RE: Shed of the Week: Alfa Romeo GTV Twin Spark
Discussion
I have a Phase 1 GTV TS in the same Proteo red colour as the shed. I have owned the car for seven years now. I have too many cars and every year I decide to sell it, but every time I get it ready to sell I take it for a drive and change my mind. I even had a friend agree to pay what I was looking for but hesitated and he went and bought another one.
Few cars can seduce you like a GTV. I have had V6 Alfas (164s) but find the TS engine suits the car better and it never fails to put a smile on my face.
I go against the grain in preferring the seats (lower and more comfortable imo) the black dash and the wheels to the phase 2 and 3. The sticky rubber is a downside and mine will be revamped soon. The headlining which I wore like a sombrero as it came away has been replaced by the more practical phase 2 headlining though.
History tells you that the original is almost always the most desirable as time goes by and I reckon this will be the case with the GTV
I have now accepted that other cars will have to go before the GTV. The shed looks like a bargain but I am not a fan of most of the mods. I actually have a twin pipe Ragazzon exhaust on mine though but the one with the two pipes beside each other rather than on both sides. I do like the exhaust in the shed though.
Few cars can seduce you like a GTV. I have had V6 Alfas (164s) but find the TS engine suits the car better and it never fails to put a smile on my face.
I go against the grain in preferring the seats (lower and more comfortable imo) the black dash and the wheels to the phase 2 and 3. The sticky rubber is a downside and mine will be revamped soon. The headlining which I wore like a sombrero as it came away has been replaced by the more practical phase 2 headlining though.
History tells you that the original is almost always the most desirable as time goes by and I reckon this will be the case with the GTV
I have now accepted that other cars will have to go before the GTV. The shed looks like a bargain but I am not a fan of most of the mods. I actually have a twin pipe Ragazzon exhaust on mine though but the one with the two pipes beside each other rather than on both sides. I do like the exhaust in the shed though.
SidewaysSi said:
Great car! I have been running a 2.0TS 147 as a runaround for 2.5 years and it has been great.
I did get the belts done but it has been perfectly reliable and really good fun to drive. It is an agile little thing and despite its lowly value, a fun driver's car.
Damn right it is: just keep investing and all will be fine.I did get the belts done but it has been perfectly reliable and really good fun to drive. It is an agile little thing and despite its lowly value, a fun driver's car.
A Nero 916 Spider on its way: 2002 TS Lusso with power hood > living on the edge!
dinkel said:
SidewaysSi said:
Great car! I have been running a 2.0TS 147 as a runaround for 2.5 years and it has been great.
I did get the belts done but it has been perfectly reliable and really good fun to drive. It is an agile little thing and despite its lowly value, a fun driver's car.
Damn right it is: just keep investing and all will be fine.I did get the belts done but it has been perfectly reliable and really good fun to drive. It is an agile little thing and despite its lowly value, a fun driver's car.
A Nero 916 Spider on its way: 2002 TS Lusso with power hood > living on the edge!
Having said that, a good reminder that these 916 Alfas are still ridiculously cheap for what they. Bit like the Audi TT and MGF, a late 90s modern classic that just hasn't seen an appreciable price rise. Was looking at one the other day on marketplace, £1300 with long MOT and seemingly not a lot wrong with it, based on the MOT history.....
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