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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 -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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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 -- To reply directly replace 'nospam' with 'schmetterling' --- "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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