They are not failures. They are works in progress. They are the mechanical equivalent of a passionate argument: loud, frustrating, occasionally violent, but born of love.
Then, with a hammer and a piece of wire, he makes it run again. Not perfectly. Perfectly is for the Swiss. But well enough . Well enough to drive to the sea. Well enough to hear the engine sing—off-key, out of time, but singing—as the sun sets over the Ligurian coast. Auto lombardi gasayidi manqanebi — Italian cars with broken mechanisms. auto lombardi gasayidi manqanebi
You do not throw them away. You do not buy a Honda. They are not failures