Awful experience for you and your family.
This is what Alfa have becomeā¦
My Giulietta 2.0 diesel is still going strong - had it from new (2011) and it hasnāt missed a beat.
That could be due to having oil changes at 500, 1000 and 1500 miles, and having all servicing done by an Alfa/Lancia specialist garageā¦
Thatās hardly surprising, as youāve only done 1500 miles in six yearsā¦
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I would like one of those very much indeed.
To be fair, the gear knob fell offā¦ But thatās all thatās gone wrong in 75000 miles!
My sister had the 1.4 (?) turbo one with all the fancy things on.
It only had a new gear box and wiring loom, brilliant car though, strangely the gear box failed after I test drove itā¦
Jesus, thoughts are with you on that one 
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My uncle Chris once found a car on fire (it had just crashed moments before he got there) with a lady driver in it, he tried to get her out but couldnāt - he had some help for that oneā¦
Tbh, I reckon it depends what year/day it was built.
All the 'Suds I had were rustbuckets, the GTVs were mechanically shit, but the 164 was pretty feckin good - nothing required but consumables in 4 years.
HAve you driven one. I did when I was considering leaving the Pork foldā¦not as quick as you think it should be. Holds the road ok, sounds nice, handles ok but a bit skittishā¦but build quality - nasty plastic interior, panel gaps not quite rightā¦the spider I test was specced up to Ā£64kā¦for an Alfa? Nupā¦
In reality I agree, not worth half that when I looked at one.
Still love the looks though and donāt really like modern Porkers so much, maybe the later Caymans I could live with.
Pointless anyway as I couldnāt turn up to clients driving either, and if I wanted a weekend car it would be a classic Porsche probably.
I have to say it is brilliantly good looking - I could resist the lure of its looks when I walked past the dealership in London. I was then woken up by a harsh dose of reality after the test drive. The best I can muster is ānice carā
alfas are crazy Iāve had a 3 litre v6 164 very addictive a 33 boxer and 2 156 diesels (sportwagons) 2,4 20valve which I thought was brilliant
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I picked up my new 156 yesterday and, so far, Iām loving it. The selespeed gearbox is just great. Ideal for a lazy cunt like me. Even better, I sold my Yamaha amps so I can afford to have it serviced and get the cambelt done. Happy days.
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