Reply to: FIAT about to go bust

[norrahe]

My ancient Croma had a shedload of warning lights.

Sometimes they all used to illuminate.

Turning the engine off & restarting (usually) cured that though.

I've still got a set of brake pads in the garage that I bought coz the brake warning light came on after I drove through a flood... doh!

haven't had any problems with my FIAT (yet............)

[norrahe]

Beautiful, and in true Alfa style, if you look at the second picture down on the left you'll see there's a little red warning light lit up on the far right of the dashboard.

it's probably my car

[Mich the Tester]

http://www.autolusso.co.uk/images/gt/q2_montage.jpg

Beautiful, and in true Alfa style, if you look at the second picture down on the left you'll see there's a little red warning light lit up on the far right of the dashboard.

[norrahe]

Pictures?

Of the car, of course

http://www.autolusso.co.uk/images/gt/q2_montage.jpg

nice car shame it's only worth 50p and it's only a year old *sob*

[DaveB]

Than that makes me a lezzer then

Pictures?

Of the car, of course

[norrahe]

[QUOTE=
Driving an Alfa Romeo is like making love to a beautiful woman. She might complain when it’s cold, but she loves it when you put your foot down and show her who’s boss. Every few weeks her socialist brother arrives and waves a red flag, but in between you can enjoy the passion oozing from her pores. Bla bla bla[/QUOTE]

Than that makes me a lezzer then

[Mich the Tester]

Thanks, they're a bunch of hopeless muppets there, got it serviced and they managed to order the wrong parts.

I Suppose its one of the lvely quirks to go with owning an Alfa.

it's quite funny owing to the fact that not many people own GTs you get people flashing and waving at you if they drive past.

I’m in a Swiss Toni mood now.

Driving an Alfa Romeo is like making love to a beautiful woman. She might complain when it’s cold, but she loves it when you put your foot down and show her who’s boss. Every few weeks her socialist brother arrives and waves a red flag, but in between you can enjoy the passion oozing from her pores. Bla bla bla

[norrahe]

Just tell them to switch the light off and pull the wire out of the bleeper. That's what they did with my brake warning light when that refused to go out and as long as I checked the brakes now and again who cares? It's an Alfa; it's supposed to have warning lights on. Just imagine if it it's a BMW and you see a warning light; then something really is wrong and it costs a fortune to repair it.

Thanks, they're a bunch of hopeless muppets there, got it serviced and they managed to order the wrong parts.

I Suppose its one of the lvely quirks to go with owning an Alfa.

it's quite funny owing to the fact that not many people own GTs you get people flashing and waving at you if they drive past.

[Mich the Tester]

have a GT Q2, lovely to look at, a dream to drive, except for the bl**dy fog light warning which keeps bleeping and has been since i bought it last year.

brought it back to local alfa place and they have failed to fix the damned thing

Just tell them to switch the light off and pull the wire out of the bleeper. That's what they did with my brake warning light when that refused to go out and as long as I checked the brakes now and again who cares? It's an Alfa; it's supposed to have warning lights on. Just imagine if it it's a BMW and you see a warning light; then something really is wrong and it costs a fortune to repair it.

[norrahe]

All were problem free, except the Alfa, which I forgave all it’s problems because it was quite simply beautiful.

have a GT Q2, lovely to look at, a dream to drive, except for the bl**dy fog light warning which keeps bleeping and has been since i bought it last year.

brought it back to local alfa place and they have failed to fix the damned thing

[Mich the Tester]

Several.

The Croma was wonderful.

The Tempra was ok.

The Marea had an unnatural number of cylinders (5) and smoked like a WWII destroyer laying down smoke.

We’ve had 3 Lancias and 1 Alfa; 1 old ypsilon, 1 dedra, 1 new ypsilon and 1 Alfa Romeo 166.
All were problem free, except the Alfa, which I forgave all it’s problems because it was quite simply beautiful.

[norrahe]

it's more a case of if things get iffy they get bailed out.

though they have pulled things together significantly what with the standard of cars and marketing campaigns throughout Europe.

Also helps with the 0% finance deals on Fiats as well.

[Mich the Tester]

Well they're heavily funded by the Italian government.

Doesn't help that FIAT own Alfa Romeo and Ferrari

Are they? I was under the impression that they’ve just sold very well in the last couple of years. The Panda and 500 models have sold like hot cakes and the Lancia Ypsilon and Alfa 159 have done very well in continental Europe.

[Francko]

Well they were heavily funded by the Italian government.

Doesn't help that FIAT own Alfa Romeo and Ferrari

[norrahe]

Well they're heavily funded by the Italian government.

Doesn't help that FIAT own Alfa Romeo and Ferrari