conaero
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Well, I suppose I am a newbie too so I thought I would take this opportunity to introduce myself to your all and give you some background on me.
Passing my driving test in 1987 I got lured by a string of Renaults. Yes they broke down but they were cheap and comfortable plus I was cutting my teeth on how to fix cars and how they worked.
First Car, a gold Renault 14, voted worst car ever I think. It was not that bad. It was gold and did have rust starting at 5 years old. It also had central locking and electric windows in the front and a whole host of other features just not found your Fords and Vauxhalls that everyone else had.
Got shot of that and went for a Renault 11 Electronic, (I later found out that Electronic equals agro) it was a 1.7 and certainly shifted plus the interior was a mast piece.
I sold this after a few years and then bought another, again an 11 but the 1.4 Boston, white with lime green graphics, nice hum.
I did also show some taste and indulge myself in something very nice a 1969 Opel GT. I did sell that one but did a restoration project and still have that car to this day.
Anyway, whilst I was mucking around in bag of sh!te Renaults, my eye was getting caught by Alfa 33 P4's but everyone laughed and said not to touch them.
By this time, if was the mid 90's so I started my graphics business and made some money quite quickly so stuck with what I new and bought a new Renault Megane Coupe. This broke down all the time and spend more time in the garage than I had it so chopped it in and bought one of the first Megane Convertibles, that was terrible too. Now by this time I had worked out that I did not mind repairing old Renaults, but new ones, forget it.
At this point my brand loyalty was gone so decided to take the decision to indulge my Alfa passion and bought a brand new 1999 Alfa GTV 2L Twinny. If was fantastic, quick, handled like it was on rails and it was like a light had been switched on.
I sold this and went for 2004 GTV 3.2V6, red with black leather and that was a sublime car.
Around this time I got married and kids ensued so I put my sensible hat on and bought the wife a 156 Sportwagon and me a Maserati 3200 ha ha.
Now, Maserati is the natural progression from an Alfa but Alfa still remains in my heart. I always have on, and after a string of Maseratis, a GranSport (best of the bunch) then a GranTurismo S 4.7 nutter wagon then back to a 2002 Spyder. I have always had a GT JTD as the daily driver which again I love.
Like some others, my love affair with Alfa is on hold at the moment, regarding the new cars. I would buy a 159 SportWagon and a 4c (which I had a deposit on until the ruined the lights, put a piddle engine in it and wanted £55k for the launch edition)
I do think there are some great Alfas just round the corner but for now, I will keep the GT and also I am back on the hunt for a Maserati GranSports and also if a 3.2 GTV comes up at reasonable money and mileage, I will have it.
That's me, now its your turn.....
Passing my driving test in 1987 I got lured by a string of Renaults. Yes they broke down but they were cheap and comfortable plus I was cutting my teeth on how to fix cars and how they worked.
First Car, a gold Renault 14, voted worst car ever I think. It was not that bad. It was gold and did have rust starting at 5 years old. It also had central locking and electric windows in the front and a whole host of other features just not found your Fords and Vauxhalls that everyone else had.
Got shot of that and went for a Renault 11 Electronic, (I later found out that Electronic equals agro) it was a 1.7 and certainly shifted plus the interior was a mast piece.
I sold this after a few years and then bought another, again an 11 but the 1.4 Boston, white with lime green graphics, nice hum.
I did also show some taste and indulge myself in something very nice a 1969 Opel GT. I did sell that one but did a restoration project and still have that car to this day.
Anyway, whilst I was mucking around in bag of sh!te Renaults, my eye was getting caught by Alfa 33 P4's but everyone laughed and said not to touch them.
By this time, if was the mid 90's so I started my graphics business and made some money quite quickly so stuck with what I new and bought a new Renault Megane Coupe. This broke down all the time and spend more time in the garage than I had it so chopped it in and bought one of the first Megane Convertibles, that was terrible too. Now by this time I had worked out that I did not mind repairing old Renaults, but new ones, forget it.
At this point my brand loyalty was gone so decided to take the decision to indulge my Alfa passion and bought a brand new 1999 Alfa GTV 2L Twinny. If was fantastic, quick, handled like it was on rails and it was like a light had been switched on.
I sold this and went for 2004 GTV 3.2V6, red with black leather and that was a sublime car.
Around this time I got married and kids ensued so I put my sensible hat on and bought the wife a 156 Sportwagon and me a Maserati 3200 ha ha.
Now, Maserati is the natural progression from an Alfa but Alfa still remains in my heart. I always have on, and after a string of Maseratis, a GranSport (best of the bunch) then a GranTurismo S 4.7 nutter wagon then back to a 2002 Spyder. I have always had a GT JTD as the daily driver which again I love.
Like some others, my love affair with Alfa is on hold at the moment, regarding the new cars. I would buy a 159 SportWagon and a 4c (which I had a deposit on until the ruined the lights, put a piddle engine in it and wanted £55k for the launch edition)
I do think there are some great Alfas just round the corner but for now, I will keep the GT and also I am back on the hunt for a Maserati GranSports and also if a 3.2 GTV comes up at reasonable money and mileage, I will have it.
That's me, now its your turn.....