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great car, i was like a little kid when out for a ride in his F430, great experience

the FF is meant to be a great car and usable, plus you get the v12 sound :) oh ya the F355, one of the best looking cars... what ever car out of your list you get, it won't be the wrong one.

The Alfa is used daily and was driving fine, went on holiday and when we got back and first drove the Alfa it would make a rattle for 60secs on startup and only when cold. Took the spider to Alfa specialist who couldn't find the cause, took to Alfa dealer who wasn't sure, took to my local daily...

very nice and great choice. just having a clear out and found Autocar mag (Sept 96) with 5 pages write up on 550. let me know if you want it? if so PM me your address and I'll get it sent otherwise I'll just bin it with the others.

could be interesting and looks a nice day for a drive, just looked and the show booking is full - doh!

had the alfa back and noise now fixed, turned out to be bearings in the gearbox. luckly just had these parts replaced instead of replacing gearbox. as gearbox was out also had new clutch kit and obviously the various fluids replaced. sadly the total was almost 70% over quoted price but glad...

so car is booked in to get the clutch investigated - obviously get it replaced whilst its out, we're also going to look at bearings and have the gearbox checked - hopefully its just the clutch as the car is only 9yrs old, on original clutch with only 40,000ish miles. I've heard is a massive...

PS fluid seemed fine, the aux belt also OK using the listening device (Dr scope) I couldn't fully tell but seemed louder around where the engine and gearbox join. you can not here the noise in morning (when cold) only after its up to temp.

thanks Matt for the info, did try the air-con which made no difference. I've just got one of the metal listening devices, will check it out tonight the car just had a service so PS fluid shouldn't be low but will check it will also try the aux belt with a bit of WD40 - normally helps :)

getting a sort of rattle sound from the front near the clutch, the rattle gets worse when the car is up to temp but stops when you press the clutch in. it sounds like this video (not as loud) - you can hear it more from the clutch / gearbox area and also stops when you press the clutch pedel...

Italian's just know how to make cars look fantastic, compare this to a BMW or Merc coupe just don't come close