I'm not a Volvo300maniac anymore (lol)

Post by **Duvel78** » 07 Jul 2005 12:13 pm

Tonight I have tested an... Alfa 156 V6 2.5 190 hp...

That's a REAL car and engine...

Post by **RandomHero** » 07 Jul 2005 12:30 pm

Yeah but it seems to have front wheel drive, don't really know what that is....

Post by **SteveP** » 07 Jul 2005 01:06 pm

The funny thing is.. I've just taken my 360 for an MOT.. and the guy in there was doing engine work on a 156

Post by **redline** » 07 Jul 2005 01:12 pm

did it pass steve

Post by **redline** » 07 Jul 2005 01:15 pm

Alfa = crap electrics , lousy bodywork . great engine.
Alfa stands for Another Lousy Fu*"ing Automobile

Post by **bodejodel** » 07 Jul 2005 01:38 pm

Alfa... Lovely design... but I never wanna be seen in one... Not even when I'm dead...

Post by **redline** » 07 Jul 2005 01:43 pm

I think your ok there Jeroen , I have never seen an Alfa Hearse

Post by **bodejodel** » 07 Jul 2005 01:46 pm

I would like a 940 Hearse, not to much work to make a Hearse out of it...

Post by **RandomHero** » 07 Jul 2005 02:12 pm

redline wrote:Alfa = crap electrics , lousy bodywork . great engine.

I totally agree! It's the same story for all italian cars. If you look at the prancing horse (ferrari

) They're absolutely beautiful, very fast (going fast is also the only thing they can, don't take one for a drive in the city

) but when they start to get older thet get all kinds of weird troubles with electrics. I've heard from a guy who was cruising the motorway with his ferrari and suddenly all dashboard lights start burning for a few minutes (a bit like that meat loaf song

):-S....! And it's also the same story for maserati, they do things like that too. But it still wouldn't keep me back from buying one if i had the €€..

P.s. Has anyone ever heard of the story from the Alfasud that was already rusting when still in the showroom

Post by **bodejodel** » 07 Jul 2005 02:15 pm

I will NEVER buy an Italian car... NEVER... There's better cars to spend money on...

Post by **RandomHero** » 07 Jul 2005 02:20 pm

Yeah certainly if you look af sportscars. I mean, porsche is so much better in technics then ferrari, so thats a whole better way to spend the money. But i think a ferrari is sooo stylish and it really stands for something. If i see a 911 turbo for instance, i am not as much excited as when i see a ferrari 355.... Those cars are around the same price and comparable in performance so thats not the difference...

Post by **bodejodel** » 07 Jul 2005 02:28 pm

No 911 for me... I like a 944 way better... and Ferrari's scream: LOOK AT ME I"M RICH ENOUGH TO BUY A CRAPPY CAR FOR HALF A MILLION!!!
I'd rather buy a Audi RS6 or something like that...

Post by **RandomHero** » 07 Jul 2005 02:43 pm

I would never buy a car like that too show off in the first place. It's often what people think. An uncle of mine has a Porsche Boxster, he is not at all a show off type, and bought the car because he is crazy about it, but everyone thinks he is showing of because he's driving a porsche. But ok, cars like that are not practical at all. A RS6 is

and will probably outrun many porsche an ferrari at the traffic lights.

Post by **5lab** » 07 Jul 2005 03:54 pm

i'd love an alfa, they are just SOOOOO sexy.. mmmhmm

btw, duvel, you can get a REAL engine in a 360 glt you know..

Post by **Duvel78** » 07 Jul 2005 04:15 pm

5lab wrote: btw, duvel, you can get a REAL engine in a 360 glt you know..

Shut up Mister-I-can't-drive-a-GLT

Of course an Alfa hasn't the reliability and safety of a Volvo but that V6 engine isn't bad at all, very sporty! It sounds sooo good... And the design is

...

But it's still an italian car with known problems...