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Whilst dismantling the front suspension so as to remove the sub frame to get to the faulty alternator I discovered that the left tie rod end inner joint has about 1mm play. This is the joint at the steering rack end. Alfa Romeo does not sell the inner joint separately, you have to buy the whole...

When I arrived home after the last outing of the S3 before being tucked up for the winter, the wife explained that rations were low so we needed a trip to our local supermarket so we jumped in the Spider and sped off. On arrival in the supermarket car park, I parked well away from everyone else...

Oh my ******* God!!!!!!!! Guy's I've only gone and won the Best of The Best competition and won a Maserati!!!!! The GTV went monday cos of MOT failure and I've won a replacement!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:

Was doing some repair work after the gales and managed to drop a ladder on the back of the G :mad: Whilst being incredibly stupid it also looks like I've been incredibly lucky for whilst the light cluster is smashed it looks like the ladder bounced off and didn't touch any of the bodywork...

Ha Ha You couldn't make it up! If I want my reversing lights and parking sensors to work I just press the button for the heated rear screen AND THE PASSENGER SIDE REVERSING LIGHT AND THE REAR PARKING SENSORS ARE WORKING ALL THE TIME! Even I had to laugh what a shambles! What Varaiva's have done...

About a month ago while washing the wifes Mito (2009) I noticed the paint was bubbling around the boot badge. I took the car to my local dealership and they took photos of it and sent it of to Alfa. A week or so later I got a call from the dealer telling me that Alfa would be prepared only to...

Hello all since owning the 147 (20 months) the air con has never worked, in fact the fans have never really blown very strongly and its always been warm air. This has been really annoying in the winter freezing my arse off and in the summer sweating my arse off. I tried to get the aircon...

Just spent the friggin coldest hour outside, but on the upside, windscreen washer pipe reconnected (after recently coming loose after fitting a new wiper motor), new crystal side repeaters fitted and a number of bulbs replaced on the speedo & rev counter. The things we won't do for our Alfas.

We are always hearing on here how difficult it seems to be to get anything out of Alfa UK, especially when there is a problem or the car is just out of warranty. Well, a good friend of the family works for Rail Track (or whatever they are called). He sub contracts to them as part of the...

:wow: Is this a bargain, or a wind-up? Alfa RZ Also listed on Car and Classic.co.uk Alfa Romeo RZ Zagato Roadster, NEW, For Sale (1993) on Car And Classic UK I would sell any number of body parts to get my hands on it.:tut:

Below is a genuine image taken from a 2.4JTDm Diesel Brera after nearly 2 hours of driving! No camera tricks or Photoshopping was involved other than to crop and resize it. The journey was from the centre of Nottingham to Aston in Birmingham and back, speed was driving at the legal speed limit...

Today I thought I'd made a boo boo. Theres a car park in bournemouth called durley chine. Very steep and not gritted. Today I drove to the bottom like a fool to walk the dog. But trusty old jtd 16v 156 with worn out no inside edge conti sport contacts. Straight back up no bother! There were...

Been looking for insurance for the new GTA and got some decent quotes but thought I might be able to get better so decided to look at a multi policy to cover all four Alfas and Admiral has come up with £743.19...... to cover ALL FOUR - superb! Well chuffed with that :thumbs:

Just about to start a new job and have been looking for a new company car. Found what I thought was the perfect motor for me, a 159Ti, 12 months old, less than 9k on the clock, within budget... ...only to be told today that "Oh, sorry, I'm afraid that we don't do Italian...

Oh what a week I've had. Went up to see the guys at red dot. My rear discs & pads are the same as the ones on the GTA. WTF.... They are totally not standard on the 156 1.8 Veloce. The ferrodo pads Ive been supplied don't fit. Thanks motorsportworld! Originally we thought the master cylinder...

I just thumbed through a bike mag and am utterly blown away by how things have moved on having not had a bike for many years.... and then it was a crappy one.... I was looking at the Ducati 1098- yours for £14k, 160 BHP, 173 kg. Nearly 1000 BHP per ton. And in road trim it smashed the lap...

This takes the honours in the global-horror-motor stakes no doubt: laughing laughing laughing laughing

Hi All What would you say if someone told you you could improve the : Performance Petrol Consumption Emissions of your petrol car, for less than the cost of a night out on the beer, followed by a curry? Well I was a bit doubtful, but couldn't...

I don't have any words for this......

Today Alfa Romeo finaly supplied me with a 156 while mine is off the road as a good will gesture 156 2.0 jts picked it up at 5:00 drove 22 miles and it broke. ABS +EBD failure contact dealer do not drive this car! for FOoKs sake I have had enough of all this BVllSH!TE