RE: daily driver

["Glenn Wasserman" <glennwa@domain.elided>]

I guess we've all had different experiences. The GTV-6 I had required a
lot of attention to anything that corroded. This includes the fuse box
that required me to clean the thing with a metal toothbrush, and the
body that rusted away before my very eyes.

My 3.0 Milano on the other hand, once I had the ABS removed in favor of
the non-ABS systems, required little maintenance except for the timing
belt/tensioner/giubos etc., the stuff we know about. The GTV-6 is surely
more capable of costing some cash, and then being worthless in a couple
of years due to rusting out majorly in a few spots - if you drive it in
all kinds of weather.

I think the GTV-6 is certainly a simpler car with fewer parts, but the
Milano was built better.

And by the way, I absolutely loved both cars - they are both a blast in
different ways.

Funny, each Alfa I had was great in its own way, and in each case I had
a good reason to get rid of it in favor of the next Alfa. I can't
remember what those reasons were now, though :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Shorey [mailto:bshorey@domain.elided]
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 7:21 PM
To: Glenn Wasserman; Daniel Pham; alfa-digest@domain.elided
Subject: RE: daily driver

> I think it's the least expensive, or at least the same as the Milano.
>
> What I mean is more may go wrong, but each part is probably cheaper
and
> easier to replace...
>
<snip>

> Also I think the GTV-6 requires more tinkering than either the Milano
or
> the 164, but probably still is relatively inexpensive to operate.

I think you've got it backwards.

The major components of the GTV6 (engine, drivetrain) are identical.  As
others have stated, the Milano has more power options and electronics to
go
wrong.

If any car is going to have more go wrong with it, it's the Milano.  For
the
stuff that does go wrong, costs will be the same for both cars (unless
you're talking about ABS problems on a Milano!).

Fwiw, I've lived with both a GTV6 and a Milano for more than five years
now
(I've had the GTV6 a bit longer than the Milano).  The Milano tends to
require a little more 'tinkering' than the GTV6, although both cars have
been pretty darn reliable.

Large trunk space, four doors, etc, may or may not be a consideration
for a
daily driver.  If the most that will ever ride in the car is one or two
people, then who cares?

bs

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