I feel fine

You all might have noticed I have a blog.  I write about Alfa Romeo Giulietta/Giulia automobiles.  I’ve been at it a while and I started the whole experiment because my particular Sprint -a humble, faded/mismatched paint 1959 101 normale of nearly the earliest variety, is just such a damn good car, so much so that my friend Moses called it magic at one point (31 mpg when driven as hard as possible?).  Let me expound while I have your reviewing-the-last-sentence-for-continuity attention.  Yesterday the sun shone for the first time in a few weeks here in xxxxx (insert usual descriptor that starts with ‘s’ here) California.  Okay -yes, I pulled the cover off and drove my dusty Sprint for the first time in -er, well actually about 8 weeks.  Was fun, down right inspirational and reminded me I need new tires.  Another reason it’s so great?  We have an understanding… I push the gas pedal and it goes.  I push the brakes and it stops.  I make odd circles with a handle on the door -about ten -and the window goes down etc.  It gets dark and I pull a resistant knob on the dash and the lights come on.  And the exhaust note…
Did I mention how great this car is?  Okay -sorry, I guess I did.  Complaints?  Nothing that’s not my fault!  Anyone have a pair of US market clear turn signal lenses they want to give me for free?  I thought not… Please?  I’ll throw in some amber ones for free.


YT (Yours Truly) had a nice surprise upon receiving the latest issue of the fantastic if-you-don’t-get-it-but-read-my-blog-you’re-crazy Giuliettaletta.  Why?  In addition to the usual great articles about details I have never written about and tours I can’t afford to go on, Nick Savage, in their latest Giulietta values column (usually 2 pages actually) thanks me for the several hours a week a I spend trying to find cars for sale to write about.  In other words -hey -I got press!
Here it is, black and white.  Nick -any time!
Nick intrepidly draws some conclusions I usually allow the reader to draw, and that Aaron, a frequent commenter here (hint hint), and I discussed earlier this evening.  What does a $150,000 beautiful, run-of-the-mill provenance-wise Giulietta SS sale do to the values of the Giulietta’s above and below it in the pecking order?  I’m thinking SZ’s, Sprint Lightweights etc.  I say we are in for a ride if nothing else.  Will my hopes to own a Lightweight Sprint be dashed?  Who knows.  Just don’t get too worried if you already own one of these magnificent cars.
That’s it -sorry, no ground broken, no riddles solved, no neat car for sale to ogle.  Up next?  Dunno…