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Alfa 156 Reliability

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  • 19-12-2006 6:17pm
    #1
    youthacademy
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭


    Hey,
    Am considering buying a 2000/2001 Alfa Romeo 156. Have been doing a bit of looking for them, so far what i've heard is great performance, poor reliability, i've heard the clutch isn't worth a sh*t in terms of lasting.
    Great fun to drive I hear!
    What are your opinions/experiences with this particular model?


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    crosstownk
    Registered Users Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    Oh dear - another Alfa reliability thread. Lets see how this twists and turns.

    My opinion - they are great cars to drive, but unfortunately are dogged by reliability issues. But thats not to say that every Alfa is unreliable and if you get a good one you won't be disappointed.
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    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Lock it - lock it now! :eek:

    Mike.


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    Anan1
    Registered Users Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    My mother bought a 2.0 new in 1998. It now has 120,000 miles up, has been completely reliable, and still drives pretty much like a new car. That said, the car has always been serviced by a specialist on a money-no-object basis. It's still on its original clutch.


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,454 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    bet you wish you were still a mod mike!


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    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Funnily enough - no! Glad to be free. :)

    Mike.


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,454 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    yeah, but it must've been great to be able to lock threads that have been covered a zillion times?


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    layke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,956 ✭✭✭layke


    colm_mcm wrote:
    bet you wish you were still a mod mike!

    You get four 'haha's' for that comment ;)

    As for he topic, well, never driven an Alpha, never been in one but judging from the threads I read staying clear of them seems to be the trend.

    What's the 06 models performance like in comparison, anyone?


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,454 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    layke wrote:
    You get four 'haha's' for that comment ;)

    real 'haha's' or fake ones?


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    SouperComputer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    Sorry, couldn't resist, I have WAY too mch time on my hands: Please search the forum!


    The topic comes up so much there is a plethora of info here.


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,454 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    SouperComputer wrote:
    I have WAY too mch time on my hands:

    It would appear so..

    nice one btw!


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    Lex Luthor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,220 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    I'm at 80,000 miles from new ('00 model). Still on original clutch.

    Cars are cheaper to buy but cost more than their rivals to maintain.

    All I will say is make sure the one you buy has a good service history, in particular, that the cambelt was changed every 40k miles on the dot, there or there abouts.

    As the others say, this one has been flogged to death so many times


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    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    OP: Use search. This has been covered a gazillion times before, almost weekly. As hinted by other posters on this thread already.


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    youthacademy
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭youthacademy


    hey sorry, didn't realize i was opening a can of worms, will jus use the search.
    Cheers,
    POD


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    snaps
    Registered Users Posts: 7,138 ✭✭✭snaps


    Im on my 3rd Alfa. Currently have a 156 lusso04 from brand new. Fantastic car. My last 2 I had no problems with either. My previous 1.4 146 done over 100,000 miles, just serviced with new tyres, exhaust etc. No major repairs.


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    want2play
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭want2play


    I have a 2001 156,1.8 Sportivo. The only thing that went wrong (so far anyway) is the alarm stopped unarming which cost €39 to recode, and I just changed a speedo bulb.

    Cam belt at 36K,Variator (except 1.6 model) and water pump while the belt is off.
    Front wishbones are weak.
    Some Twin sparks can consume oil so check levels every 7 - 10 days.
    Crap dealer network and labour prices are the biggest Alfa faults, and of course the fact that people that never owned one "know" they're unreliable.

    Its so much car for your money. Drive another car in the same class and it wont compare.


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    Eoin
    Registered Users Posts: 21,256 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    youthacademy wrote:
    hey sorry, didn't realize i was opening a can of worms, will jus use the search.
    Cheers,
    POD

    If you check out this sticky, there are a few links about half way down to some of the great Alfa debates on this forum.

    I just can't wait for the day that Alfa Romeo bring out an SUV with permanently on fog lights - that should make the forum interesting....


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