Unimog U1550

Giulia Quadrifoglio

Ferrari 296

I have! No rear seats though. My son won’t approve, lol.

Giulia Quadrifoglio. Saw it announced, immediately fell in love, but it was bittersweet because I knew Alfa wasn’t in the USA, then, by the time I finished the article and saw that it’s the car that Alfa was using to return to the US, it was my dream car.

I tried to stay realistic, kept my SHO, dreamt of a Stinger because that was the coolest looking replacement for my Taurus but then my wife got elected, and was still driving a green Kia Soul. I told her she needs a car that reflects her title, so I got her car detailed, and, sent her off to get an estimate on a trade in. Two hours later, I get a text. All caps. “I JUST BOUGHT A STINGER!!!”. I hadn’t even mentioned that car to her! She stole my realistic dream car! Maybe we can be a two Stinger household? Yeah! That’ll work… The QV just cost too much for my current lifestyle. I don’t even consider it. It stays a dream.

A year later, major life changes happen, I’m looking at buying a new Stinger GT outright (in pearl, hers is Black metallic, thought the contrast would look great out front), and just because it’s such a massive purchase, I do my due diligence. Go to Autotrader and other websites, search for sedans with V6 or greater, rear drive, under 50k. A local dealer is selling a red QV for 49k! Wait, what?!? (Ps: that’s my SHO on the right) That car turned out to be a lemon buyback 2017, so I passed, but the fire was lit.

A month of test drives and research later, it happens. I got my dream car. The contrast of color didn’t happen, lol. Oh well.

Picking up my 9 year old son from summer camp, he climbs into his seat, buckles up, then turns to the camp counselor before closing the door:

“It’s an Alfa Romeo…”

13 year old counselor: “…Woah.”

That smile stayed on my face for days.

…The Cybertruck?

Oh wait, that’s not better…

That’s actually mid for this car.