Decided to be slightly spicy again

There's no such thing as a non-traumatic haircut when you have curls, but possibly one of the least-bad haircuts I've survived.

I find it hilarious that more or less every third time I take the Marea to a car wash, whoever is working the entrance just comps it cause they think it's a cool car. Thanks, kind car wash worker!

I suspect part of why I love spending time falling down Agnelli research rabbit holes is because at heart, (if not in bank account ) I too am a wealthy, elegant, coke addled slut

TIL: If you try to explain the Agnellis and Fiat corporate history to a normal non-car person leftist type, they will react with absolute shock and horror as you explain a plane crash, a suicide, like 15 different entangled companies and multi-generational hos and blow.

Overheard someone saying people striking should just get a job. I was momentarily stunned because can you strike if you don't have a workplace? Like, I thought that was kinda a fundamental part of striking?

I myself am also an instant ho

Why yes, I am having an existential crisis while looking up vintage grey market Mercedes parts...

I...did not anticipate my ridiculous spiderweb of Fiat research would end up entangling with presidential insanity, but Leonardo is where that happens. Logically, the spy satellites would be launched by Avio, which used to be Fiat Avio before 2003. It's too damn late for this, I'm tired😂

Just had to do a double take as I saw @thealso.bsky.social doppelganger driving a Geo Metro.

Ordered a book off ebay after arranging to send it to an Italian friend since the seller won't ship to the US. Curiously, you can tell ebay you want to send it in Italy, and it still defaults to an American style for entering the mailing address. Little bit wing and a prayer there...

Got into a slight disagreement with a 280SE today and ended up with a perfectly door corner shaped bruise

That time Gianni Agnelli made the president of Italy eat bull balls...

As it turns out, I'm more into cars and coffee than my Lancia is. She decided it was too cold to run, but I still went

Ladies, gentlemen, and not otherwise specified, place your bets. Will I actually haul my ass out of my nice warm bed in the morning to attend a sub-freezing cars and coffee five minutes from home?

On today's episode of WTFery, some dude thinks being against AI is comparable to being racist? Like racist against computers? Am I missing something here or does this really make no sense?

I cranked the heated blanket up to maximum. Elise is extremely happy

So I'm planning to swing through Turin this fall, and guess who just found a goth club relatively near Lingotto😂

I really try not to be judgemental towards people, but if you have made the life choice to own a BMW 335i or xi, I just can't help it...

I had to eat a few bites of a breakfast burrito with guacamole to be polite. Guacamole is one of the worst substances on earth, and it's currently taking massive willpower not to hurl

Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence. "He was also something of an autocrat; Fiat Motors was not, and never became a Turin-owned filiale, and Baker remained firmly at the helm until his death in 1932"

My beloved Stratos Zero

Ebay: sorry, this Italian seller won't ship to the US. Me: Hey man, totally valid, ship to UK homie? Ebay: sorry, this Italian seller won't ship to the UK. Me: Bruh, what did the UK ever do to you?! I just need this wildly esoteric biography!

Speranza's birthday is coming up and she's turing the big 5-0. Now I need to figure out how to celebrate a distinctly unheated and non-waterproof sports car in early February. (Her tag lists her as February '76 but her serial number is 203, so I say February 3rd)

Leela in downtown Denver, a victim of Covid. 24 hour cafe/bar with unreasonably good and inexpensive food. A safe haven for all kinds of people, a warm light for city kids in the night. A sandwich and endless cups of black Lavazza coffee saved me many times. I still mourn the place

Last cars I drove from every country. US: Some Chevy pickup Japan: Toyota MR2 Germany: Mercedes E550 Italy: Fiat Marea Weekend UK: Mini Cooper Sweden: Volvo Whateveritwas France: Never driven China: Never driven Korea: Can't remember if I've driven

Has anyone else noticed an uptick in homies with questionable substance use or straight up in rehab lately?

That was loud af

So, if you make Mexican hot chocolate with half and half and use that to make a mocha, it is absolutely wonderful

My driveway was more interesting than usual today.

Holy crap, my kid skied her first black diamond today! As a born and raised Coloradan (with no skiing abilities whatsoever,) I couldn't be more proud!

Ended up getting two light fixtures at ReStore, one for the entryway and one for my bathroom. The difficult part is both would look good in either place, so now I have to decide what goes where...

I'm Making Choices at ReStore

So tired of trying to hold myself together when I'm obviously too broken to be worth it

No new pictures: Where are you at mentally?

If you have not seen it, go watch Fackham Hall. I have not laughed that hard since The Naked Gun last summer

The scream of delight I scrumpt when given a tiny cockasaurus! He rides in my Soviet Autobianchi A112 Runabout now

Some Italian dude imported a PT GT and tbh, it's like finding my Italian counterpart in automotive lunacy

This is an ongoing debate in my family, considering there's two RX7s, a Pantera, and my Scorpion

On today's episode of extremely niche automotive hilarity, describing the speed of doing something a "faster than a Gamma shits a cam belt." Approximately 10 people will understand this, but it is hilarious, trust me

Alright, who wants to make an interesting choice? www.facebook.com/marketplace/...

So I tried a "protein chip" that was literally chicken in some heinous faux-potato chip form (top ingredients, chicken and tapioca starch) and fuck it, I'm absolutely declaring a war on protein now cause that was nasty af.

Because I have no concept of a diet other than "eat very little but try not to be perpetually hungry," I've fallen back to a partial version of the hilariously awful Abarth apple diet I tried a year ago. Fruit, cheese, minimal otherwise.

Lol, cause by 1924 Mefistofele was throwing down double that, and you're goddamned right any proper Italian will lose their shit over a fire spitting, airplane-engined car that sounds like a demon pulling 146 mph, as the good Senatore Giovanni Agnelli kinda didn't actually intend.

It's 12:45 and I've already made muffins, swept and mopped the floors. Frankly, I'm proud of myself.

I made mushroom and walnut bourgonon for dinner and while it was delicious, I am now starving

On today's episode of Things You Can't Learn On The Internet: apparently you could spec a bulletproof Lancia Gamma from the factory back in the day

Oopsies😂

Listening to a coworker openly MARVELING at the memory of taking a car ferry like it's the most incredible thing ever is causing me mental anguish. Yes, you drove on a big boat then off, nobody caaaares. Go do something actually interesting with your life.

One of the fun things about being a Fiat nerd is the truly excellent history. Case in point, March of 1943. Oh, no reason... *whistles a little tune, you know the one* Oh, and again as a Fiat nerd, the US gov sure likes to keep handy historical notes, so mind your exhaust leaks