Alfa 156 strange problem

kyote00

Something must be wrong, I have an '99 Alfa 156 which has 120k miles but

nothing has ever gone wrong with it, even in this cold spell, its starts and runs fine, the doors work fine

what could be wrong ? I've checked the badge on the back and its definately Alfa 156

peasant

You do know that you've jinxed it now?

alfarocks

Ah jayus sorry to hear it, hopefully a scrapage scheme turns up somewhere so you can offload that nasty reliable yoke

Anan1

Serves you right for looking after it.;)

samhail

have you looked under the passenger seat. i think thats the problem.

alfa's ftw.

Lex Luthor

timing belt to throw itself tomorrow...sorry to hear that...:P

kyote00

spoke too soon .... I "had" to fill the windscreen washer bottle this morning...

damn Alfa ....do you think I could get a refund for this fault...

robtri

sorry I can't believe that this is an Alfa....
this has to be trolling!!!!!!!!!!!!! an alfa isn't that reliable:rolleyes:

siralfalot

ROFPMSL! :cool:

funny you should mention it, I have actually had to do the first bit of work on my car (besides regular servicing) in 20k miles this week, inner driveshaft and boot were worn on the passenger side, and it too has 120,000 miles on the clock, not bad me thinks

I do love my wee Alfa :cool:

Owen

Well, you're a lucky man then, I had one for about 3 months and it had every electrical glitch known to man. My personal favourite being if you reached 60mph, about one in 3 times the entire dashboard cluster would shut down. Speedo, Tacho, Fuel Gauge, Backlights, you name it. Meant that you'd always end up driving at 55 just to be sure.

mickdw

kyote00 wrote: »

Something must be wrong, I have an '99 Alfa 156 which has 120k miles but

nothing has ever gone wrong with it, even in this cold spell, its starts and runs fine, the doors work fine

what could be wrong ? I've checked the badge on the back and its definately Alfa 156

You obviously got a faulty one. Id give it back:D

siralfalot

ned78 wrote: »

Well, you're a lucky man then, I had one for about 3 months and it had every electrical glitch known to man. My personal favourite being if you reached 60mph, about one in 3 times the entire dashboard cluster would shut down. Speedo, Tacho, Fuel Gauge, Backlights, you name it. Meant that you'd always end up driving at 55 just to be sure.

aha!! the special "Gay Byrne" edition, very rare, it was only trying to keep you safe by keeping your speed down!! :P:D

3ps

alfa appreciation time:

sunshinediver

kyote00 wrote: »

Something must be wrong, I have an '99 Alfa 156 which has 120k miles but

nothing has ever gone wrong with it, even in this cold spell, its starts and runs fine, the doors work fine

what could be wrong ? I've checked the badge on the back and its definately Alfa 156

I think you should buy a ticket for the euromillions tonight..

the beerhunter

the protective plastic thingy on the front badge of my '00 156 came off a while back so now the colour on it is fading. next time a meet an italian i'm going to give 'em a dig to show i'm unimpressed with the standard of their engineering.

galwaytt

siralfalot wrote: »

...ah bollix........you've just underlined now why I really need to shift my 9-3 Combi Sport.......I have the right engine.......it's just in the wrong car.....:D