• Anyone on here ever owned an Alfa 147?

    I'm in the market for a cheapish medium sized car with a bit of poke and been eyeing up some of the later facelift models. They're far more appealing to me than the alternative ford focus, vauxhall astra type school run boxes on offer within my budget. I'm well aware of thier reputation for having shitty electrics and being generally Italian in terms of build quality, but are they actually that terrible in reality?
    Going to view a couple this week is there anything I should look out for?

  • Make sure you drive a few if you're going for a petrol. So many of the variable valve timing cylinder things are fucked you wont realise until you drive a good one and it's got twice as much torque.

  • Oh right, I wasn't actually aware they had VVT. Would this be more noticable at the top end?

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