Bravo HGT.
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rhysenna

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689 posts

215 months

Thursday 14th October 2010
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Usual stuff. Went to look at one yesterday. Everything checks out, nice sound motor. Not after the greatest hot hatch in the world but something a bit different. Gotta love that 5 pot sound and they look pretty good.

Anyone tell me the bad sides of owning one of these. Had an Alfa in the past so...... I know!

Cheers



Groober

775 posts

209 months

Thursday 14th October 2010
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Great engine but why not get a Fiat coupe with th 20vt engine instead, im a bit bias of course but its a damn fine car.

rhysenna

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689 posts

215 months

Thursday 14th October 2010
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Groober said:
Great engine but why not get a Fiat coupe with th 20vt engine instead, im a bit bias of course but its a damn fine car.
Would do but not for this kind of money. Bit of a steal really. Was thinking of getting this and then a coupe if this worked out ok.

Groober

775 posts

209 months

Thursday 14th October 2010
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Fair enough, the 2.0 5 pot is great. I have the coupe turbo but the engine is the same I guess. They can be just as reliable as any other car despite the stigma they seem to get, but they do demand maintenance. The only problem my coupe has had was the oil cooler pipe split and left me standed on the side of the road. Oh and make sure the belts have been changed on time.

rhysenna

Original Poster:

689 posts

215 months

Thursday 14th October 2010
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Nice one. The belt has been done recently, it was one of the first things I checked(Alfa owner!)

Groober

775 posts

209 months

Thursday 14th October 2010
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Get it bought! Oh and post some pics up when you do. smile

rhysenna

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689 posts

215 months

Thursday 14th October 2010
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Groober said:
Get it bought! Oh and post some pics up when you do. smile
If I buy it I will put pics up. Might turn into a little winter project. Not sure what at the moment but if the funds allow...mmm!

Any ideas?

MondeoMan1981

2,457 posts

212 months

Thursday 14th October 2010
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Doesnt the Stilo come with a 5 pot as well? Seen a few of these for decent money.

Dave The Jackal

38 posts

194 months

Thursday 14th October 2010
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I owned a silver 155 HGT and it was a lot of fun - the engine was a peach and it handled really well. Spanked my mates Mk3 GTi from the lights too, which he wasn't too impressed by.

The only real problem I had was that condensation always found it's way in and I was forever scraping ice off the inside of the windows on particularly cold winter days. Pretty sure it was just door seals, but didn't get round to fixing them as we had to change it anyway 'cos of the miles we were doing at the time.