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mwg
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   2nd Feb 07 at 11:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
These are gorgeous looking cars, especially in this spec




[Edited on 02-02-2007 by Matty G]
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Definately agree always liked these
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Gorgeous cars
Rob_Lee
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After working for alfa i'll NEVER own one. They are some of the worse made cars in the world!
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I agree they always look good. The engines look like works of art. Crap electrics though.
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob_Lee
After working for alfa i'll NEVER own one. They are some of the worse made cars in the world!


Please see thread title
Rob_Lee
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I know. They are awesome looking... thats it


PS. Reliabilty/deprecitation has nothing to do with the build quailty i was mentioning


[Edited on 02-02-2007 by Rob_Lee]
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob_Lee
I know. They are awesome looking... thats it


PS. Reliabilty/deprecitation has nothing to do with the build quailty i was mentioning


[Edited on 02-02-2007 by Rob_Lee]


Its still not the looks though is it lol

I reckon most Alfas are decent looking! And that one is gorgeous
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I saw one on wednesday in the same colour and it did look sweet.
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They are f*cking gorgeous, and as far as reliability is concerned, my dad bought his 156 brand new in 2000 and hasnt had any problems at all since! Just looked after it and serviced it etc and its been fine!
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They are gorgeous looking, especially the example above.
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quote:
Originally posted by davey_jack
They are f*cking gorgeous, and as far as reliability is concerned, my dad bought his 156 brand new in 2000 and hasnt had any problems at all since! Just looked after it and serviced it etc and its been fine!


Same here faither bought a 1.8 TS in August '98 & ive got it now, never had a problem.

Let down once when the alternator belt snapped....no biggie

Only ever needed service parts & an exhaust manifold when the flexi started to leak, still on the original battery/exhaust/shocks etc

Still looks good too



[Edited on 02-02-2007 by Colin]
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After seeing the alfa that has been modified beyond abortion (B16UPD or B19UPD?).. I've been put right off them altogether
Colin
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Is that a 147 up top??? Im guessing its rather new..........much £
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love them wheels on the 147
mwg
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Aye its a 147 GTA Colin
http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/128474.htm
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250 horsies those

I've got two mates who've had alfa's.

Apart from anything the bits are expensive (new full exhaust £300 odd etc).

One had a few probs with electrics, one had two new engines (under warrnaty) in 6 months

I wouldn't touch them tbh, agree they look nice but there very inconsistent in terms of production by the looks of it plus the whole t-spark thing just halfs the mpg and doesn't double the power
mwg
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Its a shame they are so badly built as the styling is spot on
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I've got to be honest I dont think they are any worse built than vauxhalls!
Fro
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Saw one at a scrappy today



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Our old 2.5 156 was a fantastic car, never broke, sold it for 6k 3 years ago, was a company car, so it didn't matter about the depreciation
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pretty

 
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