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Old July 2nd 12, 03:08 PM posted to alt.autos,alt.autos.acura,alt.autos.audi,alt.autos.bmw,alt.autos.cadillac
Scott Dorsey
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R. Mark Clayton > wrote:
>"DAS" > wrote in message
>> When I was living in Brussels in 1979 I recollect having an acquaitance
>> with al Alfasud. He really like it but admitted to plenty of rust. In
>> those days there used to be jokes about Alfas coming off the assembly line
>> already rusting.
>>
>> However, I suspect/hop those days are long gone. Now one can buy
>> Fiat/Alfa with more confidence....

>
>Well a LITTLE more confidence.


They are surely more reliable than they were in the seventies, but by the
same token they are less fun as well.

In the seventies, there was a very dramatic difference in the quality of
metal used. Stuff that would rust solid on American cars would be clean
and solid on a BMW treated the same way. By the same token, stuff that
was clean and solid on American cars would rust and fall off on Fiats and MGs.

I think the quality of metals today is a lot more consistent than it used
to be, and this has helped guys like Fiat and Alfa a whole lot. It's harder
to get really crappy metal than it used to be... these days you have to go
to China for it.
--scott
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Old July 2nd 12, 05:48 PM posted to alt.autos,alt.autos.acura,alt.autos.audi,alt.autos.bmw,alt.autos.cadillac
DAS[_2_]
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It is also the extent and quality of the coating of the sheet metal.

I don't know current situation but for a while in the UK Alfa was giving
comprehensive 3-year guarantees. Thus in those 3 years you did not have to
worry about rust.

DAS
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"Scott Dorsey" > wrote in message
...
> R. Mark Clayton > wrote:
>>"DAS" > wrote in message
>>> When I was living in Brussels in 1979 I recollect having an acquaitance
>>> with al Alfasud. He really like it but admitted to plenty of rust. In
>>> those days there used to be jokes about Alfas coming off the assembly
>>> line
>>> already rusting.
>>>
>>> However, I suspect/hop those days are long gone. Now one can buy
>>> Fiat/Alfa with more confidence....

>>
>>Well a LITTLE more confidence.

>
> They are surely more reliable than they were in the seventies, but by the
> same token they are less fun as well.
>
> In the seventies, there was a very dramatic difference in the quality of
> metal used. Stuff that would rust solid on American cars would be clean
> and solid on a BMW treated the same way. By the same token, stuff that
> was clean and solid on American cars would rust and fall off on Fiats and
> MGs.
>
> I think the quality of metals today is a lot more consistent than it used
> to be, and this has helped guys like Fiat and Alfa a whole lot. It's
> harder
> to get really crappy metal than it used to be... these days you have to go
> to China for it.
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."



 




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