Ah, so you got the Monster then?I like me a hard barking Ducati. Not exactly a car but it is Italian!
Ah, so you got the Monster then?
Oh they are around... You should check out Italian Car Fest in Grapevine, TX. It's a great show. There's also one in Houston every year, but I haven't been to that one.I don't think there are any in Texas LoL .....Italy car nuts
You HAVE to be nuts to like Italian cars... If you aren't nuts before you buy one, you will certainly be after. I worked at a dealership back in the day that sold Fiat, Lancia, Saab, and Peugeot cars. HOLY CRAP did we have a zillion pissed off customers. The cars broke weekly and parts were mostly unavailable on any sort of timely fashion... it was fun. Later we had 2 Ferrari 308s. One with downdraft carbs and one with injection. Something quite expensive was forever breaking or falling off.
Italian cars are absolutely a joy when running... and a nightmare when they aren't.
What Americans fail to realize is that these cars were made to be used as they typically were in Italy. In 10 years, they put a whopping 25K on them if that. We tend to put that much on a car in a year here. Very different marketing model!
Much different geography, too. America has a lot more wide-open space between point A and point B, something that proponents of Euro-style transportation systems and fuel tax structures can't seem to get through their thick little skulls.
Well, by that reasoning then Japan cars should behave and have the same reputation. And they don't
Well, by that reasoning then Japan cars should behave and have the same reputation. And they don't
The Japanese originally built cars with reliability as a first priority. Performance was a second tier goal if that. Italians built early cars based on performance but were shallow on reliability. In recent decades, both have tried to combine the two in various blends. Not much compares with most Japanese cars when it comes to reliability... but they do produce some junk!