GTA Reliability Facts

+ less wheelspin = tyres lasting longer!

Originally Posted by Caldo Bollente

+ less wheelspin = tyres lasting longer!

Lol, that's what the ASR is for!

Originally Posted by Mr_Caine

Lol, that's what the ASR is for!

You leave it on? I never have it on in my twinny.

I've been told that if you turn it off on the GTA you can kiss goodbye to the front tyres in no time!

ASR is a Q2 wannabe

Originally Posted by Caldo Bollente

ASR is a Q2 wannabe

I heard ASR quakes in fear at the mere mention of the word Q2..

Originally Posted by OperationAlfa

You leave it on? I never have it on in my twinny.

You can't permanently disable it. It keeps coming back.

Originally Posted by Pud237

I heard ASR quakes in fear at the mere mention of the word Q2..

Yeah but it's got the heavies on its side hardly a fair fight.

Just as well the mighty finger can crush its commands

I hear everyone talking about wheelspin and understeer. I have never had any of these issues even when i do spirited driving. I'm surprised why people always complain about wheelspin.

There aren't any issues if you stay within the limit of grip, just that that limit can be extended with the help of the differential, working immediately unlike any traction control system.

Originally Posted by newalfisti

I hear everyone talking about wheelspin and understeer. I have never had any of these issues even when i do spirited driving. I'm surprised why people always complain about wheelspin.

Being FWD give it some stick and it will understeer, but I think it is a great acheivement of alfa's that it has 250bhp and is so manageable, you really have got to be silly.

As for the cost, it is a high performance car and has prices to match. My main dissapointment is the suspension bushes etc. Servicing has not been that bad, though getting the belt done early with a 4 yr service cost me the best part of £800, need the ARB sorting out, but consider that an opportunity to get the Q2

Mine has been great, just replaced the clutch and stuck in a Q2 diff but but the clutch as far as i am concernded is a service item and the diff if for my enjoyment...

Originally Posted by Pud237

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.

I can’t see how you can directly compare the two like that.

Would you compare the repair costs of a BMW 318 to an M3

The other thing you have to bear in mind is that the previous owner of Bacons GTA used to leave the car sat around for months on end as he’s in the army and used to use the GTA at the ring so i would suggest that perhaps the gearbox could have been looked after better in its short life.

Ahhh was bacons car the one from manchester that was on ebay a few times?