Update: The Thrill Chill

Here at Rumblenote, we've been getting some flack lately from our readers. They've noticed we've been slacking off on our daily posts, and that cheap thrills haven't been up to snuff. We agree. And here's the reason: There hasn't been a cool cheap car on Craiglist in the DC/Baltimore area for weeks. Call it a cheap thrill chill. Sure, we can find way overpriced '62 Novas with V6s that the owners somehow say are all original. And cheap '61 Ford Falcons with two too many doors. But nothing we'd consider buying.
In this morass of overpriced and under-thrilling vehicles, we think the best cheap thrill on the local market is the 1971 Fiat 850 we features a while back. This rear-engine cutie has a new dropped price of $3,999. Try to find one of these for $2,000 more. They don't exist. For a city get around car, we think this guy can't be beat.