Car advert pet hates

[Swampy1982]

"Future classic"

"Just needs a xxxx only £25"

"Aircon just needs a regas"

[Ole gits rule]

Anyone considering paying £10k for that car won't have the faculties to know (or care ) if its a LE or not
Woeful build quality , handling to match a Grimbsy trawler & a 180bhp 4 cyl 2.0 that struggles to take the skin off a rice pudding

Trust me there are loads out there - just look at the zed adverts stating Msport and then when you look they are an SE (nothing wrong with an SE by the way) - it just frustrates me that it looks like people are trying to sell. quicker or at a higher price to someone who is not doing there homework

The build quality is actually pretty good on those, I have had two, however, the 2.0l is actually a 2.2 and its not the quickest or most economical - the car is about cruising not racing for certain

I too was wooed once by the looks of the Brera & that was the 2.2 jts , lovely cabin let down by poor build ( by comparsion to Germanic standards) .
To drive it never felt anything other than lethargic & coupled with random fault lights that came & went i had zero confidence or desire to drive it any further than i was capable of walking home it was back on AT as soon as i received the logbook in my name , total Alfa ownership was around 3 weeks & i waved it off with a smile & a sense of relief

I have had 4 alfas and no real problem with any of them, the 2.2 is not a great engineer for certain but as I said its about looking good rather than racing around.

I would have another 2.2 LE spider but I have gown to like the zed - was always one of my favourite cars before I bought

[Pondrew]

"Future classic"

Or the latest trend; "investment car"

[Zedebee]

Trust me there are loads out there - just look at the zed adverts stating Msport and then when you look they are an SE (nothing wrong with an SE by the way) - it just frustrates me that it looks like people are trying to sell. quicker or at a higher price to someone who is not doing there homework

The build quality is actually pretty good on those, I have had two, however, the 2.0l is actually a 2.2 and its not the quickest or most economical - the car is about cruising not racing for certain

I too was wooed once by the looks of the Brera & that was the 2.2 jts , lovely cabin let down by poor build ( by comparsion to Germanic standards) .
To drive it never felt anything other than lethargic & coupled with random fault lights that came & went i had zero confidence or desire to drive it any further than i was capable of walking home it was back on AT as soon as i received the logbook in my name , total Alfa ownership was around 3 weeks & i waved it off with a smile & a sense of relief

I have had 4 alfas and no real problem with any of them, the 2.2 is not a great engineer for certain but as I said its about looking good rather than racing around.

I would have another 2.2 LE spider but I have gown to like the zed - was always one of my favourite cars before I bought

Fortunately, Alfa build quality was so bad that they tended to fall apart when you drove into something, as happened to me (in the passenger seat) in this Cloverleaf 164.

Good job really, if it had stayed in one piece, I’d certainly have been a goner.

[Ole gits rule]

Thats bloody bad - hopefully I would never have to experience that - cant imagine they would get away with it now based on Euro N cap rating system