Maybe I'm just very tired, but this felt like the right thing to post after the broken A/C really got to me. I just drove for 12 hours, passed an upside down car, a camper van on it's side, and lots of road work. Time to hit the couch with alcohol 
This smells so Italy!
Every time I see a plate from your part of the world (PLENTY of them, literally LOADS) i m wondering if it is you driving it.
I do feel you.
I am driving a 14-year-old car, and I am terrified of changing it, because, apart from obvious aesthetic damages after such a long tenure, it runs so smoothly.