Alfa Romeo Spider 3.0 V6
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2001-51-Alfa-Romeo-Spider-3-...
What do people think of this? Would you say that the price was right? I thought it was a little on the high side?
Its had a new engine 8k miles ago, as the woman owner ran over something in the road which damaged the engine, she carried on driving etc so the insurance replaced it.
My train of thought is that im looking to swap to a more fun car...and the criteria are as follows;
Sub £9k (the lower the better, im chopping in my 2003 E46 318Ci M Sport worth circa. £10k)
Real Wheel Drive lol.
Preferably a drop top, summer fun.
Nice looking, or interesting looking.
Not an MX5
Air con.
Basically a sporty, good fun car.
Also, obviously, what are Alfa's like to live with? I hear they are very unreliable?
Cheers
Alex
What do people think of this? Would you say that the price was right? I thought it was a little on the high side?
Its had a new engine 8k miles ago, as the woman owner ran over something in the road which damaged the engine, she carried on driving etc so the insurance replaced it.
My train of thought is that im looking to swap to a more fun car...and the criteria are as follows;
Sub £9k (the lower the better, im chopping in my 2003 E46 318Ci M Sport worth circa. £10k)
Real Wheel Drive lol.
Preferably a drop top, summer fun.
Nice looking, or interesting looking.
Not an MX5
Air con.
Basically a sporty, good fun car.
Also, obviously, what are Alfa's like to live with? I hear they are very unreliable?
Cheers
Alex
very much down to individual models - My bro had one and it was v reliable - a colleague had one and it was broken every other week. Know what you're looking at.
They look ok and go ok, but it's FWD, and the chassis is made of jelly in the convertible.
No substitute for experience - get out and drive a few different models.
They look ok and go ok, but it's FWD, and the chassis is made of jelly in the convertible.
No substitute for experience - get out and drive a few different models.
Alfahorn said:
AlexE46 said:
I knew never to listen to the salesman.
He said it was RWD and fun to drive.
Thats that one out then!
And that's how you miss out on a cracking drivers car.He said it was RWD and fun to drive.
Thats that one out then!
Alfahorn said:
And that's how you miss out on a cracking drivers car.
Do you really like the way the Spider drives? I test drove one before I got my Corrado and it felt awful to me. The GTV, on the other hand, is quite a nice handling car (although still not as good as a Corrado).ETA: lovely engine though
Edited by kambites on Tuesday 22 January 15:02
kambites said:
My experience of German cars suggests that they take neglect extremely badly too. Japanese cars do just seem to keep going whatever you do to them though. I don't think there's much to choose between major European car manufacturers in terms of reliability any more.
Well, the older German stuff does.Trouble with that generation of Alfa was the oil consumption/cambelt change schedules being neglected. Usually resulting in dead engines. Otherwise they're as good as anything else.
I love it when people who have never been close to an Alfa mention rust, FWD..etc...etc.
The GTV(late 90's) was one of the best, if not the best fwd handling cars out there. The 2.0TS was nice and revy, the 3.0V6 muscular but not stressed.
Full momo leather as standard, nice color interiors/exteriors, full elecs and looks that make cars 4 to 5 times the price look bland.
I only regret not keeping mine but family came first.
The GTV(late 90's) was one of the best, if not the best fwd handling cars out there. The 2.0TS was nice and revy, the 3.0V6 muscular but not stressed.
Full momo leather as standard, nice color interiors/exteriors, full elecs and looks that make cars 4 to 5 times the price look bland.
I only regret not keeping mine but family came first.
disco1 said:
The GTV(late 90's) was one of the best, if not the best fwd handling cars out there.
It's good but it's not that good. It's on a par with the Fiat Coupe but doesn't feel as planted as a Corrado or Integra Type-R and doesn't even get close to an M100 Elan. I haven't driven much else to compare it to but I suspect there are others which are better too. You can forgive it a lot for that engine though.The spider, however, feels like they made the chassis out of cheese.
disco1 said:
I love it when people who have never been close to an Alfa mention rust, FWD..etc...etc.
The GTV(late 90's) was one of the best, if not the best fwd handling cars out there. The 2.0TS was nice and revy, the 3.0V6 muscular but not stressed.
Full momo leather as standard, nice color interiors/exteriors, full elecs and looks that make cars 4 to 5 times the price look bland.
I only regret not keeping mine but family came first.
Agree completely. From the wide bodied 155 onwards they were terrific cars. The GTV(late 90's) was one of the best, if not the best fwd handling cars out there. The 2.0TS was nice and revy, the 3.0V6 muscular but not stressed.
Full momo leather as standard, nice color interiors/exteriors, full elecs and looks that make cars 4 to 5 times the price look bland.
I only regret not keeping mine but family came first.
After all, Alfa produced one of the best handling fwd cars ever....the Alfasud....just don't mention the rust.
kambites said:
Alfahorn said:
And that's how you miss out on a cracking drivers car.
Do you really like the way the Spider drives? I test drove one before I got my Corrado and it felt awful to me. The GTV, on the other hand, is quite a nice handling car (although still not as good as a Corrado).ETA: lovely engine though
Edited by kambites on Tuesday 22 January 15:02
Having said that, I like the GTV, Spider and Corrado.
The spider has funky rear suspension which makes it handle like a rwd car in many respects i.e. if you put the power on at the apex of the corner it turns in nicely a la rwd. Obviously if you boot it in the wet, it'll just understeer sideways so you can't powerslide it.
Take it out for a spin and see what you think - it ticks all of the other boxes you wanted.
Take it out for a spin and see what you think - it ticks all of the other boxes you wanted.
AlexE46 said:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2001-51-Alfa-Romeo-Spider-3-...
What do people think of this? Would you say that the price was right? I thought it was a little on the high side?
Its had a new engine 8k miles ago, as the woman owner ran over something in the road which damaged the engine, she carried on driving etc so the insurance replaced it.
My train of thought is that im looking to swap to a more fun car...and the criteria are as follows;
Sub £9k (the lower the better, im chopping in my 2003 E46 318Ci M Sport worth circa. £10k)
Real Wheel Drive lol.
Preferably a drop top, summer fun.
Nice looking, or interesting looking.
Not an MX5
Air con.
Basically a sporty, good fun car.
Also, obviously, what are Alfa's like to live with? I hear they are very unreliable?
Cheers
Alex
YHM! What do people think of this? Would you say that the price was right? I thought it was a little on the high side?
Its had a new engine 8k miles ago, as the woman owner ran over something in the road which damaged the engine, she carried on driving etc so the insurance replaced it.
My train of thought is that im looking to swap to a more fun car...and the criteria are as follows;
Sub £9k (the lower the better, im chopping in my 2003 E46 318Ci M Sport worth circa. £10k)
Real Wheel Drive lol.
Preferably a drop top, summer fun.
Nice looking, or interesting looking.
Not an MX5
Air con.
Basically a sporty, good fun car.
Also, obviously, what are Alfa's like to live with? I hear they are very unreliable?
Cheers
Alex
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