RE: Shed Of The Week: Alfa Romeo 164
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kiseca said:
Didn't the 90 have the V6 too?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBeZPzpYuC4Does anyone know where this 164 is?
Edited by carinaman on Monday 27th April 23:45
I thought I was over 164s. It's been, oh I don't know, months since I last looked on ebay for one ... but there, suddenly, all those old feelings come rushing back. Yes the V6 is a magnificent beast, but the TS is a total hoot. Fabulous sounds from under the bonnet, great handling and just far more fun than you'd rightly expect from a car like this. I still think it looks fine, but every time the mem-sahib catches me looking at them she mutters the time honoured threat of "you'll have to sell something else before you get one of those ... besides there's nowhere to keep it." Dammit she's good
Sorry if it's there and I missed it (just scanned through last few pages) but no-one seems to have mentioned yet that the Alfa 164 shares its styling with the Peugeot 406 - same designer/design house and project. Compare corner views of both and you'll see what I mean.
Until it's pointed out though they both do a very good job of looking completely different (I.e. not like Peugeot version of Toyota Aygo, or the Seat/Audi/Skoda models that are clearly based on the same bodyshell.
Until it's pointed out though they both do a very good job of looking completely different (I.e. not like Peugeot version of Toyota Aygo, or the Seat/Audi/Skoda models that are clearly based on the same bodyshell.
Another white Tipo Quattro on eBay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIAT-CROMA-TURBO-not-fia...
I don't know why it's been relisted.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIAT-CROMA-TURBO-not-fia...
I don't know why it's been relisted.
carinaman said:
Another white Tipo Quattro on eBay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIAT-CROMA-TURBO-not-fia...
I don't know why it's been relisted.
They were awful cars, about as rigid as a Tupperware box with no lid. Yes it does have curiosity value and they are rare so I suppose they deserve saving to show how bad they were. Good engine but that's about it. Even Morrissey made a miserable song about them, 'Girlfriend in a Croma'!http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIAT-CROMA-TURBO-not-fia...
I don't know why it's been relisted.
crostonian said:
They were awful cars, about as rigid as a Tupperware box with no lid. Yes it does have curiosity value and they are rare so I suppose they deserve saving to show how bad they were. Good engine but that's about it. Even Morrissey made a miserable song about them, 'Girlfriend in a Croma'!
Very good!RicksAlfas said:
Yes. And a briefcase in the dashboard. What more could you want?
I think that briedcase should have foam, pistol, silencer and ammunition in it.
See the pale marks on the dash above it? That was where Harvey Keitel went too far with the Mr Muscle and scouring pads.
Mound Dawg said:
Pfft. My 1978 Alfetta GTV had both.
A conventional speedo and (as an additional warning/aerodynamic aid) the drivers door mirror automatically folded back at over 80mph.
By 1981 they had dropped both. Mine had neither moving aerodynamic devices nor any dial that had a clue how fast I was going. It did, however, have the combination fuel gauge / g-meter that would tell you whether you were turning left or right A conventional speedo and (as an additional warning/aerodynamic aid) the drivers door mirror automatically folded back at over 80mph.
I love how the Alfisti find positive aspects to the s
ttiness of certain parts of their cars. I wish I could find the same enthusiasm when BMW headaches are getting me down - it's never anything that one could call funny. The fuel gauge needle moves only as the fuel level drops. The door mirrors fold only when I fold them. The glovebox opens only when someone pulls the handle. Pieces of trim usually stay where BMW put them (apart from one piece of fake wood on the 535i, where the glue failed, so it got reglued when the car was serviced a few years later). However, almost everything can go wrong with the engine - VANOS, crankcase breather, valve stem oil seals, head gasket... ended up having to swap the engine on the 520i. 535i mainly reliable but did lose a coolant pressure hose quite spectacularly, and also decided to break a window regulator with the window wound fully down, on what then turned into a cold, wet winter evening, 18 miles from home... ze Germans haf ein vicious, sadistic sense of humour!
ttiness of certain parts of their cars. I wish I could find the same enthusiasm when BMW headaches are getting me down - it's never anything that one could call funny. The fuel gauge needle moves only as the fuel level drops. The door mirrors fold only when I fold them. The glovebox opens only when someone pulls the handle. Pieces of trim usually stay where BMW put them (apart from one piece of fake wood on the 535i, where the glue failed, so it got reglued when the car was serviced a few years later). However, almost everything can go wrong with the engine - VANOS, crankcase breather, valve stem oil seals, head gasket... ended up having to swap the engine on the 520i. 535i mainly reliable but did lose a coolant pressure hose quite spectacularly, and also decided to break a window regulator with the window wound fully down, on what then turned into a cold, wet winter evening, 18 miles from home... ze Germans haf ein vicious, sadistic sense of humour!Also funny how I didn't find it at all funny when bits of my Golf, Opel, Ford or Nissans start falling off or being quirky. It's because the GTV, when it was running, was never boring. The good bits of the car were the best I've ever had.
BMWs in comparison were like sensory deprivation.
BMWs in comparison were like sensory deprivation.
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