frayed:

gave in cause it has an automatic and fiat's are prone to insufferable depreciation if you actually drive them.  :D

So, the Fiat is a better trinket than useable automobile, which is not surprising, since several of my friends' F-cars tend to take up garage, and not road, space.  A neighbor prides himself that his 430 spider has less than fifty miles on the odometer.  Another and business associate expressed consternation that people looked at him when he drove his red 430 spider.  He said that never happened when he drove his Turbo Cabriolet...