"Pete" wrote:

> >It's bizarre..after 3 years of owning the thing, I still take time to
> >admire the looks of my car - it's THE Da Silva masterpiece and I bet
>
> I enjoy looking at mine every single day, with just as much joy
> as I did when I first saw the 156. Maybe more so now than then, as
> I now actually believe that I own it. For the first few months I could
> really believe that I OWNed such a beautiful piece of automotive art.

With the last of the original 2.5 156 V6s and a GTV on the drive I feel
pretty good at the start of each day. Sad but true...