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Looking good.

Great job! Thank you for speeding it up! It is really fast now. I'll donate too for sure.

Hi there, I joined, because I love Alfa Romeos and I'm planning to buy my very first car in probably a month or less if everything goes as planned. (not a rookie driver) My choice of course an Alfa Romeo GTV, with the facelifted interior. But I'm not sure about the engine choice, as always. I'm hesitating between the 2.0 TS and the 3.0 V6, I know it's all set, go for the V6, but I don't know. My father had a 155 with the 2.0 TS engine, and I loved it, it was fast, the sound was amazing, and the fuel consumption was pretty good. On the other hand though, the V6 is a V6, the sound, the power is probably way better than the TS (but of course heavier too on the front). My only question is, is the 3.0 V6 costs "way" more than the TS, I mean for maintenance costs? I heard that the TS engines love oil, and have to take care about the timing belt and water pump, but I didn't hear any bad infos about the V6 engines. I saw that the fuel consumption is not that different, that I thought it would/should be. (and a friend told me once, you have to own/drive an Alfa with the V6 engines at least once in your life) I will use my car mainly for longer trips, for example Berlin-Budapest (1000km) and other trips. Please help. Thanks.

Yes I did. Definitely.

Thanks for the interest. Right now these are the ones that I'm mostly interested in: http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/alfa-romeo-gtv-alfa-gtv-2-0-edizione-sportiva-sondermodell-essen/178987041.html?lang=de&pageNumber=2&__lp=4&scopeId=C&sortOption.sortBy=price.consumerGrossEuro&makeModelVariant1.makeId=900&makeModelVariant1.modelId=19&makeModelVariant1.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant2.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant3.searchInFreetext=false&maxPrice=5000&ambitCountry=DE&negativeFeatures=EXPORThttp://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/alfa-romeo-gtv-alfa-gtv-2-0-twin-spark-eckental/186326627.html?lang=de&pageNumber=3&action=eyeCatcher&__lp=4&scopeId=C&sortOption.sortBy=price.consumerGrossEuro&makeModelVariant1.makeId=900&makeModelVariant1.modelId=19&makeModelVariant1.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant2.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant3.searchInFreetext=false&maxPrice=5000&ambitCountry=DE&negativeFeatures=EXPORThttp://www.autoscout24.de/Details.aspx?id=238768647&asrc=sthttp://www.autoscout24.de/Details.aspx?id=239133999&asrc=st But I don't really have time to look at them or do anything else with these offers since my full time is occupied with iOS apps, but I'm planning to buy it as a christmas present or a late christmas one in January. So I'm not so far now.

Look awesome. Great job.

Wow. Reminds me of a Ferrari. Looking pretty good!

Wow, so many Spiders, you must love the cabrio life. Do you use any of them in the winter? How about the Giulietta, it wasn't that good?

Yes, the black sportiva is one of my favourites. It was couple of months ago sold for 3350€ now they reduced the price, but it's online at least for a year. I would love to buy that. It looks so great, and I assume it runs good too, but who knows. Yeah, those red things have to go.

Oh sorry, here are the links again (hope it works now): http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/alfa-romeo-gtv-etzenricht/184162365.html?lang=de&pageNumber=1&__lp=2&scopeId=C&sortOption.sortBy=price.consumerGrossEuro&makeModelVariant1.makeId=900&makeModelVariant1.modelId=19&makeModelVariant1.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant2.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant3.searchInFreetext=false&minFirstRegistrationDate=1998-01-01&maxPrice=3001&ambitCountry=DE&negativeFeatures=EXPORThttp://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/alfa-romeo-gtv-alfa-gtv-3-0-v6-24v-l-frankfurt/183976482.html?lang=de&pageNumber=1&__lp=2&scopeId=C&sortOption.sortBy=price.consumerGrossEuro&makeModelVariant1.makeId=900&makeModelVariant1.modelId=19&makeModelVariant1.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant2.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant3.searchInFreetext=false&minFirstRegistrationDate=1998-01-01&maxPrice=3001&ambitCountry=DE&negativeFeatures=EXPORThttp://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/alfa-romeo-gtv-alfa-gtv-2-0-edizione-sportiva-sondermodell-essen/178987041.html?lang=de&pageNumber=1&__lp=2&scopeId=C&sortOption.sortBy=price.consumerGrossEuro&makeModelVariant1.makeId=900&makeModelVariant1.modelId=19&makeModelVariant1.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant2.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant3.searchInFreetext=false&minFirstRegistrationDate=1998-01-01&maxPrice=3001&ambitCountry=DE&negativeFeatures=EXPORT

Yeah, if that's the case than a new engine is minimum… :S My father had the same problem with his 155 2.0TS, it wasn't a cheap fix. :S I'll contact the seller and see what he replies.

I've started looking for GTVs in like may or april and this car was there for sale but with a higher price: 2290€, but it's still a good buy. Tough the description says: "Wird verkauft, weil der Zahnriemen gerissen ist." Which google translates to: "Is sold, because the timing belt broke". So probably the engine is dead or not in a very good state. :S I have to ask what he means by this…

I already searched for steering wheels and gear sticks. I think 500€ would be enough to get her back to original. I like the red too, but I can't believe these people who want to sell their cars and take crappy pictures, I mean if I want to sell something I'd clean it first and than took at least 10 photos or more so that everything is clear and visible.

I used the boy racer word, because of the ugly steering wheel and gearstick… I would change those immediately and the changes you mentioned. Hope it will be still there when I want to buy it.

Wow, thanks for the great advices and the generosity. I'll let you know when I need help, I hope we'll find a good one. But I hope that you had a lot of fun in it, or still have. I can even link the ones that I like nowadays: http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/alfa-romeo-gtv-etzenricht/184162365.html?&ambitCountry=DE&maxPrice=3001〈=de&__lp=2&minFirstRegistrationDate=1998-01-01&makeModelVariant3.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant1.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant2.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant1.modelId=19&pageNumber=1&scopeId=C&makeModelVariant1.makeId=900&negativeFeatures=EXPORT&sortOption.sortBy=price.consumerGrossEuro&ticket=ST-1961370-VfWx3XfRDMNU6vSFceRd-mycas46-2_c01_4201 that's a bit challenging, but looks good for my amateur eyes. http://www.autoscout24.de/Details.aspx?id=233413973&pr=0 "Boyracer", but limited edition, and with a little help it could be a great car.http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/alfa-romeo-gtv-alfa-gtv-2-0-edizione-sportiva-sondermodell-essen/178987041.html?〈=de&pageNumber=1&__lp=1&scopeId=C&sortOption.sortBy=price.consumerGrossEuro&makeModelVariant1.makeId=900&makeModelVariant1.modelId=19&makeModelVariant1.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant2.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant3.searchInFreetext=false&minFirstRegistrationDate=2000-01-01&maxPrice=4001&ambitCountry=DE&negativeFeatures=EXPORT&ticket=ST-1961237-xRwctuIhn9Ue2LLvTLfD-mycas46-2_c01_4201 I like this one a lot, especially the interior. http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/alfa-romeo-gtv-alfa-gtv-3-0-v6-24v-l-frankfurt/183976482.html?&origin=PARK&ticket=ST-1961265-mzB7dUyczd1iU5ma37J6-mycas46-2_c01_4201 this one is interestinghttp://www.autoscout24.de/Details.aspx?id=238508543&pr=0 this is nice, I like the red colour. My threshold is around 3000€ so I'm trying to stay below that and find a good one, doesn't really matter if it has some problems, I like challenges and like to convert it to my likings.

I'm getting more and more closer to buying my first Alfa Romeo, the only problem is that all the cars that I've seen until now and liked, are pretty far away from me, around 4-6 hours of driving. Of course I would like to see the car that will be mine before buying it, but it makes no sense (or not so much) to see every car, spend 8-12 hours of traveling for each, spend a lot of money, and than buy the one that I like the most… Right now I'm looking at around 4-5 cars that I'm considering to buy, but I don't really want to spend 500€ or more on traveling and just checking out a car. (If they would be closer it would be no problem) What I've found as a "helper", is a website or a service called: http://www.checkmycar.de. Once you selected the car you want to buy, you can talk to them to investigate the vehicle for you (costs 99€) and when they finished, they give you a document with all the problematic areas with costs and everything included, so you have a clear idea about the car that you only saw on photos. I was thinking about this method, since it would make my life a lot easier and I would rather spend 99€ for each car (of course than I would make the circle smaller by requesting more and more pictures about each car and than selecting the ones that I like the most), than spend the money and time on traveling. Than, when I have all the cars' results in my hand, I can say okay I'll choose the 3.0 V6 with the black interior. Travel there and buy it. What do you think?

Yepp, I changed mine too.

1st image is my new wallpaper on my phone! Thanks.

I love those reflections on those puddles. Awesome shots.

Well, I only found one suitable 3.0 V6 in Germany, blue colour and beige interior (personal favourite) 90.000 km, but I haven't checked it, since it's 6 hours away from here. I'll wait till I have enough money, and if the car is still available I'll go and see it. If everything is okay with her, I'll take her back (the ride is gonna be amazing ), if not I'll buy a 2.0 TS, which is still awesome.

I love the second image. GTV/Spider wheels on the GT and GT wheels on the GTV. Awesome.

Ahh, awesome, the perfect person. Actually I didn't think about the 3.0 V6 until now, but I saw some cars 2.0 TS and V6 with almost the same price, same condition, and I thought why shouldn't I buy the better one, since I always buy the best or better thing I want to buy, why not use this technique with the loved cars. I will, I hope I'll have it by the end of this month.

I've found this in the meantime: http://www.squadra916.com/forums/topic/778-alfa-gtv-buyers-guide/ Comes in handy