Diablo

Many thanks Smaky....from posts I have read you seem to know what you are talking about and have the respect of other members.....

Been looking for a car for my daughter and seen a 147 TS Selespeed on ebay. Selling as spares or repair and this is a cut and paste of the advert. Alfa Romeo 147 2.0L Selespeed. Lusso with less than 58000 miles BEING SOLD AS SPARES OR REPAIRS. This is a 51 plate 2001 car in green. It is the 5 door version with very good bodywork. We have owned this car for almost 2 years and in that time, despite the normal Alfa rumours, it has ran perfectly and never let us down once. Back in December, we went away for a week leaving the car parked up. When we came back, I went to start the car up. It turned over very slowly and then fired up. I assumed at that point it was a flatish battery due to the cold weather. The engine tried to idle but would only go slowly up to a high a idle and then slowly back to a slow idle before repeating the process over again, and so on. When I selected first and drove off, it wouldn't do it unless the revs were quite high. Also, as I came to a halt, instead of idling as normal, the engine stalled. I have had the car looked at and it would seem that the cambelt may have jumped a tooth on one of the cogs. Anyone got any ideas as what this could be and possible cost

What's your AlfaDriver forum name: Diablo Whereabouts in the world are you?: Sorry, can't say (see occupation) What are you driving these days?: Brera S How did you find AlfaDriver?: Accident Describe your introduction to the Alfa Romeo brand: Company chase cars Outside of Alfa Romeo, what are your interests?: Killing flies What do you do for a living?: Repossesion Tell us an interesting/crazy/unusual fact about yourself: Own 1/10 of a plane What's your "special skill"?: Legally stealing things If money was no object, what four vehicles would be in your dream garage?: - Dream daily driver: Asto Martin V12 Zagato.. - Dream track car: Murcielago 670R-SV: - Dream all-rounder: Nissan GT-R - Wildcard entry: Lancia Delta Integrale What are you personally hoping to get out of AlfaDriver?:Haven't a clue And finally, describe yourself in five words: Any girls mothers complete nightmare

sorry, too risky.....if I can find you and take something from you then so can someone else....and not everyone is willing too let go.....believe me, I have the scars to prove it. At present driving a Brera S, sort of perk of the job......2 years ago we had a couple of 159's as catch cars and loved driving them so when I grabbed the Brera did a deal with the finance company......

Totally by accident....doing a search, typed in Alfa drivers for info about famous Grand Prix drivers who actually drove the car without computers....

Signing up was simple enough, just been looking around and think I am getting the hang of it...... All seems friendly, guess it's up to me to fit in......is there a special place to let others know about me? as most seem to know each other already.... Hope I never have to meet any of you professionally as I'm a repo man.....nowhere to hide, I'm the best........

Feel a prat, taken me 10 minutes to post this, hope to chat later......