I'm taking lessons from the Italians...

Rules of the Italian Road:

"Look at this testa di [XXXXX] kissing my bumper!" Italians drivers
are much more comfortable driving much closer than is typical in
America. 'A centimeter is as good as a kilometer,' is a motto we love
and we couldn't care less of getting that close. If you know to
expect this and do not panic by slowing down, or worse, touching your
brakes, you will be fine. After all, this reduces air resistance and
increases mileage.

"These cornuti keep cutting me off!" When driving in Italy, your
responsibility is to those in front of you and those to your side.
Rear-view mirrors are solely used for checking our good looks. If
there is an opening in front of you, it is your obligation to fill
it, or we will fill it for you. After all, the more we cut off the
faster we arrive to our destination and the more money saved on gas.

"Look! Stop signs and traffic lights are useless to these coglioni!"
Time and mileage are of the essence for the Italian driver. We do not
have money for brake maintenance nor the patience and will to
downshift gears. Besides, it is irresponsible to go through an
uncontrolled, blind intersection quickly without at least a look or a
small toot on the horn.

"There is no place to park, [XXXX]!" You would be quite surprised at
how difficult it is to find parking in downtown Italy. The sidewalk
parking space is savored and rarely abandoned. After all, it helps to
avoid wasting gas driving around the neighborhood for 30 minutes in
search of unoccupied sidewalk space.

"Faccia di [XXXX]", 70 euros (90 USD) to fill up a tank?! I'll buy a
fuel efficient mule instead.

People who say Italians do not know how to drive are measuring us by
the wrong scale. We have a very controlled recklessness to our
driving and we now do what is necessary to save money on gas and
maintenance.

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So if I keep my POS Jeep...it's already got 282k miles on it, I should fit right in. I'm not so sure about parking on the sidewalks here... but I can relate to the parking, or lack of it, in downtown Sandpoint.
Side note-I do not know what those words in "" and [XXXX] mean, although I'm sure they are not nice.