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Pud237 · 19-03-2008

I don't think the point of the comments in that thread was that GTA's were unreliable, only that when the went wrong it tends to be very expensive. If you shed a belt in a T.S. you can get a recon engine fitted for £1200 with a warranty. In a GTA, it would probably be triple that, if you could get hold of another engine in the first place. Same with gearbox, bacon would have paid £2600 for the gearbox alone if he hadn't got that one from the GTA AutoLusso is breaking..

I think GTA's are more reliable than the TwinSpark, but there's no denying that if something major goes wrong it is a financial catastrophe.

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Pud237 AO Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 15,435 Member car: Alfa 156	Re: GTA Reliability Facts I don't think the point of the comments in that thread was that GTA's were unreliable, only that when the went wrong it tends to be very expensive. If you shed a belt in a T.S. you can get a recon engine fitted for £1200 with a warranty. In a GTA, it would probably be triple that, if you could get hold of another engine in the first place. Same with gearbox, bacon would have paid £2600 for the gearbox alone if he hadn't got that one from the GTA AutoLusso is breaking.. I think GTA's are more reliable than the TwinSpark, but there's no denying that if something major goes wrong it is a financial catastrophe. Weekend toy: Alfa 156 3.0 24v V6, Silver with red leather, Q2 diff, GTA Teledials, headlights & inlet manifold, AutoDelta carbon intake, BMC CDA, decat pipe and SuperSprint rear box, FK coilovers, Dastek Unichip - my 245bhp beast! Gone but not forgotten: Alfa 156 2.4 JTD Veloce, Vela Blu, Angel 'mad map' & BMC CDA, Ferodo DS2500s - the fastest tractor in town! AO 'Bratpacker' No 5.