Advantages: Out of the Norm Styling & Performance Disadvantages: Getting Old Now
...this an enjoyable engine to use in this car!
It is fast, smooth, totally lacking in vibration and is without doubt the 147's ace card.
PERFORMANCE 9 / 10 Sh*t off a shovel or a constipated tortoise?
Here lays my reason for never appreciating the appeal of an AlfaRomeo. I have long held the opinion that Alfas always sound as though they are going much faster than they are. The fact that the 1.9JTD sounds like a petrol powered Alfa is all to the good, if you actually like the sound of an Alfa engine.
Here, in this car however, its accelerative capabilities are beyond doubt, it is considerably faster than the same car with the evergreen 2.0 petrol Twin Spark engine under the bonnet, in fact it leaves that car for dust! Not only does it accelerate rapidly through the gears but as you would expect with a diesel, it has tremendous pick up...
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Advantages: Beautiful to hear, beautiful to look at. Disadvantages: Fuel economy, Back seat room, Lack of folding rear seats
...I recently passed my driving test (2nd attempt at age 35). To me this milestone (for a soon to be first time father) wasn't about practicality, fuel economy or any other of the usual considerations you should make when purchasing probably the second most expensive item you own.
This is because I'd already seen the car I wanted...The Alfa Romeo156 TwinSpark. I'd looked at the Which reports and many many other publications and if I was honest with myself (and my wife Emma...sorry dear) I should have purchased a Ford Focus. A car which has great styling, a good reliability record and reasonable servicing. But no...as I say, the decision had long since been made, and I positively drooled at the sight of 156's whenever I saw one.
So after a long search I found the model I was looking for...a shiny Black 1.6 litre (Insurance being...
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Those of you who read my review of the Epson Perfection scanner know I’ve been scanning in favourite photos for displaying in a digital photo frame and this is the photo frame in question.
Well, we all know these are quite expensive at the moment and more
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The VAIO AR series laptops are some of the most powerful on the market, and have great build quality to go with it.
One of the greatest parts of the laptop is the ability to watch blu ray discs on the move in full hd. There are only a few companies... more
The Elitegroup P4M900T-M2 Is a Motherboard which Retails for around £30.00
The Motherboard uses the Chipset of the P4M900CD & VT8237S
The Motherboard has been designed to Support the Latest Intel CPUs Such as The Intel Dual Core and the Intel... more
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