to buy a car that you don’t like, but to buy a car that you hate. Not a car that everyone hates, but a car that you hate - but many others love. Hate Mustangs? Throw some winter tires on a V8 manual SN95. Cringe at the sound of a B18 Honda? Get one, and load it up with a crappy exhaust and dumb…

As for tools: crappy ones will break more things than they will fix. There are better options than Walmart and Harbor Freight for not much more money. Craftsman is good, and I actually find Lowes’ Kobalt tools to be even better. I’ve heard that they are re-branded Snap-On tools but can’t confirm this.

I’ve been known to sneak Bacon Ipsum in there.

My $500 Alfa is doing just fine thank you. Getting my Porsche ready for a cross country trip to next year’s Pebble Beach, however, is going to require some effort.

Easy. Alfa Romeo Milano and Saab 9000 Aero. I could explain why now, but I’ve got a full review coming on Friday.