This could open some lively discussion. I believe Northern Italian members would say this is a ‘Southern Italian attitude?’
Let's leave it at 'maybe' 
Posts from serafina in thread „Good looking but broken - The WP's take on Argentina“
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Exactly, I was trying to get an interior photo. But you were more clever than me. The only difference is that the color of the car was beige (Light yellow, more or less).
I insist in my lamentation to have sold that car in 1963. At that time I was 20 years old and the decision were done by my parents. If not, this would be a vintage car nowadays.
In BA there was a specialist mechanic to maintain these special type of cars. Not too special, as between 1946 to 1950 the UK were exporting a lot of things to Argentina, perhaps more than the USA.
I think I see one in Palermo where I live now from time to time. What surprised me was that they leave it parked on the sidewalk with the windows open. Now that you told me about how hard it is to drive it, I guess this is why they are not afraid it might get stolen.
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This is the rub of Argentina. It’s an Italian car of a country; on its surface, graceful and sleek. But under the hood, it keeps breaking down. In short, Argentina looks great but just doesn’t work.
