156 GTA in Abu Dhabi

[Dan Friel]

There's a 2005 GTA for sale.. it's pretty tempting. Under 35k miles and up for only £6.5k from the best second hand dealer in the country. It's an auto version (they all are in the UAE). But would anyone be worried about running that spec car in the desert environment?

Seems a cheap option for such a cool car.

[SCOOTERMAN]

An auto GTA? Selespeed, non? If so - and the system's the same as the 2.0 TS, avoid!

[V6Alfisti]

SCOOTERMAN said:

An auto GTA? Selespeed, non? If so - and the system's the same as the 2.0 TS, avoid!

The GTA's don't have the same selespeed as the lower spec models.

I believe it is a Maserati sourced system on the GTA's

[OperationAlfa]

I have a friend who runs 3 V6 alfa in Qatar. BUY IT!!!!

[Dan Friel]

Sounds more positive! Can anyone give an indication of belt change mileage? 35,000 in this environment sounds like big service time..

[V6Alfisti]

The V6 is every 72k or 5 years, but some specialists recommend every 4 years or 60k

[bazzabear]

I'd be looking at 3 years / 36k miles living in a desert I think.

If you're buying it at 35k miles, I'd try to get them to do the change before you take ownership.

Edited by bazzabear on Friday 23 May 13:05

[OperationAlfa]

agreed.

[Dan Friel]

I've come to the conclusion that it's not worth the risk (cars are treated pretty badly here).. and the dealer is too far away to make it realistic.. I'll be getting a new car instead, but Alfas are too expensive in the UAE.