PonyRider, I hope that you are making a fast recovery from your surgery. I had lunch today with an Italian mechanic who prior to retirement was locally well known. He has an Alfa Romeo 156 GTA with very low kilometres. The 156 was a beautiful looking car inside and out. The flaw of being front wheel drive can be forgiven as the GTA had a potent version of the then soon to be discontinued Busso V6. They are cheap on the second hand market and I think will be a future classic.