Years ago I had a Fiat X1/9, the dealer also handled
Alfa Romeo and Maserati.
Italian cars are fickle and fragile. Parts wear out
and break easily. The window handles on my Fiat all
broke off on the first frosty morning when the windows
froze closed. The engine compartment cover was
carefully designed to deposit water directly on the
distributor. The stitching on the seats all failed at
the same time  leaving the component parts floating on
the seats. Parts cost a FORTUNE and if not in stock
take a long time to get. Mechanics and parts are hard
to find, if you can find them at all. A large
percentage of the Alfa is Fiat parts.
Now buy it and weep...

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> Date:    Fri, 9 Jun 2006 22:49:21 -0500
> From:    Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET>
> Subject: alfa romeo (friday friday friday)
>
> Evening ladies and gents,
>
> My good friend has suddenly fallen in love with a
> 1990 Alfa Romeo
> convertible (Spider I think is the model).  65,000
> miles.  I did a
> little googling but didn't come up with a whole lot
> of information.
> Does anybody have any experience, maintenance wise
> etc. with this
> model?  I feel partly responsible as I dragged him
> over to see it so
> i don't want him to get in over his head.
>
> Thanks as always
> Jeff
>
> 85 Westfalia GL (with great new springs from
> Busdepot)
>
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>
> End of vanagon Digest - 9 Jun 2006 (#2006-484)
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