Late 90's/early 2000s Alfa GTVs - what are they like as a road car? - Page 2 - SV650.org

28-10-12, 10:21 PM

They were galvanised, but the brown crumbly stuff that my plastic propelling pencil went through was definitely ferrous oxide!

Mr Speirs · 29-10-12, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by chris8886

i may be wrong but i think i remember always hearing about a slight problem with alfa's is that quite often they have their airboxes or something in a stupid place, which means when you drive through a puddle the engine dies! i may well be wrong, but worth checking out!

On my Alfa the air box I situated below the near side headlight putting it about 8 inches off the ground. So I expect if you drove through a fjord or very deep puddle there is the risk it will injest water.

29-10-12, 07:44 AM

Mate had a new one in the late 90's. Beautiful car to look at and drive as are all Alfa's, but reliability was ****

We used to refuse to take his car on a road trip in case we didnt get there, or it was stuck in the Alfa garage again on the day we wanted to go.

Had lots of silly design faults too, and electrics with a mind of thier own.

It was **** and I wouldn't touch one with a barge pole.

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28-10-12, 10:21 PM	#11
Tim in Belgium Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Late 90's/early 2000s Alfa GTVs - what are they like as a road car? They were galvanised, but the brown crumbly stuff that my plastic propelling pencil went through was definitely ferrous oxide!

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29-10-12, 07:44 AM	#13
-Ralph- Guest Posts: n/a	Mate had a new one in the late 90's. Beautiful car to look at and drive as are all Alfa's, but reliability was ** We used to refuse to take his car on a road trip in case we didnt get there, or it was stuck in the Alfa garage again on the day we wanted to go. Had lots of silly design faults too, and electrics with a mind of thier own. It was ** and I wouldn't touch one with a barge pole. Sent from my Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk