« Reply #36 on: 23 May 2010, 11:55 »
As usual I'm going to back Snoopy on this one. The mk1 was engineered, the mk6 is manufactured.
I'm not going to stick my neck out and say that the mk1 was better though. The early ones were rust buckets and the one I had was the most unreliable car I ever had. In fact it blew it's head gasket on my effing wedding day!
If they still made a mk1 with a galvanised shell and a 2.0 150bhp engine, power steering (sorry Snoops I hated the unasisted steering as I have no muscles) I'd get that over the eurobox mk6 in a flash.
BTW I have found a cure for the godawful throttle on the mk6 (and mk5 for that matter as it's not much better). It cost me £100 plus VAT though and makes the car a little jerky at times. However you can move off on a sniff of throttle and you don't have to stretch your leg 2 foot to get full acceleration.
And it has a neat little switch that enables you to power it off in traffic if it's gets a bit too jerky.
It's called a Sprintbooster. Hideously overpriced for what it is but I found it necessary.
Quick edit: I don't agree about the Alfas though. I find most modern Alphas fugly. I think it's the funny grille that does it mostly. Not as fugly as BMWs though.
« Last Edit: 23 May 2010, 12:00 by Exonian »
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