reliability and daliy driver

keastygtir

keastygtir

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I have used mine everyday for 5 years now. Its been ok apart from a few incidents but generaly anything that was going to go gave me some warning before it actually died.

Petrol is the biggest problem but I am taking it off the road for a while to fuss over it a bit more. The only thing I suppose is that it feels a bit less special when you drive it all the time
 
bensmith907

bensmith907

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chrisyleigh said:
So there still a few that are daily drivers then which seams good , and bensmith why did your engine give up? Do you think going to ring had anything to do with it ?
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Dont think so- I went to the ring in july but have only had problems since last month.

I fitted an uprated ECU without getting it Dyno'd- the results are yet to be diagnosed (engine is coming off a week monday) but it looks like I burned out the piston rings from poor fueling.
 
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Garef

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keastygtir said:
I have used mine everyday for 5 years now. Its been ok apart from a few incidents but generaly anything that was going to go gave me some warning before it actually died.

Petrol is the biggest problem but I am taking it off the road for a while to fuss over it a bit more. The only thing I suppose is that it feels a bit less special when you drive it all the time
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A bit less special, how dare you say such a thing!!!! ;-)

I agree though, half of the fun of owning and R is repairing it yourself.
 
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beau

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mine was my daily runner for about 3 months, but mine has lightweight bucket seats with minimal padding and stripped out/caged with side exit exhaust, id had enough of getting up at 7.30am and driving to work in it lol, so now have an alfa romeo 147 as my car and keeping the pulsar as my toy, it is used as often/not often as i choose depending where im going.
 
red reading

red reading

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beau said:
mine was my daily runner for about 3 months, but mine has lightweight bucket seats with minimal padding and stripped out/caged with side exit exhaust, id had enough of getting up at 7.30am and driving to work in it lol, so now have an alfa romeo 147 as my car and keeping the pulsar as my toy, it is used as often/not often as i choose depending where im going.
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You'll spend more time fixing the alfa than the gtir! italians and electrical item's are things that never work together.
 
red reading

red reading

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you must be the first alfa owner in the world that has'nt had electrical gremlins then!!

fiats are normally ok have owned a few myself (later model ones)
 
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beau

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im not bloody turning this into a discussion on alfas electrics lol, just like the saying of fiat/alfas rust- they do not rust, and have not rust for like 15 yrs+, in my experiance iv never had or known of electrical problems on an alfa, its always peugeot (inc citroen saxo) or renault
 
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red reading

red reading

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And i have reparied 2 that my mates had recentley and a 3rd took his back to the dealer after 3 months because everything electrical that could go wrong did! mind "Top gear " did say your not a true petrol head till you have suffered with and alfa, don't get me wrong they are pretty cars that handle and go well.............just typical italian with electrical bit's
 
red reading

red reading

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beau said:
im not bloody turning this into a discussion on alfas electrics lol, just like the saying of fiat/alfas rust- they do not rust, and have not rust for like 15 yrs+, in my experiance iv never had or known of electrical problems on an alfa, its always peugeot (inc citroen saxo) or renault
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your right the rust thing is bollocks on fiats and alfas that was cars from the earley eighties that were aggro (fiat strada,127,131 and alfa sud's were the main ones).

if you don't have leccy probs then lucky you your one of few.
 
PobodY

PobodY

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red reading said:
nope, they don't rust but the electrics are still shite!
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I know a couple of people who've said similar things; one had an Alfa as the company car a couple of years ago now... when they returned it, they walked away as a puddle of its oil got bigger underneath it. - They loved driving it, but it did ultimately let go.
 
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t16coupe

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i dont use mine as a daliy but take it out most days for a drive this past year and the only problem as been the dump valve blowing out the hose
 
warpspeed

warpspeed

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i had a alfa 164 v6 as a daily driver for 2 years, didn't rust, all the electrics worked! drivers side shock absorber spring seat collapsed turning into a bend at 90mph, that was fun! but what finally killed it was the the diff crying enough and shitting itself, a common fault apparently.
I don't know what it's like to have a GTIR as i daily driver, hopefully i will find out when i eventually get the car built!
 
red reading

red reading

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By the time you have finished yours there won't be any alfa's or other gtir's left and everyone will be in hover cars...lol
 
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