Come on lads!!! (and lasses)

GT wrote:
> "Catman" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> GT wrote:
>>> "Jim" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> I'm missing reading about the Alfa stories/problems.......where have all
>>>> the posts gone??
>>>>
>>>> Should I be looking elsewhere? Has the action moved on??
>>>>
>>>> J
>>> Just put a new tyre on the front today (£58 for H instead of £100+ for V)
>>> and the exhaust is blowing. Local garage says the flexible part of the
>>> exhaust is not an 'orderable' part, so he can use something similar and
>>> weld it on to the existing pipes. £258 with labour. I need the flexible
>>> part in the middle and the back box part replacing. Front bit + cat seems
>>> OK.
>>>
>>> Anyone got a price comparissons for me? Is the 2.0 JTS exhaust system the
>>> same as the TS 2.0 ??
>> That seems massively expensive. Try bodyshopwarehouse.co.uk
>
> They don't have the 156 listed with the JTS engine - only TSparks. And for
> the 2.0 TSpark (which I don't have), they don't seem to have the flexihose
> part that has gone on my exhaust. This part seems to be a dealer only
> orderable part.

Madness. It's a flexible tube FFS!

>
>> Or F1
>
> Not sure which website you mean - the F1 breakers or somewhere else?
>
>
http://www.f1autocentres.co.uk/index.asp

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"Catman" > wrote in message
. ..
> GT wrote:
>> "Catman" > wrote in message
>> .. .
>>> GT wrote:
>>>> "Jim" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> I'm missing reading about the Alfa stories/problems.......where have
>>>>> all the posts gone??
>>>>>
>>>>> Should I be looking elsewhere? Has the action moved on??
>>>>>
>>>>> J
>>>> Just put a new tyre on the front today (£58 for H instead of £100+ for
>>>> V) and the exhaust is blowing. Local garage says the flexible part of
>>>> the exhaust is not an 'orderable' part, so he can use something similar
>>>> and weld it on to the existing pipes. £258 with labour. I need the
>>>> flexible part in the middle and the back box part replacing. Front bit
>>>> + cat seems OK.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone got a price comparissons for me? Is the 2.0 JTS exhaust system
>>>> the same as the TS 2.0 ??
>>> That seems massively expensive. Try bodyshopwarehouse.co.uk
>>
>> They don't have the 156 listed with the JTS engine - only TSparks. And
>> for the 2.0 TSpark (which I don't have), they don't seem to have the
>> flexihose part that has gone on my exhaust. This part seems to be a
>> dealer only orderable part.
>
> Madness. It's a flexible tube FFS!

I know - the local garage can fit a similar part, but it will need to be cut
and welded! The alfa garage will charge over £500 for the 'real' part.

>>> Or F1
>>
>> Not sure which website you mean - the F1 breakers or somewhere else?
> http://www.f1autocentres.co.uk/index.asp

Ah - it would seem that my nearest dealer is Doncaster - a good 6 hours
drive away!

GT wrote:
> "Catman" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> GT wrote:
>>> "Catman" > wrote in message
>>> .. .
>>>> GT wrote:
>>>>> "Jim" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> I'm missing reading about the Alfa stories/problems.......where have
>>>>>> all the posts gone??
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Should I be looking elsewhere? Has the action moved on??
>>>>>>
>>>>>> J
>>>>> Just put a new tyre on the front today (£58 for H instead of £100+ for
>>>>> V) and the exhaust is blowing. Local garage says the flexible part of
>>>>> the exhaust is not an 'orderable' part, so he can use something similar
>>>>> and weld it on to the existing pipes. £258 with labour. I need the
>>>>> flexible part in the middle and the back box part replacing. Front bit
>>>>> + cat seems OK.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone got a price comparissons for me? Is the 2.0 JTS exhaust system
>>>>> the same as the TS 2.0 ??
>>>> That seems massively expensive. Try bodyshopwarehouse.co.uk
>>> They don't have the 156 listed with the JTS engine - only TSparks. And
>>> for the 2.0 TSpark (which I don't have), they don't seem to have the
>>> flexihose part that has gone on my exhaust. This part seems to be a
>>> dealer only orderable part.
>> Madness. It's a flexible tube FFS!
>
> I know - the local garage can fit a similar part, but it will need to be cut
> and welded! The alfa garage will charge over £500 for the 'real' part.
>
>>>> Or F1
>>> Not sure which website you mean - the F1 breakers or somewhere else?
>> http://www.f1autocentres.co.uk/index.asp
>
> Ah - it would seem that my nearest dealer is Doncaster - a good 6 hours
> drive away!
>
>

Ouch

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Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156 V6 2.5 S2
Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk