The 156 :-)

Judging by the kind of people who drive escorts near here they should read SCROTES

"And that's all I have to say about that."

Peter

You hear that small, quiet ticking spound when you stop? That's Death Watch Tinworm that is.

ITYM "wood", HTH.

used to be a bright yellow cossie round chelmsford area in essex with 'sorted' on the back, mind you it did look and sound a bit sorted to me :) in a good way

actually it was more caps lock and shift FUCK WIT! that was shift mind :)

Steering wheel and gearknob seem to be the real thing. Bit on the dash is plastic.

It's 'Lusso' spec, and is a *very* nice place to be.

You should know better.

I'd be *very* surprised if a 156 rusted within 15 years.

After that, who knows, as just about *everything* will rust, given time.

Subaru are the new Alfa.

Seriously, I found rust spots on the roof of the '99 Outback today.

I'm considering a "Subaru are seriously over-rated now" website. Typical sodding GM.

Richard

That ringing, it's your leg.

Well, I actually love the 156 and prefer it to the BMW 3-series by a mile, even if the Alfa drives the wrong wheels. However, it's the only modern car that I've ever had that the exhaust fell off. That was on a car with about 300km on the clock.

So much as I'd love to own an Alfa again, I won't be ordering anythign other than Ford products for the forseeable future. But I'm fairly determined the next will be either a Mustang or the V8 Triton Explorer.

i'd rather have an alfa to any ford when it comes to things braking, something falling off is fair enough but fords go wrong is a lot more costly ways!

Saw a new Mustang tonight. A yellow one. Followed 2 mins late by a 60's convertible one.

It was awesome times :)

Sigh nice, I actually want a silver one. Not strictly true, I want a red one, but the last red car I had got stopped over and over again by plod. Traffic snooker. Never been stopped in any of the current cars (all silver) and I drive them faster than the red one.

I'll say, I want a 67 fastback or a new one.

Bullshit. I've run a number of Fords, from 1.25 up to 4.2 supercharged V8. Nothing has ever broken on them.

They're not stylish, they're not pretty, but they ride well, handle well and they are well built. Second only to Toyota in the JD Power at one time. The Detroit motors are as solid as rocks.

Thank you, kind Sir! :-)

Been following the goings-on with great interest for a few months now... from the other side of the North Sea, so please excuse the spelling/grammar.

Espen

...while waiting for a tow truck.

Fraser

You aren't the only occasional continental contributor, and you are more than welcome here.

We don't bite unless, a)we know you and you spout s**te, out of character. b)You come blustering about you car and spouting s**te.

There have been a few. They either don't stay long, or grow up, have fun and get busted for speeding (he knows who he is). :)

pmsl