RE: Shed Of The Week: Alfa GTV
Discussion
Johnspex said:
It's sold.
Thank god for that! Saw the car and plate combo, thought it looked familiar, so wasn't surprised to see it was in the same county as me when I clicked through.
I really should get back seats again so my NC MX5 is going to have to go. This looked just the thing as a stop-gap car, albeit about a fortnight too early!
Had 7 GTV's, twinnies and V6's... Brilliant and surprisingly practical.. This one was a bargain, i just attempted my first belt change with all new pulley' and tensioners and a waterpump, took my time and followed the mass of online instructions and I managed just fine (sort of) 😄
KimJongHealthy said:
"New cambelt and clutch fitted 2012"
Change interval for Alfa's cambelts are something around every 2 weeks, so hardly a selling point.
£750 versus £300 or so for a cambelt, hmm, think I would chance that if it had one under three years ago and if it goes pop sell it spares or repairs for say £300/£400, I know we always say sell it in bits but nobody ever does but a set of wheels and tyres is worth £200 if any good, leather interior ? other bits ? weigh the rest in, not much risk there unless it goes and you spend two grand on a rebuild.Change interval for Alfa's cambelts are something around every 2 weeks, so hardly a selling point.
I agree, they are f
kin ugly. Hated these when they came out; same with its Fiat cousin equivalent.
People cussed the TR7 Triumph for its shape, but this is a similar cheese block wedge. The worst part of this car is looking at it from the rear.
kin ugly. Hated these when they came out; same with its Fiat cousin equivalent.People cussed the TR7 Triumph for its shape, but this is a similar cheese block wedge. The worst part of this car is looking at it from the rear.
fezst said:
Always thought these were just plain ugly 
Always loved the front of these but found the rear to be at odds with the rest of it.
This seems to be a common thing with Alfa coupe design: make it look beautiful up to a certain point than throw convention out the window for the sake of being different.
Brera would have been stunning if they gave it a smore svelte arse imo.
This seems to be a common thing with Alfa coupe design: make it look beautiful up to a certain point than throw convention out the window for the sake of being different.
Brera would have been stunning if they gave it a smore svelte arse imo.
The Don of Croy said:
"Boot space is literally that..."
- thanks for that. And you're almost 20 years out on 'rear of the year'.
Nice car, shame it sold.
Have never understood the view that the boot is non existent . Yes with the spare in there its tight but if you ditch this & carry a can of foam , then there's a lot of space, its surprisingly deep. Problem is that the opening is quite small but if you travel with squashy bags rather than 19th century steamer trunks then you'll have no problem. I can easily fit 8 or so bags of shopping in mine. When I'm stocking up on cambelts.- thanks for that. And you're almost 20 years out on 'rear of the year'.
Nice car, shame it sold.
Guvernator said:
Have to agree, I really don't get the love for these. Cracking engines, especially in v6 form but it just looks awkward from almost every angle to me.
I love the look of them, just nothing like it on the road so fed up with current car design its bland as hell!.I had a 1999 Tspark there not fast and you have to push them hard which is part of the fun.
It never broke down, had a few quirks, watch out for the rear window demister it doesn't turn off and the fuse melts and can take the box with it....and the car.
Also i am sure the rear suspension if done properly is £400/£600 a side? that's why people polyflex them?
Bottom line with Alfas is buy a good one from the start
The Crack Fox said:
Christ! Every time I get close to buying a GTV Spider as a cheap summer toy I read something like this that stops me.
http://www.alfaworkshop.co.uk/alfa_romeo_gtv.shtml"With Alfa Romeo GTVs there should be no rust as the cars have all been galvanised from the factory however with cars now well over 10 years old it is worth checking the floor pan for corrosion, if you do find any any where else it'll be from a poor accident repair."
I had a 1999 one in blue, loved it. Spent money on it, new radiator, new exhaust (put a lovely CSC exhaust with oval shaped end, sounded lovely), cambelt (every 30k miles?), air flow meter, serving (8 spark plugs as it is a twin spark and the back ones are a nightmare to get too). Mine also seemed to shred tyres on the inside no matter how many times I had the tracking, camber and balancing done.
I also used to find the air-con at full blast would suck the power out of the engine to the point that at low revs it would almost stall the car, which was quite amusing (solution don't use the air-con).
Loved mine though and remember some very fond early morning runs in the summer driving to airport for flying lessons and just bonding with the car. Yes it wasn't particular quick as you had to use all the power to make 'b' road blast fun. But I think it looked lovely and was certainly a characterful car.
I also used to find the air-con at full blast would suck the power out of the engine to the point that at low revs it would almost stall the car, which was quite amusing (solution don't use the air-con).
Loved mine though and remember some very fond early morning runs in the summer driving to airport for flying lessons and just bonding with the car. Yes it wasn't particular quick as you had to use all the power to make 'b' road blast fun. But I think it looked lovely and was certainly a characterful car.
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