BYRON
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Registered: 1st Jun 04
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I had two consecutively at launch from Alfa. I really liked the styling and specification, and i enjoyed my time with them.
The reliability piece is dated now - if you look hard enough and speak to enough people you can find issues on anything and everything. The pre-shipping delivery inspection was poor historically but rigorous steps were introduced to improve the whole experience for the end user. That said, as a fleet/leasing industry - the maintenance budgets are sometimes penal and the residual values perform in line with similar product.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Bloody lovely looking cars, is have one.
EGR faults are common on any car that has one fitted, BMWs suffer swirl flap faults too, none of that is a shocker on this era diesel.
Shaun: DPF removal is now an MOT fail 
Do these ones have the tasty big brakes too?
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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Originally posted by pow
Nothing wrong with the relibility of an Alfa these days
Did you not post up on your classified ad that your MX5 had been more reliable than your Alfa 
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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That's probably to do with the fact that MX5s simply do not break
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pow
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quote:
Originally posted by Andrew
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Originally posted by pow
Nothing wrong with the relibility of an Alfa these days
Did you not post up on your classified ad that your MX5 had been more reliable than your Alfa
Yeah, but the Alfa has never stopped me from driving it. It had a few teething problems but all sorted under warranty.
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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Originally posted by shaunmods
My dads got one these. To be honest its been the most unreliable car we've had in a long time  Constant problems with the EGR valve have been the main issue. We recently had a problem with the swirl valves which meant it had to have a new inlet which was cost a small fortune to fix. The semi automatic shift has also broken!
Having said that they are nice cars to drive, my dad had his remapped + DPF removed and it certainly doesn't hang about!
Update: Its currently being recovered from Bristol back to Birmingham after a high pressure fuel pipe split  
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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