Hi Guys
Just sold my beloved Alfa Romeo for 3.0 X53, got it very cheap so out with the toolkit to fix the issues it came with....
Can it be as bad as an Alfa Romeo?????
Job number 1 Passenger window doesn't work and the door wont lock/unlock?
Regards Steve
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It shouldn't be as the metal moth has a tougher time eating an E53 than an Alfa. I remember the Alfa Sud from the 80's would become a pile of iron oxide in 18 months!
It shouldn't be as the metal moth has a tougher time eating an E53 than an Alfa. I remember the Alfa Sud from the 80's would become a pile of iron oxide in 18 months!
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Hi and welcome to the forum.
The X5 should be better but they can have their own traits, and although you have a door handle the front door ones can also play up, but there are how to's in the section that help, but regular maintenance really helps.
Graeme
The X5 should be better but they can have their own traits, and although you have a door handle the front door ones can also play up, but there are how to's in the section that help, but regular maintenance really helps.
Graeme
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Welcome,
Not a chance. I had a sud in the late 80@s . Woke up one morning thinking someone had stolen it. On closer inspection there was a brown patch and a steering wheel left on the drive. It had rained that night and I came to the conclusion that it had dissolved. Im just pleased I never hit anything in it.
You will find yr BMW much hardier.
Not a chance. I had a sud in the late 80@s . Woke up one morning thinking someone had stolen it. On closer inspection there was a brown patch and a steering wheel left on the drive. It had rained that night and I came to the conclusion that it had dissolved. Im just pleased I never hit anything in it.
You will find yr BMW much hardier.
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Welcome,
Funny how old reputations stick - even from 70' & 80's.
Lancia's eventual departure no doubt not helped by the beta rust stories decades ago.
On honesty I can't recall the last time I saw a rusty Alfa.
Funny how old reputations stick - even from 70' & 80's.
Lancia's eventual departure no doubt not helped by the beta rust stories decades ago.
On honesty I can't recall the last time I saw a rusty Alfa.
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If you have ever owned one of these italian cars made out of recycled bake beans tins, youd realise just how bad they were.
We loved them but they were proper rust buckets. I had a sud, and a GTV6 for a while. Both utter rot boxes. Then I had a lancia Y10 as a station car .
You don't see any rusty ones any more as they have all dissolved. Once they started making non dissolving cars they then cut corners somwhere because they still leak and by having dodgy electrics .
Another case of great idea , poor execution.
We loved them but they were proper rust buckets. I had a sud, and a GTV6 for a while. Both utter rot boxes. Then I had a lancia Y10 as a station car .
You don't see any rusty ones any more as they have all dissolved. Once they started making non dissolving cars they then cut corners somwhere because they still leak and by having dodgy electrics .
Another case of great idea , poor execution.
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Agreed...the point I make is that many wrongly associate modern Alfas with rust.
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Thanks for the warm welcome guys.
Don't let that Italian charm fool you, I think my GT was undersealed on a Friday afternoon!!
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Don't let that Italian charm fool you, I think my GT was undersealed on a Friday afternoon!!
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