An Italian dilemma...
Discussion
My current company funded car (I get an allowance) is a 2018 Guilia. It is a fabulous thing and wonderful to drive and look at. Owned for 18 months
However, it has now been off the road for 6 weeks with an engine light fault related to the turbo intercooler pump.
4 weeks wait for pump to arrive from Italy, fault went away, fault came back, software update, fault went away, fault came back, replacement diverter valve, problem persists. Now into realms of taking to horribly expensive main dealer to put on Alfa's own diagnostic tools and get a latest from Alfa software update. I am not impressed and am rapidly losing confidence in the car as do I need it available for work.
One of our other cars is a 2013 Fiat 500 which has basically been a solid little workhorse, hilarious to drive and owes us nothing. The other 2 cars are a 1994 TVR Chimaera and a 2000 Alfa GTV v6.
I have to have a car < 10 years old for work. I am very seriously considering selling the Guilia and the 500 and replacing with a 500 Abarth.
I don't do crazy mileage for work at mo because current work is a significant distance and I can use the train.
Do Abarths have a similar reliability to their 500 cousins in folks experience? Or am I just going to swap one set of problems for another? As you can see by the other cars, I am not a stranger to fixing stuff but I do need something a bit more reliable however I do not want to go dullsville. I will not buy any VAG or BMW in the same group as the Guilia. Various reasons, mainly totally shallow, but hey, that is my prerogative.
I welcome the collective thoughts of the Italian car buying cognoscenti here. Thank you in advance.
However, it has now been off the road for 6 weeks with an engine light fault related to the turbo intercooler pump.
4 weeks wait for pump to arrive from Italy, fault went away, fault came back, software update, fault went away, fault came back, replacement diverter valve, problem persists. Now into realms of taking to horribly expensive main dealer to put on Alfa's own diagnostic tools and get a latest from Alfa software update. I am not impressed and am rapidly losing confidence in the car as do I need it available for work.
One of our other cars is a 2013 Fiat 500 which has basically been a solid little workhorse, hilarious to drive and owes us nothing. The other 2 cars are a 1994 TVR Chimaera and a 2000 Alfa GTV v6.
I have to have a car < 10 years old for work. I am very seriously considering selling the Guilia and the 500 and replacing with a 500 Abarth.
I don't do crazy mileage for work at mo because current work is a significant distance and I can use the train.
Do Abarths have a similar reliability to their 500 cousins in folks experience? Or am I just going to swap one set of problems for another? As you can see by the other cars, I am not a stranger to fixing stuff but I do need something a bit more reliable however I do not want to go dullsville. I will not buy any VAG or BMW in the same group as the Guilia. Various reasons, mainly totally shallow, but hey, that is my prerogative.
I welcome the collective thoughts of the Italian car buying cognoscenti here. Thank you in advance.
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