They're even better when remapped and also get the egr blanked. I got rid of mine at 135k, the mot check website now has it on 230k miles, who said Alfas were fragile? They're great cars that still look brilliant 10 years after they were launched.
Nope, lost my interest in Auto Italia when the Ward's borrowed my car in the late 90's for a photo shoot and then refused to even let me have a copy of the book that it featured heavily in.