>> I simply couldn't understand my neighbour's purchase after we drove those examples, but then he'd set his heart on a 147 so it was done deal.
Proof of pudding Woodster... does he like it now he's got it, or does he wish he'd listened to you?
Of course a car's a car, never mind the badge... I've had many arguments with people here and in the other place, notably about Skoda Estelles which I thought were terrific, as well as remarkably cheap second hand, for what they were. And Alfas have never been the same since they went FWD. You should hear my old buddy the Bug on the subject... he used to have a 2000 convertible, not quick but very glamorous, in a special subtle pinkish off-white colour done for its original owner, a Maharajah.
Nevertheless I do quite like this 147, without imagining that it's all that special. But it has a bit of rel Alfa clinging to it I think. What I'd quite like as a daily driver is a 166 V6. I'm an old geezer now.
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