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Post by Ted » Fri Aug 17, 2012 10:43 pm

as quoted by top gear "every petrolhead should own an alfa at some point in their life" so if your going to own one atleast own a good looking one like a gtv but if its not on offer for £100 and you got to give proper money for one buy a gtv6. even if its only to look at the 6 chrome intake pipes every time you open the bonnet. alfa for the win honda for the reliability :10:

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Post by nickyboy » Fri Aug 17, 2012 10:48 pm

Grr you got me looking at v6 GTVs again

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Post by Supermarine Blues » Sat Aug 18, 2012 12:58 am

mercutio wrote:there is nothing wrong with alfa reliability matey the engines run and run the chassis are great they have a rep for rust but tbh they are no worse than honda's the 2 litre is the one to get though its detuned so as not to embarress v6 owners
I owned an alfa 75 2 litre tspark it was awesome and it had vtec 8-)
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Post by nickyboy » Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:21 am

Reading things like this puts me right off a GTV V6
Honest John wrote:S and T platers 3rd from bottom in 2001 Top Gear / J.D. Power Customer Satisfaction Survey. In June 2001 Alfa Romeo was rated by Motor Warranty Direct as Britain's worst out of 22 marques for warranty claims. FIAT/Alfa joint worst for breakdowns attended by German ADAC during 2001. Alfa Romeo had joint highest average cost in warranty claims for cars up to 10 years old in 2002 Warranty Direct index. Alfa Romeo 2nd least reliable of 31 makes of car in 2002 'Which?' reliability survey cars 2000 - 2002; 3rd least reliable cars 1997 - 1999. Alfa Romeo had fourth highest warranty repair costs in 2003 Warranty Direct Reliability index (index 155.10 v/s lowest 31.93). Alfa Romeo 5th bottom of Reliability Index for 2004 combining average cost of repair of £392.88 with high 39.55 failures per 100 Warranty Direct policies. Link:- http://www.reliabilityindex.co.uk 1996-2003 GTV least reliable car in 2007 Warranty Direct Reliability Survey with 97 faults per 100 cars

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Re: alfa gtv

Post by craig_jdm » Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:29 am

so due to the fact i cannot sleep past half seven got out this morning and checked no leaks in the power steering piping but i think i may have found the problem when i took the aux belt off i got an extra come off with it
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although after looking at the pump job looks pretty straight forward d/s engine mount off jack engine up to give me the angle i need three bolts then take the pump out replace the seals new pump in (once i get one) aux belt back on engine mount back on job done so now off to look for a cheap pump probably only get round to that start of next week as its not raining so the lude will be getting washed :D
I hit the limiter in my h23 vtec still didn't kick in

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Post by hondansxr » Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:01 pm

welcome to alfa world were the entry is very cheap but if you want to stay in alfa world be prepared to give your right arm ...er left arm ..oh and a leg ..a kidney etc etc
never heard of a honda in the same text as alfa for riliablity
but if you stay with the gtv i do a CUP kit for it ////

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Post by Ted » Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:21 am

hondansxr wrote:welcome to alfa world were the entry is very cheap but if you want to stay in alfa world be prepared to give your right arm ...er left arm ..oh and a leg ..a kidney etc etc
never heard of a honda in the same text as alfa for riliablity
but if you stay with the gtv i do a CUP kit for it ////
honda make extremely reliable cars but alfa do not............. now you have heard it twice.

maybe i miswrote or you misread it the first time.

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Post by craig_jdm » Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:55 am

I broke this car for parts not too long after the last post it's long gone now
I hit the limiter in my h23 vtec still didn't kick in

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Post by ziyaan » Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:35 pm

twin spark plugs per cylinder..

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Post by mercutio » Wed Jan 02, 2013 5:40 pm

yeah and 2 dizzys lol felt just like vtec feels
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