Let's see your Alfa Romeos!

[DeltonaS]

TR4man said:

_dobbo_ said:

Previous owner of mine appears to have spent some time and money updating the silver interior elements to carbon.

I like it!





T

That's nicely done.

Was an expensive factory option, something like 2500 or 3500 EUR. But I'm not sure if correct.

Dutch dealership has one for sale:
http://www.prinsalfa.nl/aanbod/alfa-romeo-159-spor...

[Oilchange]

Beautiful!

Squadrone Rosso said:

First run out this year

[awooga]

This is my current Alfa, a Cosmos Blue 147 GTA with a Q2 diff and is standard bar the uprated brake pads. Interior is grey and black leather. Wheels are teledials. One of my mates wants me to do more with the engine, but I think it's only just handling the power at the moment as it is. I love the car, love the steering, love the noise, love the sheer grunt (reminds me of my old Chimaera at full throttle) but its prime purpose is to be practical and sadly my skis are 2" too long for it and I have to take both wheels off the mountain bike to get it in. A mate has a bike rack which he'll lend me, if it fits. It does meant that the car will be replaced in a year or two though, when the time is right. No idea what with yet.



This one was my first Alfa, a standard-ish twin spark zoe yellow Spider with Mintex brake pads and a ragazzon rear section on the exhaust. Manual hood, so no problems. Kept this one for 6 years and still miss it when I see its picture.



ETA - thumbsnap links don't appear to be working. Thanks to the ph'er (Oilpro?) who pointed that out. I'm trying to upload them from sea over a V Sat link and it's seriously struggling. Back home in 3 weeks, will deal with them then. They're worth it honestly!

Edited by awooga on Sunday 20th March 12:46

Edited by awooga on Sunday 20th March 13:27

[JFReturns]

awooga said:

This is my current Alfa, a Cosmos Blue 147 GTA with a Q2 diff and is standard bar the uprated brake pads. Interior is grey and black leather. Wheels are teledials. One of my mates wants me to do more with the engine, but I think it's only just handling the power at the moment as it is. I love the car, love the steering, love the noise, love the sheer grunt (reminds me of my old Chimaera at full throttle) but its prime purpose is to be practical and sadly my skis are 2" too long for it and I have to take both wheels off the mountain bike to get it in. A mate has a bike rack which he'll lend me, if it fits. It does meant that the car will be replaced in a year or two though, when the time is right. No idea what with yet.



This one was my first Alfa, a standard-ish twin spark zoe yellow Spider with Mintex brake pads and a ragazzon rear section on the exhaust. Manual hood, so no problems. Kept this one for 6 years and still miss it when I see its picture.



ETA - thumbsnap links don't appear to be working. Thanks to the ph'er (Oilpro?) who pointed that out. I'm trying to upload them from sea over a V Sat link and it's seriously struggling. Back home in 3 weeks, will deal with them then. They're worth it honestly!

Edited by awooga on Sunday 20th March 12:46

Edited by awooga on Sunday 20th March 13:27

Here you go mate

I think it was because you're using [pic] instead of [img] tags?

[_dobbo_]

DeltonaS said:

Was an expensive factory option, something like 2500 or 3500 EUR. But I'm not sure if correct.

Dutch dealership has one for sale:
http://www.prinsalfa.nl/aanbod/alfa-romeo-159-spor...

Interesting - I'm 99% sure mine is just that dip stuff and is fake. Otherwise, the trim is worth a significant portion of the cars value, let's hope not!

[dinkel]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

That's your Q4 right there David

[sunbeam alpine]

dinkel said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

That's your Q4 right there David

Yes - got him out of hibernation for the trip and he went like a dream! Forgot to take any pics while at Brooklands, but here's one of us on Eurotunnel on the way back -




Also fixed the problem with the lights obscuring the number plate on Tante Julia -

[L100NYY]

That Q4 is lovely

I rather fancy a Sportpack Widebody

[sunbeam alpine]

L100NYY said:

That Q4 is lovely

I rather fancy a Sportpack Widebody

Thanks! It's an ex-AR press car bought with 19,000 km on the clock (documented), and only gets brought out for special occasions.

[Vitorio]

L100NYY said:

That Q4 is lovely

I rather fancy a Sportpack Widebody

This is just the Forza playing boy racer in my, but i desperately want a Q4 with a race tuned V6 swap and DTM body kit :P (my favorite alfa in FM4, a DTM style 155 beast)

[JimmyJam]

dinkel said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

That's your Q4 right there David

Good to meet you on Sunday David and huge points for driving over for PHSS.

[Vitorio]

Not quite mine yet, but i shook the mans hand, itll be getting a new MOT/belt/pump/thermostat, a suspension niggle sorted, and the black 17" monstrosities will be replaced by original 15" distinctive rims

Itll be replacing the company car, since i dont do any business miles now anyway

I plan on keeping it original and well maintained, if it does well and doesnt throw big bills too soon it might be getting some nice goodies.

[dinkel]

I really wonder how many Q4s are out there - must be only a handful?

[sunbeam alpine]

Vitorio said:

This is just the Forza playing boy racer in my, but i desperately want a Q4 with a race tuned V6 swap and DTM body kit :P (my favorite alfa in FM4, a DTM style 155 beast)

Here you go....

http://www.kapaza.be/nl/onderdelen/alfa-romeo-dtm-...

There are a few Q4's for sale - www.marktplaats.nl - www.autoscout24.nl - so a donor car should be available

[Vitorio]

sunbeam alpine said:

Here you go....

http://www.kapaza.be/nl/onderdelen/alfa-romeo-dtm-...

There are a few Q4's for sale - www.marktplaats.nl - www.autoscout24.nl - so a donor car should be available

Oh my....

I wonder what the bank will say if i turn up asking for a mortgage for a franken-DTM 155 :P

[dinkel]

Those are 2 wheel drive.

Turning a 155 into a DTM beast will set you back 90s Ferrari money!

[Vitorio]

dinkel said:

Those are 2 wheel drive.

Turning a 155 into a DTM beast will set you back 90s Ferrari money!

The V6 TI DTM car was AWD according to wikipedia, hence needing a Q4 for the base :P

Those V6 DTM engines are silly expensive though, and would be properly hard to fit in the front i think.

Id settle for a 2.5 V6 155, but those are getting expensive as well, and wouldnt be too much of a sensible choice right now (need a somewhat affordable to run daily hack, hence the 147 purchase)

[dinkel]

I know. Sorry, I searched AutoScout and only found a handful of 2-wheel drive 155s.

Trying to find a Q4 is more difficult though. I only found 1 black 10K car in the UK.

The for sale DTM engine is silly. For a road legal car a hi po V6 (200-250 brake) would be my choice. I expect a 2 litre turbo to be a safer bet and also more tuneable. And lighter! Davids Q4 sounds and feels safe and easy. There must be about 30% extra horses in there. And with 300 brake on tap you will have a serious Pork eating piece of weapon. It's quick as it is though so why bother

[sunbeam alpine]

JimmyJam said:

dinkel said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

That's your Q4 right there David

Good to meet you on Sunday David and huge points for driving over for PHSS.

It was good to meet you (after having admired your GT at several previous Sunday Services). I'll man up and bring one of the older ones next time!

[alfaspecial]

Saturday 23 April is the Bristol Italian Auto Moto show- Corn Street area of Bristol.


details: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

For info on show: http://www.biamf.co.uk/