Well as many of you may know Wezzly now has my old n1. Was all a bit random, he was looking for a nice n15 and missed out on a lovely lucino, i flippantly said 'buy mine' - and the rest is history. I was kind of getting annoyed with the prospect of using it as a daily for another winter, and couldn't be bothered with giving it the care and attention it deserved. So on to wezz for him to fondle it nightly.
What to replace it with? Having had basically in my opinion the holy grail of n15s, and not fancying anything old i'd need to keep worrying about too much i started thinking a little newer. S2000, DC2, DC5, etc etc. But nothing jap was appealing to me. Only one thing that i'd always wanted since they first came out was on my mind, and despite all the harsh reputation they sometimes get i thought fuck it, and bought an Alfa - cos obviusly i won't have to worry about repairing it much
Its a 147 GTA, 3.2l v6. Only 300 came into the UK, and a lot less than that in this colour. Absolutely love it, its just a complete car - everything is already done from the factory so no modding needed in my opinion. Its a 2004 with 70k miles on, bit of a bargain as the lad wanted rid quickly before the birth of his first sprog. Had thousands spent on it over the last 2 years by alfa geeks.
Spec:
Infamous Busso 3.2 v6 alfa engine
-247bhp
-221torques
sounds epic.
330mm 2 piece discs, and 4pot Brembo calipers from a Ferrari f360 (rear lol) as standard.
q2 limited slip diff (similar torsen diff to the quaifes on here)
2.5" stainless catback
traction control
vdc stability control
Bose factory fitted stereo and sub
Heated leather seats
Its heavy with all the big leather interior, stereo and bullshit. But it has the torques too, so even in standard form people on the forums have run 14s dead 1/4 mile. Probably high 13s with the lsd fitted and a joe driving it. But its above 60 when all the power comes into play, accelerates up and past 100 without thinkin about it. Big wide flat power delivery, a tad different to the screaming n1! Handles great too, the diff apparently transforms them, as standard they torque steer and squirm about something rotten.
Only plans are maybe polybush the whole thing as alfa bushes are made of chocolate, other than that keep it clean. And working properly. :/
Probably get a mixed reception on here but thought i'd put it up and see....
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What to replace it with? Having had basically in my opinion the holy grail of n15s, and not fancying anything old i'd need to keep worrying about too much i started thinking a little newer. S2000, DC2, DC5, etc etc. But nothing jap was appealing to me. Only one thing that i'd always wanted since they first came out was on my mind, and despite all the harsh reputation they sometimes get i thought fuck it, and bought an Alfa - cos obviusly i won't have to worry about repairing it much
Its a 147 GTA, 3.2l v6. Only 300 came into the UK, and a lot less than that in this colour. Absolutely love it, its just a complete car - everything is already done from the factory so no modding needed in my opinion. Its a 2004 with 70k miles on, bit of a bargain as the lad wanted rid quickly before the birth of his first sprog. Had thousands spent on it over the last 2 years by alfa geeks.
Spec:
Infamous Busso 3.2 v6 alfa engine
-247bhp
-221torques
sounds epic.
330mm 2 piece discs, and 4pot Brembo calipers from a Ferrari f360 (rear lol) as standard.
q2 limited slip diff (similar torsen diff to the quaifes on here)
2.5" stainless catback
traction control
vdc stability control
Bose factory fitted stereo and sub
Heated leather seats
Its heavy with all the big leather interior, stereo and bullshit. But it has the torques too, so even in standard form people on the forums have run 14s dead 1/4 mile. Probably high 13s with the lsd fitted and a joe driving it. But its above 60 when all the power comes into play, accelerates up and past 100 without thinkin about it. Big wide flat power delivery, a tad different to the screaming n1! Handles great too, the diff apparently transforms them, as standard they torque steer and squirm about something rotten.
Only plans are maybe polybush the whole thing as alfa bushes are made of chocolate, other than that keep it clean. And working properly. :/
Probably get a mixed reception on here but thought i'd put it up and see....
Pics: