seeing the alfasud discussed below reminded me of an alfa a friend owned . .
. (sorry - wrong list???)
anyway, the strory is amusing - he had constant, just impossible to stop
rust issues, and finally learned that there had been a fire aboard the boat
on the way over. the deck hands had stuck the hose in the water and pretty
much sprayed everything with salt water!!!!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
To: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
Cc: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: There's this book....
> On 11/18/05, Gosling, Richard B <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com> wrote:
> > Take it on the chin!
> >
> > I bought the UK version of this book that came out about a year ago. Of
the
> > 50 cars featured, I had owned 4 of them through the last few years!
> >
>
> I would be willing to bet that the book includes the AlfaSud, which,
> although prone to rust, was a really nice car to drive. It had a
> wonderfully free-revving engine, nice gearchange, excellent handling
> for its day and comfortable driving position (once you got used to the
> slightly offset steering wheel).
>
> Rusting was a serious problem, but in my humble opinion, the only
> serious problem from which the car suffered. All the rest were
> over-exaggerated.
>
> Simon
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