Andrea Petersen

See, this is part of why I love crank windows. I can trust them.

Today I learned that Fiat's brief foray into the nuclear world was quite possibly the most functional and non-dramatic thing Fiat pulled off in the post-war era. And I remain entirely confused as to the life choices that brought me to this nice of specialist nerdery

Oh it definitely got poked with the thermometer in a couple extra spots, just to be sure😂

To be entirely fair, the driver window switch is one of the most used switches in any car, so it's a reasonable failure point. But it SHOULD be easy to replace, which it is not, on far too may vehicles.

So I bought a whole roasting chicken today for $2 cause fuck it, $2 markdown chicken. It turned out ridiculously good, but now, because all things must be in balance, I'm presuming I'll shit myself to death from salmonella or something tomorrow.

The oldest building here in Boise fucking Idaho is only two years newer than the entire country of Italy, and that's going by unification, not formation of the current republic.

Last night my daughter asked what team I would be cheering for. Between the current state of America and the fact that I live and breathe for underdog Italians, I had a difficult time answering...

Completely, but it was also one of those "ooh, exciting cool car!" moments

My biggest takeaways from that movie were the NIN score and the criminal underuse of a certain Audi. Otherwise it was forgettable

I have one week* to cannonball my way through the Hella Dramatic Era

*Not really, but I have another Fiat book that just left my friend in Turin this morning and should be here in about a week.

I was thinking cutesy micro greens on top😅

Now I'm thinking Worcestershire/splash of merlot, a more interesting cheese, homemade pickle relish, bacon sprinkles, and caramelize the onions. I'm curious what your take will be, chef!

Loot that drops after defeating me
-assorted car keys
-knife
-unboxed Hot Wheels
-black eyeliner
-non-fiction book
-heavily used, lightly chewed, clicky ballpoint pen
-clove cigarettes

I think it's "cheeseburger" literally in the fact that there is cheese and hamburger. Mine also involved onion, garlic, and tomato sauce. Although, now I'm thinking of all the hilarious ways to "elevate" it like a properly expensive cheeseburger😂

I rarely eat beef, but I got a tube of ground on sale and figured I'd use it up the easy way

I don't even have that for an excuse, it was like 55 and sunny today😅

Made cheeseburger pasta for dinner tonight and y'know what, sometimes good ol' American slop food is kinda delicious.

"Vittorio, tell Gianni to stop skiing the table powder and not to fuck with the Libyans. Just trust me..."

Apparently so. Might be an all Europe thing cause Belgium was also six digits

I kinda sorta dug so deep into some stuff that I found the phone number of the former president of Fiat back in the day. So if you ever have a time machine and need to call Vittorio Valletta, his number is 683-666.
With a number like that, idk if Satan was his secretary or what...

Oof, my condolences!

Thankfully, I'm 12 years younger than my car, so I don't *quite* have to be so horrified, just moderately alarmed😂

Well, when you put it like that, it's kinda mind bending! That said, I do love a good Lambda, they're just such an interesting pile of technological advancements!

Happy birthday!

Happy 50th birthday to this incredible little piece of my heart. I'm sure many of the people in Grugliasco who built her are long gone, but what a fantastic car they made.

(Old build dates aren't really kept by Fiat/Lancia, but with a Feb 76 tag and the 203 serial number, I say it's her day)

How The Rich Are Ruining Classic Car Ownership For The Rest of Us The race to build the next six-figure restomod has sent classic car prices skyrocketing. And it's only getting worse. Here's why.

This is sorta my problem with Kimera. Are the EV037s cool af? Absolutely. Does it kinda hurt to know that already rare Scorps and Montes are being sacrificed and used for little more than their build tags? Definitely.
www.motor1.com/features/786...

What better way to memorialize a relationship than with copius amounts of salt and grease?

There are many different definitions of productive.

And yeah, kinda me too, cause there is friggen Fiat EVERYTHING, but so far I haven't found any such items

Decided to be slightly spicy again