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Dream Alfa



My dream Alfa was the 164.And i got it..
Other than that?I'll tell you a small story:
Alfa were always known as exciting but having this or that problem.My boss,as I was working for Alfa, told me about a Turbodelta (i think it was an Alfeta Turbodelta but the corect name may be slightly different).
Someone had bought a brand-new Turbodelta and driven it with some success for couple weeks.One cold morning, as he started the car up and proceeded to rev-up the engine "just a bit", IT BLEW the HOOD OPEN.The guy was shocked and went to the dealer asking what was that all about.The dealer calmly replied "it's normal on these cars", which apparently was the case, as it was an air circulation problem under the hood..
I would be very curious to own own of those..
Surely I would like to drive an SZ.According to the factory informational video, it's strong point was the amount of G it could pull ,that, if I remember corectly, was superior to a high end 911 of the era.
I still say that 155 looked very cool and a Q4 155 may be better than and closer to a Delta Integrale than the new Delta itself.Alfa got all models in it's line rounded up just as "new edge design " came out.This makes the 164 and it's contemps , the 155 and 33 - modern classics.
I already tried an S and I can surely feel the difference, but I'd surely like to try a Q, that I think still is the fastest production Alfa built until now.
Vlad
91 164L
Long Island, NY

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