| Anyone drive an Alfa Romeo? 19:55 - Apr 12 with 4037 views | bluelagos |
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| Anyone drive an Alfa Romeo? on 13:03 - May 18 with 448 views | Churchman |
| Anyone drive an Alfa Romeo? on 12:55 - May 18 by mellowblue |
Breras were known to be not well built. They were actually manufactured not by Alfa but by the Pininfarina design house factory. |
Interesting. I don’t know much about Italian cars, tbh. Despite driving some over the years I never owned one. If I was ever to buy a classic car though (unlikely), it’d be a Lancia Delta Integrale.
Nondescript looking hatchback but utterly insane. Under the bonnet, you stare in wonder at how they got the engine in. Shame Lancia’s rotted on a cloudy day. Wonderful bonkers machine though and worth a fortune. |  | | |
| Anyone drive an Alfa Romeo? on 19:22 - May 18 with 386 views | mellowblue |
| Anyone drive an Alfa Romeo? on 13:03 - May 18 by Churchman |
Interesting. I don’t know much about Italian cars, tbh. Despite driving some over the years I never owned one. If I was ever to buy a classic car though (unlikely), it’d be a Lancia Delta Integrale.
Nondescript looking hatchback but utterly insane. Under the bonnet, you stare in wonder at how they got the engine in. Shame Lancia’s rotted on a cloudy day. Wonderful bonkers machine though and worth a fortune. |
I used to drive sporty Lancias before the rust scandal, which was a bit over stated at the time. Then Lancia stopped RHD versions and that was that. The rust problem was down to a Fiat/USSR deal to import steel, which was poor quality, as well as using recycled steel which was also poor quality (possible Mafia involvement). Such a historic car name which should be rehabilitated. Lancia still produce more cars per annum than Alfa Romeo due to the popularity of the Ypsilon city car in Italy. I did consider an Integrale but the plasticy interior was dire, as well as it being LHD (apart from a few conversions done in the UK.) |  | | |
| Anyone drive an Alfa Romeo? on 15:41 - May 27 with 216 views | bluelagos |
| Anyone drive an Alfa Romeo? on 13:03 - May 18 by Churchman |
Interesting. I don’t know much about Italian cars, tbh. Despite driving some over the years I never owned one. If I was ever to buy a classic car though (unlikely), it’d be a Lancia Delta Integrale.
Nondescript looking hatchback but utterly insane. Under the bonnet, you stare in wonder at how they got the engine in. Shame Lancia’s rotted on a cloudy day. Wonderful bonkers machine though and worth a fortune. |
Just stumbled over this bad boy...shame it's 60k but what a lovely toy that would be for someone :-)
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202504261756233 | |
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| Anyone drive an Alfa Romeo? on 16:05 - May 27 with 197 views | Churchman |
That looks insane. Wonderful bit of machinery. I’d prefer it without the racing decals but hell, if you are spending that kind of money on what you rightfully describe as a toy, you can afford to have them removed.
Nowhere near that level, but I did own a 1985 Toyota Corolla GT and that was red too. It looked nothing but had a marvellous twin cam engine in it, would do in theory 122mph (got it to 126 indicated on the A12 xmas day, but speedos over read. It’d accelerate quicker than Boris Johnson away from a lie detector too. Luxuries? A sunroof, a heater, velour seats, radio/tape player. Aircon? Nope. Power steering? Nah, so while those fat tires glued it to the road, corners were good bicep exercise!
Flawed, nowhere near as good as modern cars in any way, but it’s the most enjoyable car I ever owned. Beautifully made, mechanically, too. Wish I’d kept it but there it is. [Post edited 27 May 16:18]
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| Anyone drive an Alfa Romeo? on 16:11 - May 27 with 191 views | bluelagos |
| Anyone drive an Alfa Romeo? on 16:05 - May 27 by Churchman |
That looks insane. Wonderful bit of machinery. I’d prefer it without the racing decals but hell, if you are spending that kind of money on what you rightfully describe as a toy, you can afford to have them removed.
Nowhere near that level, but I did own a 1985 Toyota Corolla GT and that was red too. It looked nothing but had a marvellous twin cam engine in it, would do in theory 122mph (got it to 126 indicated on the A12 xmas day, but speedos over read. It’d accelerate quicker than Boris Johnson away from a lie detector too. Luxuries? A sunroof, a heater, velour seats, radio/tape player. Aircon? Nope. Power steering? Nah, so while those fat tires glued it to the road, corners were good bicep exercise!
Flawed, nowhere near as good as modern cars in any way, but it’s the most enjoyable car I ever owned. Beautifully made, mechanically, too. Wish I’d kept it but there it is. [Post edited 27 May 16:18]
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When I was 17 my uncle had a Sierra Cosworth. He took me for a spin and then asked if I'd like a go....
Proper bit of kit, but I was way to inexperienced to know how to properly drive it, shame as I'd thrash it to fck nowadays. As it was, I just drove it too scared of scratching it! | |
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| Anyone drive an Alfa Romeo? on 16:25 - May 27 with 177 views | Churchman |
| Anyone drive an Alfa Romeo? on 16:11 - May 27 by bluelagos |
When I was 17 my uncle had a Sierra Cosworth. He took me for a spin and then asked if I'd like a go....
Proper bit of kit, but I was way to inexperienced to know how to properly drive it, shame as I'd thrash it to fck nowadays. As it was, I just drove it too scared of scratching it! |
I bet that was fun. Serious bit of kit Sierra Cosworths. I used to drive my boss’s new work top of the range Sierra Ghia about as he disliked driving and I have to say they drove really well so I’d imagine the chassis was well able to handle a big Cosworth engine. Survivors are worth a lot of money now.
A chum had a 3 litre Mk1 Capri. I liked Capris and got to have a go in it and it just didn’t work. The engine was too heavy and the handling terrible. Lethal thing with hopeful brakes. Shows that in the 15-20 years that separated it from the Sierra Cossie they learned a lot! | | | |
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