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Jock wrote:Andy, nice car, I'd love an Alfa. According to the guys on Top Gear, your not a true petrol head until you've owned at least one Alfa Romeo.

Well, the AlfaRomeo owner has two moments of intense happiness with his Alfa - the moment he buys it and the moment he sells it.

I might add Maserati to that roll...

Kind Regards,
AMR
http://www.alvaromrocha.com

PS - Mind you they are great fun to drive (on the edge) for the few minutes they handle the 7000 rpm and the curving chassis torso, but then the constant trips to tune ups and mechanical adjustments just don't cope with fun... the Maserati 3200 GT biturbo is the most unreliable piece of mechanical crap I've ever owned - hell fast, safe, hell pretty, but problems every day - it was fun while it lasted, and I had my two moments of happiness - (I do think they fixed it quite allright with Ferrari's V8 "Maserati Coupe" which replaced the 3200 GT, no more turbos at least... and since it's now a Ferrari engine, it's reliable, atmospheric and screams like a beast, but you gotta watch the gearbox then... ).

I don't have a car yet, and I don't know when I will try to get a drivers license... I don't have the money for neither car nor license.

I would like to own a Volvo or Audi.

The Volvos are very very safe (crumple zone the size of a house) and very very big inside, but really quite boring to drive.

Vieon wrote:The Volvos are very very safe (crumple zone the size of a house) and very very big inside, but really quite boring to drive.

Boring? what's boring about it? to me quality is #1.

Vieon wrote:The Volvos are very very safe (crumple zone the size of a house) and very very big inside, but really quite boring to drive.

When was the last time you was behind the steering wheel of one of those, matt?

Last weekend, offroad test drive around my Dad's friends field in a Volvo S80. Really, it isn't much cop to drive, but it is REALLY practical and the ones with the leather seats are comfy too.

...at least she is doing her work without complications.



Much more fun to "drive".

Wahey! A Skoda Felicia, right? They're actually really good, it was the Skoda Rapid that was the terrible one...

AMR wrote:
Well, the AlfaRomeo owner has two moments of intense happiness with his Alfa - the moment he buys it and the moment he sells it.

You obviously never owned an Alfa, did you?

I love my Alfa Romeo - I call her (sic!) "bella"!

CU, Andy

Vieon wrote:Wahey! A Skoda Felicia, right? They're actually really good, it was the Skoda Rapid that was the terrible one...

Close... Octavia! Was Rapid the one that turned over and hit the roof in the curve test?
Well, I guess Volkswagen really was a help in need for Skoda.

The bike from Giant made for the ONCE team
I remember when that bike came out.

Velodynamic wrote:

Vieon wrote:Wahey! A Skoda Felicia, right? They're actually really good, it was the Skoda Rapid that was the terrible one...

Close... Octavia! Was Rapid the one that turned over and hit the roof in the curve test?
Well, I guess Volkswagen really was a help in need for Skoda.

Ah, sorry, I couldn't really tell from the front.

I think the Rapid was just generally slow, unreliable, uncomfortable and uneconomical. It's good Skoda have cleaned up their act now and are producing some very nice cars...

Synthesist wrote:The bike from Giant made for the ONCE team
I remember when that bike came out.

Yup... It's a few years ago, but I think it must have been some of the frames left cause I bought it new in an envelope
2 months ago. The price on them is irresistible and they floates like a dream on bad tarmac.

Andy wrote: You obviously never owned an Alfa, did you?

Nope, it was also a magazine cliche.
(not the 3200GT tho)

Kind Regards,
AMR
http://www.alvaromrocha.com

What do you think about the Fiat Idea ?
My father's car is going to be broken and he want to buy an Idea