>>>>I agree with you about the roads. I think that they never heard of a straight line in this neck of the woods but that is alright with me. I drive a mini cooper.
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>>>I used to go every October (right around the time the trees are all changing colors) with my parents and the Alfa Romeo owner's club. I suspect the odds of something actually happening when you turn the key in your mini-cooper are a lot better than what happens when you try to start an Alfa though...hahaha That is a great time of year to be there though.
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>>As long as it is one of the Beamer Coopers, you are certainly correct. But the old english ones can be troublesome as well, even if they have their own charm when weaseling through corners or into parking space ;-)
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>As if the BMW ones are without faults....

Compared to Alfa, BL Minis, or the Spitfire to name a few cars that are really nice they are reliable enough to be single car without other transportation available.