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Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We've seen a 164 and two Graduates, but the complete set of 80s Alfas requires a Milano. More »
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We knew the Milano has been a damn good LeMons car, but this good? That's right, the excessively complex, temperamental Reagan Era V6 Alfa absolutely stomps all Toyota products when it comes to LeMons reliability. Of course, when a Milano does break… well, they say that turning 10,000 fasteners over the course of a weekend builds character! More »
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Would you believe a Subaru leading as the we get deeper into nighttime racing? It hasn't even been raining! Yes, the Team Paisley '98 Impreza has a couple of laps on the number two contender. More »
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Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Not a lot of Italian machinery on the island these days; we've seen two Alfa Graduates (an '85 and an '89), three Fiats (a '77 124 Spider, an '81 Strada, and an '82 X-1/9), and a Ferrari Mondial T. Today we're adding another Alfa to that list, with a daily-driven 164L.
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Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Yesterday, we had the chance to choose between two potential moonshine runners, with either of which one might keep bread on the table during the coming Financiapocalypse, and the Mercury Maruader beat the BMW 850i like Junior Johnson beat the North Carolina Highway Patrol's '53 Ford Mainlines back in the day. However, some of you- I'm not going to use the word "whiners," though it did occur to me- complained that those two cars didn't rate high enough readings on the Hell-O-Meter™. In other words, Hell isn't hot enough for you! We aim to please here, so let's flood the garage with chlorine triflouride, park some more challenging projects inside, and slam the door on you… for eternity!
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Are we seeing the start of a new LeMons trend here? Rather than endless BMW E30s, Mazda RX-7s, and Honda CRXs, the Alfa Romeo Milano will become the can't-lose car of choice for LeMons teams? We know there will be at least one at the next LeMons South race, and we're keeping our fingers crossed that someone will manage to get a Maserati Quattroporte onto the track as well (come on, they're out there somewhere!). The sight of a trio of Milanos duking it out with all that Detroit and Japanese iron must be quite inspiring. More »
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After Seatbelt123 and the rest of the Quattro Libre team piloted their Audi 4000 to a respectable 23rd place at the 24 Hours of LeMons South event last weekend, they decided to upgrade to some fine Italian steel for their next race. What better choice than the Alfa Romeo Milano, with its insanely complicated and fragile innovative De Dion tube/rear-transaxle drivetrain and neurotic bulletproof Italian V6? And- can you believe it?- it turns out you can get two of 'em for under 300 bucks! What could go wrong? Look out, Tunachuckers, you've got serious competition for the Index of Effluency trophy! More »
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