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Feels like an itch that needs to be scratched, I've always loved the look of the 156 and always fancied a 2.4 JTD - and would suit me best in Sportwagon form. Currently using a 320d which never breaks down, nor ever had a fault in over 50k miles. Am I mad to consider one!? I have a beady eye on...

My 2002 156 2.0jts... Don't know if the TSparks do this, or if anyone else has even noticed this, but I can 'hear' when the oil is low: I get a whining noise just as the oil level falls below the dipstick - it usually needs a pint or so and the whine goes away. It has always done this from new,...

Just flicking through Auto Italia, which arrived this morning. Looks very nice in metallic red with pimp-tints. I'd love a QV, but I can see us settling for the 170bhp 1.4 Multi-Air Turbo in Lusso spec in around, erm, 2014.... Seriously good looking car - the front end looks right on the red...

OK, I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but the 156 (facelift) has a blown front right/offside/drivers side bulb, and just to add to the fun, the same front right/offside/drivers side indicator bulb has also gone AWOL. Had a quick look-see tonight, in between hail/monsoon showers, and...

Right, this is starting to get to me! I realise it isn't a big deal compared to some things that can happen to Alfa owners but it's got my goat. The washers on my 156 are, and always were, shocking. If you aim the jets where you would really prefer the water on the screen the wiper blade is in...

Doesn't look *too* bad compared with the opposition. In fact, it looks very strong compared with Ford and VW. Can someone explain why the hell my company wants to fob us off with nearly £20k worth of Focus 'Econetic', when you can get a Giulietta 1.6JTD Lusso for around a grand less? (The...

If it has been raining, it is not wise to open the driver's window, so one might wave to one's wife just prior to making a left hander. All the water *will* slide off the roof and into the car. DAMHIKIJDOK -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright...

Prius was pranged by a clumsy van driver a few weeks back, so that's in to be repaired this week. The Cinquecento track slag is currently away undergoing the transformation from shopping trolley to said track slag. Which left me with the 75. Got it out on Saturday, washed / polished / twiddled...

This group's gone a bit quiet ! Anyone going to Santa Pod for The Main Event (feel the noise !!). Dave S.... (about to use new barbie for the 1st time - wish me luck).

Slightly OT, but here goes : my son has lost the radio code for his Ford KA. If you lose the radio code, is it reasonable for a dealer to charge £30 to obtain it for you ? I would have thought it's a quick query on a computerised database - £5 to charity would be a fair charge. Dave S... 156...

.... and more people should post good things here. Any more track day photos or happy stories???

2002 156 2.0JTS + oil levels: We all know that Alfas use oil. When my oil starts to get low I can hear a difference in the engine noise and in the past I have always topped up the oil immediately. Only once in 8 years has the computer's oil low message beeped at me. I stopped within 200 yards...

On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:59:27 +0100, Catman > wrote: >Your camera is screwed though :( You mean a Cinq doesn't sound like that normally?!! ;-) I like that the compression has turned the dash to jelly..unless that comes as standard from Fiat!

Catman > wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqSkwEmBdik > > > > Don't know what happened to the sound, though! > > > > To *me* that looks like nice laps. Not that I'm really qualified to judge, > > Your camera is screwed though :(

http://www.alfacentenary.co.uk/ Should keep us going for a while :) -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.

Alpha romeo rules big time

From LL **** Despite teetering around 100,000 global sales last year, Alfa Romeo’s CEO says that he intends for the heritage-laced Italian brand to sell 500,000 cars annually by 2014. “In the past you have heard several times Alfa promising such growth figures, but this time we have the right...

I just tried out the above website to get a price for the 156. Its a 2.0JTS 2002 in good condition (apart from the rear bumper). Eight Hundred and Thirty Five Pounds only. £835. I laughed out loud, then closed the browser!

From AB Connoisseurs of historic Alfa Romeos – which seem to be coming out of the woodwork now that the firm is celebrating its 100th anniversary – will recall that the original Giulietta came in a number of variants. A hatchback like the reincarnated model wasn't one of them, however. The first...

From AW ***** It hasn't been sold in the United States for the better part of two decades. Its last Grand Prix victory was in the early 1950s. The reliability of some of its cars can be charitably defined as iffy. But it has a history second to none. Today, Italian automaker Alfa Romeo celebrates...