RE: 164LS Alternative

["Kevin Redden" <kredden@xxxxxxxxx>]

Haven't driven an S60 but I've got an S40 that I've put about 45
thousand or so on and is a decent commuter when I'm not driving the
spider.  It is pretty small inside and the back seats can hold my young
kids but I have to scoot the seats forward for any adults but the trunk
is very large for that size car.

As for stability it has been rock solid even at 100+.  The ride is
pretty tight and definitely not a floater.  My major beef is that it
seems to go through brake pads faster than any car I've owned although
I've heard from some that the OEM pads are crap, they certainly do put
out a LOT of black dust which is a pain to get off the wheels.  It's got
a 1.9L turbo in it and has some pretty decent punch.

Kevin
86 Spider
00 S40

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On 
> Behalf Of alfajess
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 4:51 PM
> To: alfa-digest@domain.elided
> Subject: Re: 164LS Alternative
> 
> 
> Brad included these in his candidates
> 
> Audi A4
> Volvo S60
> 
> If trunk and rear seat space are important, don't 
> bother with A4 nor S60. I have a strong words against
> S60. I had chance to drive a fairly new S60 to 
> vegas with wife and a friend. The S60 we drove came with
> the "sport" package...
> 
> My wife's tiny about 5-2 and she felt cramped in 
> the back seat! The S60 looks big from outside, but 
> inside is smaller than the milano, for both front 
> and rear space. Not to mention wobby floaty ride 
> worse than that of new camry. We had to concentrate
>  hard while driving on 152 to keep the car in the 
> lane... even my wife complained the car being 
> unstable at times. She disliked the car so much she
> told all her friends not to buy a volve :)
> 
> few alternative I've thought of (but not gonna happen)
> 
> A6 3.0 quattro is good for tahoe
> jaguar s-type 3.0 too expensive
> mazda mp3. fit the bills and can be fun.
> focus zx3 / svt. a bit small
> jetta 1.8t well...
> 
> the only one that's cheap, big, boring, but does the 
> work, would be the new 4 banger camry.
> 
> jess
> 88 Verde
> 95 LS
> 08 167/8/9 GTA 
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