Is the river rat role all off-highway? Then keep it and make it work, hammer the door jamb so it opens and closes.

Interesting to me that almost all of the high point items on this chart (except alarm??) are normal maintenance, wear & tear items, not poor design, engineering faults, or assembly quality.

Nice looking car.

I’d like to know more about that B-post and how it behaved. Seems to have moved inboard quite a bit.

Good avatar. Is that an AlfaSud?

(lemons racing - there's a Miata under there)

Hausmeister - those blue clips get fragile and crumble. Worth it to buy a few and replace the ones on that window. (This is assuming the rears are the same blue ones as the front windows, which I’ve replaced twice now.)

Anyone following what may be a meltdown of Stellantis? There are many serious issues with the 2024 models and Indiana State Police has at least 80 new Durangos down with oil in the coolant. They bought over 500 of them. Rumors of plant closings etc. Affecting Dodge and Jeep. So long Alfa Romeo and ...

My gut tells me the manufacturers marketed the hell out of them, made them seem attractive, the "new" factor gave them a boost, the tax incentives were attractive, and then that initial group of people who wanted them all have one now. Everyone else is either not really ready for them, or ...