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Okay, let me try explaining what an alfa really is.

You get in an Alfa for the first time and everything seems different, unfamiliar. But you figure that you've gone this far so take it for a drive. You leave the parking lot and move out into traffic. Your attention gets drawn away from the car and onto your surroundings and driving.

About ten minutes later you realize that for the last eight minutes you haven't looked for anything. The gear shift, pedals, controls, everything just seems to be exactly where it should be. Suddenly you're not driving a new car, this is the one that was actually built just for you. It's like an old pair of shoes, or that t-shirt with the holes in it that you'll never throw away because it's just right.

Right now I'm Alfaless. But once I owned four at one time. I've had Gulias, Guliettas, GTVs, Berlinas and spyders beyond count. If Alfa comes back, and if they still make Alfas and not an Americanized car, I'll be there in line to buy one.