A friend has a turbo diesel giuletta and the car hasn’t been right since he bought it. Dealers are hopeless, turbo failed replaced under warranty, still doesn’t work properly so just waiting to hand it back. Pretty car though!
Dealers are hopeless
nobody sensible relies on the Alfa dealer network.
my first 156 was a bit of trouble and the dealer poor, the 2nd very solid apart from the clutch oil failing as it hadn't been bleed (not on many service schedules), this GT has been very good for the 8 years I've had it, and the Guilietta I'm buying has had one owner for 8 years/44k miles so must be OK.
I've got no real reason to sell the GT apart from wanderlust, only thing currently wrong is the anti-roll bars creak a bit sometimes - might get that fixed before I sell it for a song !
the red is lovely - like this one but without the oprivacy glass I think (failed to notice)
TurnerGuy. Is it an early one then? How do you think the cloverleaf compares to the 1.4 170bhp petrol?
I test drove a manual 170 a couple of years back, wanted to love it but it didn’t grab me. Didn’t feel that fast, handled well but a bit numb. In dynamic the throttle was too twitchy and my leg cramped after 10 mins. Apart from that it was great. I’m still drawn to them though.
It's a 2010 cloverleaf. As I wanted manual I was stuck with a pre face lift one, but this has only 44k miles on it and one owner, so was too tempting.
I drive a sprint speciale which might have been 170 but could have been 150, I didn't notice. I felt the steering didn't have much feel, but I didn't check the tire pressures before the test drive, which I made sure I did this time.
Still doesn't have quite the steering feel of the GT but I did half the test drive in N and decided it was good enough to buy, then noticed and switched to D which was more fun and a noticeable change, whereas it wasn't much of a change on the sprint speciale.
£600 petrol hatchback ?
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Honda Civic! I bought a steal of an old shape on 50k miles and have raved about it ever since. Brilliant to drive, the magic rear seats get used an awful lot and I'm now a Civic convert.
Just got a Golf 1.4 TSI. It is absolutely fantastic and pretty quick. Great roadholding and fun to drive. My only slight nag is that I find the driver's seat uncomfortable... but that is probably just me.
I got one too and just cannot make a business case to get a new one, even though mine is 8 years old now.
If she isn't image conscious then the Honda Jazz.
Plenty of toys on SE and above. Most reliable hatchback, and hold their value.
Plus a tardis boot.
