is there any alfa romeo 147 2.0 selespeed owner here?
i am so in love with the design and planning to get one....
any recomendation? have u guys did any major maintanence and how is the maintanence pricing?

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Alfa Romeo 147 selespeed ,major problem is to take real care your selespeed oil, make sure u check every 3-5km, if u find leaking all the time, it's time to repair, there's are tear & wear, can be around rm500 - 1,500 for parts!
Need change timing belt every 45km! If lower, the lower arms will not last long, lower arm a bit costly, around rm600-700 a pc, others tear & wear!
Can log in to Aroc Malaysia facebbok group! Check out more detail!

i rarely see Alfa on our roads. what happened to the brand? no one buying?

in malaysia, where a persons status and class is usually determined by the type and brand of car they drive,
it is no surprise people would prefer to go for the 2 main german cars.

Also don't be surprised that the people who buy those 2 cars, only do 2 things in the car:
1) start engine
2) go.

they only need to know 1 thing, the brand that they are driving.

start engine
go

isn't that what the car is supposed to do?

okay sorry, actually theres hidden meaning there.
What I mean is that, people only buy a car to get from A to B.
And to get from A to B in THOSE brand means you will look superior to others.

And many people that do ride in those cars don't know half of the functions of the car.


hence, they dont appreciate that Alfa Romeos are more than just cars. That Alfa Romeos are mechanical souls .
They see that its not a popular choice among the successful people, so they turn away and get the boring black 3 series, or that silver brown C class. Why is it not popular, because these weird cars from Italy have a history of having "problems".

Imagine you are the director of your company and you still make the decision to go out and buy a problematic brand.
If investors see you in that they might lose confidence in your company.

Its all about image, especially in malaysia.


This post has been edited by junbecks: Nov 8 2011, 01:10 PM

+1

so for those who brave to step out from the edge to get something different will have a sweet moment with their ride.... =)

i like Alfa Romeo design

but if the car can't do the job, it's not a good car. y buy a car that will give problems?

honestly is the reliability of Alfas that bad that people are refraining from buying the new models?

any 147 2.o ts manual owner here,i need to know the 147 timing belt change cost,who can tell me?

If I am not mistaken, labour charges and timing belt comes up to about RM1500.
If you have not join any Alfa Romeo group in Malaysia. I suggest you head up to,

http://forum.italiaauto.net/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ItaliaAuto/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/arocmalaysia/