A few pictures of my 156

Cyrus

For anyone that may be interested

replaced orange indicators in first pic with some clear ones, gave her a good polish and wash today, piccies taken on my se k750i!!

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Anti alfa comments keep to yourself

ds20prefecture

Nice car. What year? The mock wood trim brings be right back to my 2.0

weemcd

pardon my ignorance but how do you open the back doors on them yokes?

Cyrus

its 99 with 52000 on the clock, wast too keen on the wood but its grown on me

Cyrus

oh nad back door handles built into the window trim kinda!!

weemcd

ah spotted them now. you learn sometin new every day!

nice motor

Guy:Incognito

Cyrus wrote:

oh nad back door handles built into the window trim kinda!!

Its to make it look like a coupe.

Silvera

Really nice car Cyrus!
Best of luck with her.

I'm currently looking at cars from 99-02 and would be sorely tempted by a 156 except that........ oh sorry, no anti-alfa comments

Cyrus

ive had her since february now just never got to put piccies up

cheers for the nice comments lads

TerrorFirmer

Nice looking car.

Silvera

P.S. - fit a new tax/ins disc holder to really finish her off.
Details count ya know

Happy Motoring!
Silvera.

528i

Give it time.. and that wallet will be bulging with repair bills rather than flash cash buddy

piccies taken on my se k750i!!

new mule kwacker in testing :eek:

unkel

Nice one Cyrus - happy motoring

Saw a brand new 156 today and it still looks the biz, an astonishing 8 years after its introduction in 1997

Cyrus

@ silvera thats a good idea ,y ins/tax thing is fecked

@528i, its my first car and didnt cost the earth, im not expecting to keep it more than a year i get a big salary hike in november, in the new year gonna try get a 190bhp celica

and whats a mule kwacker? :cool:

Cheers unkel

bazz26

Here is the new 159 by the way which goes on sale in October.

bmoferrall

bazz26 wrote:

Here is the new 159 by the way which goes on sale in October.

Still a good looking car but I don't think it improves on the 156 - the nose is too fussy and too prominent for my taste (as someone pointed out elsewhere it looks like the car swallowed a wasp )

@Cyrus
Lovely looking car, esp. with those alloys.
Kind of shows that the 156 doesn't need any bits (side skirts, spoilers, etc.) tacked on to improve it.
I see you've got rid of the 'lexus-style' rear lights (good move to be honest).

ds20prefecture

Cyrus wrote:

its 99 with 52000 on the clock, wast too keen on the wood but its grown on me

I would have been wary of mileage that low on a 6 y.o. car, but it looks genuine - the drivers seat wears quickly on high mileage cloth cars. My brother had a '98 1.8 with leather. Interior was as-new when he sold it with 98k on the clock, despite having 2 children.

The pain in the ass with the wood is that the veneer comes off the gear lever (if you're married)

Any problems to date? Have you had the timing belt replaced? Most of my services were done in Grandon's in Cork - they're the importer for Alfa in Ireland. I also used Alasta Autos with some success, but they can be pricey. There are non-dealer specialists, Ti autos I think is one of them.

Good luck with it.

Cyrus

@ bmoferral i think you're mistaking mine with clownmans he has the lexus lights, not really my thing to be honest im more of a subtle look man myself

@ds20 it was a second car owned by an older couple i think the lady literally drove it to work every day (20 mile round trip) and that was it, the interior really is like new

no problems as such yet, the only one thing is that im not 100% happy with the cars handling but im almost 100% sure its due to the rubbish tyres i have (when i saw handling i dont mean im hammering it its just a bit twitchy in a straight line at say 120km/h)

Timing belt was done at 45000 miles, i had her serviced at 51500 by Gerry @ Ti just for peace of mind, he reckins she is running perfectly!

bmoferrall

Cyrus wrote:

@ bmoferral i think you're mistaking mine with clownmans he has the lexus lights, not really my thing to be honest im more of a subtle look man myself

Oops!

The Clown Man

OI!

As I said, they grow on you. I didn't like them either but everyone else does.

People who don't know the car think it suits - it does blend well. But people who do know the car and esp own the car are used to/ like thier own blocky red yokes.


Good move on the side repeaters though. BM did you ever get them for yours?


And dont mind the wallet comments - mine is still going very strong at 95k miles. Hasn't given be a bother in 1 and 1/2 years. And that's from 69k when I bought it from a fleet management company.

Eoin

good job Cyrus - I like the wheels a lot.

@bmoferrall, the standard side skirts actually look good on the alfa 156, they blend in very well and don't look tacky at all - check out the pics of mine in my sig.

bmoferrall

The Clown Man wrote:

OI!

Good move on the side repeaters though. BM did you ever get them for yours?

Not yet. I didn't want to change the car while it was for sale - maybe in the future.
I might raid the piggy bank later in the year for some mild performance mods though (suspension kit, lsd, sport air filter, Carbon fibre intake, maybe even a ecu upgrade) courtesy of AutoDelta London. A fellow GTA owner has had all this and more fitted to his car and claims it completely transforms it (I hope to get a passenger ride in his car around Mondello soon to confirm this).
(I will only do this if I decide to keep the car long term.)

bmoferrall

eoin_s wrote:

@bmoferrall, the standard side skirts actually look good on the alfa 156, they blend in very well and don't look tacky at all - check out the pics of mine in my sig.

I agree eoin (I guess the word 'tacked' was ill-chosen). I had them on my last 156 and swore by them at the time.
My point was really that the 156 in original form looks great anyway.

Cyrus

i think the skirts look great myself and really do a lot for the car, however its not worth the extra expense to me, im delighted with the wheels nice to have something a little bit different

altho id like clownmans 18" tooras better

dceire

bazz26 wrote:

Here is the new 159 by the way which goes on sale in October.

The front grill gives it an angry at the world look I love it but I still prefect the new 147 or 149 whatever its called, guess what my screensaver is(because I could never afford one)