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BEST Sounding V6 Engine EVER? Alfa Romeo Spider!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 มิ.ย. 2020
- WARNING! This video contains the intoxicating sound of an Alfa V6 Busso engine being driven hard. You may like it too much! Is driving an open-top Alfa Romeo the quickest way to forget your troubles? Chris The Alfa Nut thinks so and takes his modern classic V6 Alfa Romeo Spider on a fast cruise through the stunning South West England countryside on a hot June day. Follow me on Instagram: / thealfanut
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Hi Chris, first class video as always mate,
Glad to see your making the most of the sunny weather! Looking at your masterpiece of a car I noticed your wheel spacers, how wide are they and I am guessing the wheels are standard 17" Teles so are the spacers purely for appearance?
Hi Steve, how are you doing mate? Yes the rears only have spacers to fill the arches a little more. Good quality hubcentric forged alloy ones, 15mm. I would never use spacers on the front. The wheels are standard 17” teles.
@@TheAlfaNut Thanks Chris, I'm good mate, just about to put my teles on my spider due to finding a set of blacklines for my gtv so looking at yours I might go down the spacer route myself. They do fill the arch nicely with the spacers.
@@steverichmond3903 Yes, I've never had any issues with mine - keep them fairly slim and they are fine.
This Alfa Spider is one of the most beautiful cars ever. Incredible design, pure emotion.
You Sir, win TH-cam today, congratulations!
Thanks Chrissy - appreciate it! Nice to win something for once! 😁
One of the main reasons I love Alfa’s...unlike Ferrari , Lamborghini et al they are not an ostentatious display of wealth ....every bit as beautiful to my eye as the above mentioned , but nobody ever looks and thinks “ w*nker” when You step out of an Alfa, just a smile a thumbs up or a “ lovely car mate “ ...
And that Busso , well it just sings , even the TS as 4 pots go is very characterful!
Time for a joint video soon fella, my spider is being picked up in matter of weeks ...it’s in as nice a condition as yours , yellow with a TS under the hood...should be an interesting comparison..!
Couldn’t agree more Joe, Alfas are for everyone, not just the rich. Zoe yellow Spider you say? Very nice too - hope you have a great Summer in it mate 👍🏻
Man drives Alfa cabriolet on a hot summer’s day..said cabriolet sings with late Busso V6 heart&lungs through a marvellous combined mouthpiece...man makes himself and other men and women very happy. Job done. Good stuff!
My turn ( in private) coming weekend!
Thanks a lot, its a noise I never get tired of! (Not sure that all my neighbours would agree with me though...😉)
We Alfisti, are a breed apart bud! Those of us that has the cancer will never get rid of it!
Hi Reinhardt, thanks for watching! Yes indeed, that pesky Alfa Virus is hard to get rid of for sure! 😉🍀
Before I get asked: The Spider sounds like this because it has Cybox equal length downpipes, a Ragazzon "small" silencer mid section and a custom straight through rear, with a 2nd small "cherry bomb" type silencer welded in - all stainless steel. This is my favourite exhaust setup for the V6. :0)
Yes
Makes me want to go tax my spider and take it for a run! Mine sounds a lot like yours and the wife was confused why my car was on the telly! Lol
Great video Chris, we all need a shot of Alfa stress relief!
Thanks Mark - not many of them left now. It sounds like you need to get your car out immediately before it rains again! Thanks a lot for watching.
Sounds beautiful! From a Golf R32 driver✌🏼
@@88tmilko Cheers Frank! R32 also sounds great - 3.2 litre crazy V6 in a hatchback?? Yes please.
I drive the 2.0 since two years. It is from 2005 and one of the last. I LOVE this car!!! Greetings from Hanover, Germany 👋
Guten tag! Thanks for watching, a great choice. 2005? So is your car a phase 3? Or the last of the phase 2?
@@TheAlfaNut Hej, phase 3 was from 2003 till 2005 - so it is a phase 3-car ✌ The model is named "Medio".
It is exactly like this one here: suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=274288732&Ad&
Looks good - I like the GTV in black! 😍
So are you a Swede living in Germany? 🤔
Real men only smile when they drive an alfa romeo
Thanks a lot for watching Jason - I agree completely!
I grin like a complete idiot driving my 159!
Yes ..so true...alfas are life
Great video, I love the way the exhaust shots make it look like an animated cartoon with the exhaust appearing to go go back and forth.
Haha thanks for watching Stephen - it really does move around quite a bit under acceleration / deceleration.
Best video for 2020. Good one Alfa Nut, please keep them coming. Cheers.
Thanks a lot Mark - glad you enjoyed a bit of straightforward escapism! I am working on another new vid now. 👍🏻
That's one classic beauty,I miss mine now
Thanks for watching - I will never sell mine, the kids will inherit her!
Wow your Spider really is in fantastic condition!
Thanks mate, it gets plenty of pampering and never driven in the wet of course. 😉
Enrico Fumia just liked my Spider video. Amazing.
I can listen busso engine all day..love the channel, you made me buy 159 2.4jtdm
Cheers from Australia 🍻
Haha, a good choice mate - the 2.4 is a cracking engine. Thanks a lot for watching, appreciate it. 👍🏻
What more can an alfisti nut wish, to enjoy the love of his car in a summer day (night) drive.!!!!!!! Many happy returns.!!!!!
110 years of pleasure! Thanks for watching mate 👍🏻
Oh my goodness. That noise. That glorious noise. It just tops off the beauty of the rest of the car. Thank you.
Thanks for watching Downsey! It took a fair bit of experimentation to get the exhaust right but it was worth it 😉
The Alfa Nut I currently own a 159 Sportwagon with the 2.4 diesel which I love. I’m hoping to add a V6 GT to my garage and if I can get it sounding like your Spider I’d be very happy. Some of the exhausts I’ve heard are too raucous but yours is just perfect.
Yes good choice - the 2.4 is probably the best all round engine for the 159. V6 GT’s are still low in price for some reason but buy an early 05 one if you can as the road tax is cheaper! 😉
I’m in Australia where the GT is a rare beast. There’s only ever a handful for sale in the whole country at any given time and most of those are the 2 litre, so finding a good V6 is a challenge. No real bargains to be had.
@@downesy68 Ah shame. You could always import one from the UK? Right hand drive and quite compatible?? In the UK at the moment you can pick up a decent GT V6 for as little as £3,500. Add another Grand for shipping and you're golden!
I was thinking that the sound of the V6 engine is a little bit different.
It seems so nice to drive.
Your Alfa Spider is in perfect condition! Beautiful car.
Hi Stanislas - thanks for watching. I prefer a more bassy exhaust note than the raspy, high pitched sound of some pipes, so I experimented with a few exhaust setups until I found one that I loved.
Lovely car and some stunning weather along those winding roads. Superb.
Thanks for watching Tony - I don’t take days like that for granted! 😉
Love it and what a fabulous day to get the top down.
Hi mate, thanks for watching. Yes it was one of those memorable Summer days - no wind, hot sun, English countryside and a Busso singing under the bonnet!
Pure Venom my bro . My respect great video ,great car , great channel. Pure passion. Thanks mutch love Paolo, LIKEEEEE 👍👍👍👍👍 and stay safe bro.
Ciao Paolo! Nice to hear from you mate - how are things for you? I hope life is getting better 🙂
Extremely well kept! Congrats to the lucky owner.
Thanks very much! No luck involved, just lots of time and effort! Never driving it in wet or salty conditions either.
Such a timeless piece of engineering 😍
Hi Nicholas, couldn’t agree more. Thanks for watching 👍🏻
This Alfa, together with even a Fiat Barchetta, maybe British Green, would be awesome foreign cars to be driven on some country roads in England on Summer.
Or a Fiat X1/9. I have owned 2 of those as well. :0)
@@TheAlfaNut A guy I know, until few years ago, was used to racing with one of that, together with some friends of his. Funny car.
@@pile333 Great to drive too! (Another Marcello Gandini design.)
Great video Chris as always ; don’t forget the mito lovely car. 🇮🇹
Hi Michael, thanks for watching! Strange that I should bump into a Mito-owning Alfisti on my test drive!
Beautiful car...stunning. Great quality upload thank you :)
Hi Paul - thanks a lot for watching and taking the time to comment. Much appreciated. Are you an Alfa driver yourself?
Great video Chris! I’m getting the Ragazzon cat-back exhaust fitted to my V6 Spider next week...can’t wait 😁
Thanks for watching Richard - the Ragazzon sounds more to my taste than a Wizard (excellently made though the Wizard is), although I still had to experiment a bit to get the sound right. (Straight through rear section with a small cherry bomb type silencer welded in.)
Underrated, fabolous car (even considering the Fwd)
Ciao Luca! Thanks for watching - yes the Spider (and GTV) are great cars and handle very well for fwd. 👍🏻
Fantastic car and very unique sound. really great. Last week I bought myself a Spider V6. I'm so so excited!
Hi Andre - congratulations on your Spider, they are a rare car now. Around 25 left in the UK and some of those are off the road. A great investment 👍🏻
@@TheAlfaNut Thank you so much! I told my wife that we made a good investment. But really, we were both mostly happy with the wonderful sound and good handling of this beautiful spider! We are going to keep this car for the rest of our lives, really great :)
Sounds sooooooo good!
Hey mate, thanks for watching! I think it sounds a bit “muscle car” on the overrun?
I am so happy to see you back Chris 👍 This is one of the models which I've always wanted to own..your video reminds me pretty much of the Tears for Fears "Everybody wants to rule the world"..TH-cam is great thanks to guys like you! Stay safe and healthy buddy so we could all enjoy the Alfa Nut life😎🚘🛣
Hi Doc, thanks for watching and also thanks for the kind words! Its funny - that video did ok but my latest one about my GTV rebuild has got hardly any views! Its difficult to know what people want to see? 🤔 What do you like to watch?
Chris , your last video is great 👍 Keep up with the good work. I think the reason it doesn't have so many views is because there are fewer GTV fans. However this makes it even more precious and a gem for GTV lovers like me on TH-cam. Be certain it will be much treasured soon. I'd love to see a review of Alfa Romeo 146. I used to drive one with the 1.6 TS engine, lusso sportivo version when I was at the uni. There are quite rare and not really popular but just amazing to drive. If you could do a video with one of these it would be simply amazing! Cheers mate🙌
Thanks mate, my friend Gary had a couple of 146’s and I really like the 145 too so maybe I will feature them both? They are pretty rare in the UK now too.
Beautiful car, great sounding exhaust, nice roads, very warm sunny day... seems you had a perfect day!
Hi Martyn, hows things? It was a great day thanks and the initial annoyance of the road being closed, led to my meeting another Alfisti! How nice.🙂
Great thanks Chris! Still a bit messed up here in America, lost my job due to some cutbacks due to the virus but staying well. Luckily my Giulia is paid for 😊
Sorry to hear that Martyn, we are in for a rocky couple years I think financially. I try to focus on positive things and keep looking forward, as thats the only direction we can go in! 😉
Ok, now i want that exhaust sound to be my ringtone.
Help yourself Carlos!
Nice car and great sound, I need to get my GT to sound something like that🤣🤣 great video 👍🏾👍🏾
Thanks a lot for watching Randall. A little bit of witchcraft with the exhaust and anything's possible! ;0)
beautiful video and car
Thanks a lot for watching - I'm happy you enjoyed it!
Just, beautiful.
Hey Dekio - thanks for watching!
Honestly I need one of these Alfa’s. Along with the MiTo and the Giulia QV this has to be one of my favourites.
Thanks Lucas, mine too - I always wanted a 916 Spider and I won’t be parting with this one. They will have to bury me in it 😉
Superb car! On my 6th Alfa now and loved all of them.
Excellent! What is the current Alfa?
The Alfa Nut .. Giulietta veloce.. 2017 model with same engine as the 4c, my next model! Way hey!
Great engine! I’d love a 4c myself! 😍
The Alfa Nut thanks, it’s such a fun car, I’m going to keep it and have the 4c for even more fun... just got to wait for the perfect 4c to come along!
The Brera has now taken the laurels from the GTV as the smart guys, low budget fun machine
Hi mate, hows things? Yes I think you’re right about that. The Brera isn’t quite as nice to drive due to the weight but it looks amazing and is built better.
Chris I asked - you delivered. Perfect!
This was all your idea and a great idea it was too! Cheers 👍🏻
A beautiful car for a beautiful day 👏
Hi mate, thanks for watching. Yes it was a pretty good day all things considered 🙂
Nice Video :) greetings from Austria
Gruss Gott! My Wife’s family are from Wien! I love Austria ❤️
@@TheAlfaNut cool 😁😁
Is the 110 years of alfa romeo!!! Fai gli auguri se capisci ;-)
Ciao Alberto! Grazie per la visione: dovevo essere al museo Alfa Romeo la scorsa settimana per l'evento del 110 ° compleanno. Ero molto triste di non poter andare.
@@TheAlfaNut tranquillo avrai occasione in futuro, vedrai che si sistema tutto, grazie per la risposta. Saluti
@@TheAlfaNut avrai occasione per i 120 anni, tranquillo. Alfa Romeo vivrà per sempre!
@@albertocerrato8346 Grazie, lo spero. Abbi cura di te in Italia.
@@sagaramille993 Si hai ragione! Forse potrò fare il viaggio l'anno prossimo. Stai attento.
Bellissima macchina ,with the best car engine in the world...its a shame that alfa had to stop the production of that engine....bloody emissions 😝ciao Chris
Ciao Edo! Thanks for watching 🙂
Alfa Nut, glad to have you back! How’s the ‘ The Pearl of the crown’ the marvellous 156? I hope you will include it in the up coming videos. Stay safe
Hi Yordan, thanks for your message! I was doing some work to the 156 today in fact! It needs some difficult welding before I can get it back on the road but I will be featuring it in a couple of videos very soon 👍🏻
Sounds and looks amazing!Very jealous....
Thanks for watching - I’ve had the Spider for almost 6 years and don’t take it for granted. Every drive is an event!
well that was a total blast ..... thanks for the trip!
Hi Paul, thanks a lot for watching mate - yes that was a fun day! Are you an Alfa driver?
@@TheAlfaNut i've had 2 gtv's and looking at the possibility of a spider ... don 't know if we have enough sunny days (or even non rainy days) to justify it ... every single time i got in it, i would get that "feeling".
@@paulhornsey-pennell1931 No need to look for reasons to justify enjoying your life Paul - when we are lying on our death beds, the only things we’ll regret are the things we didn’t do! 😊
You sir, have made my day!
Glad you enjoyed - luckily there’s no charge! 😉
The Alfa Nut after watching some of these videos, I bought an Mint Alfa Romeo 156 2.5 V6. Only 70k km on it. The sound it makes, the curves on the body make me go weak on the knees.
Haha, I’m glad to hear it! Are you a former Honda Civic man? (Your avatar looks like a Honda). Great choice - the 156 V6 is going up in value very quickly now. I will be making another 156 video very soon, so watch out for that! 👍🏻
@@TheAlfaNut In my younger, more brash years, I drove a '00 Honda Civic Vti. The engine was also the main party piece of that car. Did about 500 laps on the Nordschleife in the naughties with that. And since then I never drove an atainable car that had that much gusto towards the redline. In the Alfa V6 I found that eagernes to rev again but now combined with a creamy rumbling character at low to mid revs. The Alfa V6 engine is nice in all the powerband.
Mine si like that but the engine is 2.0 JTS. Emotions.😊
You are a lucky man - your car will probably feel lighter around corners than mine! 😉
The Alfa Nut i don’t now, but i think it is no so big difference about the handling
I have the same Busso engine in my 166 :) Love the sound!
Very nice Spider, excellent color composition :)
Hi Tomaz - thanks for watching and commenting. I like the 166 - is it good to drive?
@@TheAlfaNut Hi! 166 is not a sport car, but it turns very nice - quite neutral even with V6 in front. She's also very comfortable, great car for highway :)
Probably has lots of space in the boot too? 🙂
@@TheAlfaNut oh yessss, 490dm3, a lot of space 😁
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Thanks bro 👍
It has a truly wonderful aesthetic line. I think it is truly super performer, to drive, both in sport mode and in comfort mode. Personally, especially on Alfa cars, but for all cars in general, I always prefer the manual gearbox, where it is very pleasant to change gears and feel the revolutions of the engine. A personal observation, perhaps banal: correct that you drive with sneakers, but I advise you, as a simple test, to drive without shoes, intended in socks or even barefoot. In this way, you will totally feel the engine and the car itself, it is a very pleasant feeling, especially with the manual car.
Hi Fred, thanks for your observations - I think it is actually illegal to drive without shoes in the UK! 🙂
@@TheAlfaNut Hi, thanks for the reply. I have checked now, and as I assumed, driving barefoot in the UK is perfectly legal, so much so that I have some Facebook contacts and also sy TH-cam, where they usually drive barefoot. If I can, I will send you one of the internet links where this topic is discussed.
I have the same car with a 12V Busso, wonderful engine
Hi Marco - its great, I love it 😍
At this point i don't think it's a question if i'm going to get one of these, but rather which kidney i should sell.
😄😂🤣
Keep your kidney and sell your soul.
Yeah, you’ll get more money for that - the Devil is quite rich!
Nooo!! I was soo happy I saw this video but now I have to wait 5 hours before I can watch it :(
Sorry dude - for the best chance of TH-cam promoting new videos, it's best to release them when people are watching. People are at work now! Hope you enjoy it anyway ;0)
@@TheAlfaNut I completely understand, I was just sad I couldnt watch it straight away hahaha
Great video tho! Well worth the wait :)
Belissimo Chris 😀👍🏻
Hi Chris, thanks for watching mate, hopefully a GTV rebuild update will be coming along shortly - I need to release more videos! 😉
Beautiful car Chris.
I wouldn’t swap it for my Zoe though lol, but I’ll happily take your wheels
Haha, well you could try Dave at “GTV City” for some Teledials but they won’t be cheap!
And that's the proper Alfa ! But I remember that in the mid-90's I preferred the Fiat Coupe 20v. And i still prefer. But both are beaut.
My Zoe yellow Spider (a humble twin spark) is the only car I've owned that has complete strangers stopping me to talk about it. It appeals to people who know nothing about cars, they just seem to recognise understated, timeless elegance.
Thanks for watching and commenting mate, yes a Zoe Spider is an eye catching sports car for sure! I think the 916 Spider is one of the most successful Alfa designs ever and Enrico Fumia doesn’t get enough credit for his work. Are you in the Zoe Spider club by any chance?
@@TheAlfaNut , absolutely agree. It's a timeless design. I'll keep my eyes open around Devon for you and yours.
I didn´t know the Spiders even came with the V6, cool.
I used to have a GTV with the Busso
Hi mate, thanks for watching - yeah what a great engine, especially in the Spider with the top down!
Bello vedere Alfisti in giro per il mondo!
Grazie per la visione e per averci dato dei veicoli cosi fantastici! Domani compro una Ducati 🙂
@@TheAlfaNut Noi Italiani e voi Inglesi, abbiamo creato le migliori automobili del mondo, poco da dire. Le auto tedesche, nonostante la loro affidabilità le reputo un passo indietro.
Io ho un'Alfa Romeo GT, non è la stessa macchina, ma è molto bella da guidare anche questa.
Sure as hell, lockdown of my dreams!
Even my baby TS 147 put smile on my face, I can no imagine what Busso will do 😁
Hi Willy, how are you? Yes, a Busso with the right exhaust will make you smile very wide!
Not bad, thanks for asking...sweating my ass in my new/ used GT Blackline leather seats 😀, just instal them and now they need just a little TLC with cleaner/ conditioner
@@willyzcro110 Good job! Its a little too hot for working though ;0)
Yes, but I was to unpatient for waiting good wather conditions...to big upgrade for puting on hold.
GT seats in 147 are must have in my opinion
Excellent grazie Mille ciao ciao
Hi James, thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻
nice!
Hi Philip - thanks for watching! 👍🏻
What could be better than a busso on the road. The Spider or the GTV are not my favorites but i would like to own a GT or 156 with the 3.2 V6, unfortunately good ones are hard to find in germany, so for the time i have to enjoy my beautiful Lancia Delta (Chrysler Delta in the UK) until a nice busso crosses my way. But still a nice Alfa you got there.
Hi Max, danke for watching! I also love Lancias (my first car was a 1.6 Beta coupe). The 156 is a beautiful car - I am restoring a 2.5 v6 version at the moment. 👍🏻
Really really nice sound. I test drived a 3.2 spider last week. It had a ragazzon exhaust on as well. Sounded too good. Drives a p car 964 but is considering swapping it for the alfa. One thing bothered me thou - the interior made squiking rattles all the time. Is this to be expected in most spiders? The spider I test drived had only 61000km on it - and the price was reasonable at 20.000 euro. But that engine/exhaust Sound was intoxicating. Great video 👍
Thanks for watching! Yes the interiors do rattle and squeak!
@@TheAlfaNut thx for answering. Did buy the Spider 3.2 ... off goes the old P car. Did you mount a strut bar in your spider? Seams to be the best way to cure some the squeaks. Cheers from Denmark.
Hej Karsten - congratulations on your purchase! The phase 3 Spider 3.2 is super rare and will go up in value. Yes, my Spider has a Weichars strut bar and a thicker rear anti roll bar, (Whiteline) which helps to counter the extra weight of the V6. I am also fitting wing braces from www.totallyalfa.com. These help to reduce scuttle shake and help rigidity. (I hope!). Enjoy your Spider quickly before the snow arrives! 😉
Beautiful spider ❣️ very nice. Didn't Tim do well with his MiTo 5 k with only 11k on the clock ??!!!! Bargain I say . He's gone all out with the decals as well by the looks . I'm not sure if I would do such a thing to my 159 ti sportwagon though . I've toyed with the idea of quadrafoglio badges on the wings but I'm not sure yet . They look great but would be fraudulent as I've got the 2.0 170 bhp diesel in mine . What are people's thoughts ???
Hi Leo - many people don’t like QV badges on non QV cars but I’m not precious about it - its your car so if you like it then do it!
Epic.
More videos please
Working on it 😉👍🏻
🍀🖤🐍BEAUTIFUL🐍🖤🍀
Thanks for watching Zoltan! 👍🏻
Lo amo.
Anch’io! 🙂👍🏻
Its been a while Chris - You should post more video's
I’m trying! Lockdown hasn’t helped the process I’m afraid 😉
One of the greatest automotive blunders ever was making this front wheel drive 😢
RWD is always better but I have to say it handles brilliantly with no torque steer. Rumour has it that Alfa copied the FWD Elans suspension for the Spider!
A whole ocean away.
But we are together in spirit mate! ;0)
Henry Ford :" Immer wenn ich einen Alfa Romeo sehe , ziehe Ich meinen HUT!"
I'm jealous of that noise. My Alfa is a diesel :(
It’s still an Alfa Mikey! 😉👍🏻🍀🇮🇪
Great vid. Just negotiating price on a gtv v6 cup lookalike. Also has aftermarket exhaust and upgraded suspension and brakes. I am trying to make my head decide. You are not helping!!!
Hi Gary, sorry for throwing you off your game! A GTV with the Busso will still be a great car and you can make it sound amazing quite easily. 👍🏻
Alfa ❤❤❤
Thanks for watching Jacopo! 🙂👍🏻🍀
Good morning, am thinking of a phase 3 version (prefer the larger grill, etc)
But.... I love your teledial wheels, would they fit on the phase 3 version? (If I find a set that is?
Good morning Mr Agent! Yes Teledials will fit your car - they should be the same fitment and tyre size as your ph3 wheels. Just make sure you buy a 17” set which are straight and have no cracks! They can always be refinished but if they are buckled or damaged then not so good. They are also quite expensive now but try Nathan at Cloverbreakers or keep an eye out on the Alfabook selling page in Facebook. Good luck 👍🏻
@@TheAlfaNut
Thank you Mr A.Nut, will very much keep your info. in mind.
Now....will keep on looking in the ads for a nice Spider 🕷
Good luck! 👍🏻
@@TheAlfaNut
I just snagged a Spider!
Not the phase 3 (916) variant
But a 2.4 JTDM (939)
Looks very nice in that Alfa Red.
& the hood still works! Mind you am taking it to the Alfaman in Harrow on Monday, the car is by no means perfect 😕 when about halfway through lowering the
hood it makes a loud ‘crack’ sound, enough almost to give me another heart 💔 attack 🙃
I’m not so keen on the 939’s as they are quite heavy but still very pretty! Good luck with it, at least it will be economical and the 2.4 is a great reliable engine
hi, nice videos, can I ask how much it has been lowered?
Thanks for watching Philip - no lowering at all, the Spider has standard struts & springs. Just poly bushes, uprated rear anti roll bar and uprated discs & pads. Handles great! Do you have a Spider?
@@TheAlfaNut Yes I do have one.
Year 99. Grey one. 2.0 TS. All is standard on it.
Ok my mistake but It very look like it's been lowered, good thing for you.
I actually wonder if I will lower mine but it's still a question because that demands a lot of effort for a little viewing impact (but so much for me..)
@philippeg632 Hi Philippe, lowering does make the car harder to get into! 😉😂 Looks cool though 👍🏻
Your car? I think the GTV Spider with the Busso would probably be my choice of Busso powered cars if money and garage space wasn't any object. Maybe the SZ Spider actually but I'd imagine the GTV is more use-able. The 156/147 GTA cars are great and all but the primary reason for ownership would be that engine so it's better enjoyed without metal and glass in it's way! Quick Q: Does being a soft top affect the handling much?
Yes, I’ve owned it for almost 6 years and was lucky enough to buy it for £5k from a wealthy fan who had spent lots of time and money on it. You could daily drive it, as its very easy to live with. I only drive it on dry days however and its always garaged. The lack of a tin roof does affect handling but this is reduced to a bit of scuttle shake over bumps on my car, as it has strut brace, new suspension & poly bushes, uprated anti roll bars and wing braces from Totallyalfa.com. It handles very well without the usual understeer from the heavy Busso. I agree about the open top being a great platform for the Busso - it just sounds so fantastic through tunnels and in narrow streets etc! 😄
The GTV Spider is rare! There's none for sale right now across all the big online car market platforms. I did see a very late facelift 3.2 one awhile back but that was priced way up there. If you ask me, ultimate handling isn't needed. Busso engined cars are cruisers and GTs I feel. Perhaps the 147 GTA handles hot hatch like if money is spent on upgrades but I wouldn't know.
@@Negativvv True - not many about these days and most people won't be advertising theirs in Summertime anyway! I found a lovely low mileage Spider TS for my Brother in Law recently but there's not much choice. There are only 23 V6 Spiders on the road right now in the UK.
That era of Alfa is moving into rarity now yes. There are somewhere in the region of 150 156 2.5s left which is the same as the GTA. Considering only a few hundred were ever sold that's a reasonable percentage still around. I'd imagine they never sold many V6 Spiders in the first place!
I don’t know why I can’t see comparisons between this and the Z3 ...
Yes, they are similar cars in many respects, apart from the BMW is rear wheel drive. Both are bone fide modern classics. 👍🏻
Sigh... makes my 2.0 146 sound so lame... even a standard Busso setup sounds fantastic.
Ps is the soundtrack your composition?
Don't be sad Mike - the TS is a great sounding engine, perhaps lose a silencer to let it sing? This isn't my composition but I'll be using some more of my own tunes soon.
@@TheAlfaNut incidentally I still have your CD that you sent me in the 147, it gets a bit of airtime from time to time :D
The upside of the TS engine is that I regularly get around 7.5l/100km which is much better for commuting purposes.
Haha yes, swings and roundabouts isn’t it? Hows the situation in NZ? Your prime minister seems to be very switched on in managing it?
@@TheAlfaNut while it's fair to say things aren't perfect, at least we currently have freedom of movement within our borders, albeit with a level of contact tracing so movements can be tracked if there's any community transmission. Jacinda and the director general of health, Dr Bloomfield have kind of become cult icons to some for the way they've approached i, Whereas the minister of health has been a total idiot. Anyone entering the borders has to be quarantined for two weeks; of course fierce debate is now raging over who foots the bill for this. But in spite of a less than ideal situation, I think we're all glad we're not Brazil or the USA right now.
Yes it sounds (to the outside world at least), that NZ has applied some sensible joined-up thinking to the pandemic, whilst places like the USA have heavy political battles going on instead! 🙄. We are out of lockdown properly with freedom to go and stay wherever you like from Saturday onwards. At last
FWD and the taillights kill me on this car. imagine that Busso in a 4C...
I know - it handles great despite the FWD (Alfa nicked some ideas off the Lotus Elan for the GTV) but RWD would be awesome!
Best sounding V6, ooh it's close between the Busso, the V6 lump in the Nissan GTR and the 3.0 SC in the XE, XF and F-Type. Audi RS5 would be nice if it weren't for those horrendous DSG farts.
😂 yes they are a bit aren’t they? I like the Jag but it’s a bit too loud all the time!
I have a british Racing Green one .... 3l v6 12v
Hi Claudio! That is a very rare car now, especially in green. Are you in Italy or UK?
@@TheAlfaNut I'm in Germany ☘️😀👋
@@TheAlfaNut I'm in Germany ☘️😀👋
oh, Entschuldigung! 😁. Do you have snow?
oh, Entschuldigung! 😁. Do you have snow?
So, why did I buy a Boxster S?
To sell it and buy one of these. Had a 1984 GTV6. B333YHS rego in UK. Never should have sold it.
Hi Tim, I think the Boxster (unless its pretty new) has a bit of a bad rep. for costing a lot to maintain? They handle amazingly well though.
My only criticism is that Alfa could have done a better job of hiding the wipers. I own an ‘87 QV.
Hi Steve, thanks for watching! Yes the wipers are a bit prominent and they have the bizarre pipes attached for washer fluid instead of concealed jets. I need to review the previous generation Spider soon 👍🏻
@@TheAlfaNut I guess these were ment to not spray over the windscreen but on it. Ok for the Spider but the GTV got that thing too, also the ugly antenna which it would have not needed because it has a full rear window... So i guess the Spider was the base design.
my next car ... V6 12v or V6 24v : good question !
Hi Olivier - they are both great!
@@TheAlfaNut 24v because of 6 speed gearbox, tanned leather with blue body 17' teledial wheels on GTV ...
Sounds good - I love blue with tan leather. Very classy!
Its time to rush to the bathroom,back in about 3 minutes.
LOL! I take longer these days! ;0)
The Alfa Nut .....I was able to go 2 and 2/3rds times.the clip is 8 minutes long.on a serious note,I’ve been following you from the start as I’ve had the virus(Alfa virus not covid)20 year with a 156 and a gtv.love to hate them.thanks for the entertainment and looking forward to some more top quality clips.love from ireland.
Haha thanks a lot mate, appreciate your support. Where are you in Ireland? I had a crazy 24 hour business trip to Athlone a few years back, which involved a trip to a local distillery and subsequently missing my plane flight home! 😂
I’m in Belfast mate.that seems to happen a lot over here,looking forward to more videos on your gtv
Ah right - different Ireland! 😉. I really want to drive the N.I. Coast road soon, it looks amazing 👍🏻
God, I hate you........not really. Cracking looking and sounding car.
Sorry Donal! 🤣. Thanks for watching
hi, what exhaust system do u have? I also have a 3.0, I would like the same sound. U can find my GTV on my channel💪🏼. W Alfa❤
Hi Alessio! Cybox equal length downpipes, Ragazzon small silencer middle section and a custom straight through rear section with a small silencer welded in. 👍🏻
@@TheAlfaNut thanks👍🏻
Ach ,würde der Spider oder GTV nur 800-900kg wiegen , wäre es IDEAL . DER MOTOR ist Spitze , wenn er alle 60 000km oder Alle 6JAHRe einen neuen Zahnriehmen und Wartung erhält (Wasserpumpe zum Beispiel) .
Design des Fahrzeugs ist Super , nur 500kg zu schwer, das einzigste MANCKO
ALFA ROMEO = Gute Flasche Wein vor dem Kamin .
Andere Autos = Tetra Pack Wein . Klar wird man auch von einen Tetrapack Wein besoffen , aber ...........................................
Haha, ja vielleicht eine schöne Flasche Gruner Veltliner? (Die Familie meiner Frau ist Österreicherin!) Der Spider ist mit Sicherheit ein solides kleines Auto! Ich denke, es hilft dem Körper, steif zu bleiben, was in Ordnung ist, da ich es hauptsächlich für Kreuzfahrten benutze. Danke fürs zuschauen!
Beautiful just beautiful, sunshine on a cloudy day. I don't have an Alfa but always lasted after them. I have a Jag XK8 convertible which I love, so I'm going to take her out now with the roof down on the last day of January, bo@#£%ks to my accounts, the vat man and my ex wife!!! Thank you.
Jon
Haha! Thanks for watching Jonathan - I like your style, get out there and blow those HMRC cobwebs away! (I finished my accounts at 10pm last night) Glad to be of service & hope to feature an XK8 in the near future on my about to be launched, 2nd channel: "The Classic Nut". Keep 'em peeled.
Sound like fangio formula 1 racer alfetta 158
Its a great noise isn’t it? 😍
Great car, it's so sexy 😍.
Thanks a lot Lorenzo, it certainly looks good in front of a camera!
alfa romeo=ALPHA E OMEGA
Cheers for watching Ady - I agree!
I've owned a Cup and I can whole-heartedly tell you a VR6 sounds better
Good shout - the VR6 does sound epic too! 👍🏻
@TheAlfaNut I'm currently restoring my 89 Corrado storm, it did sound sweet last time she turned over. Here's hoping she will be back on the road before Christmas. I loved my Cup it's one of those cars I regret selling, All the best
Ooh a Corrado VR6 is one of the cars I always fancied too! Good luck with the resto 👍🏻 I recently launched a 2nd channel - “The Classic Nut” which will be featuring all sorts of cool cars. My first video was on my mates 500bhp TT RS but a VR6 feature would make a nice episode too. Maybe yours when it’s finished? 🤔🙂
youtube.com/@theclassicnut
@TheAlfaNut why not when it's complete, cheers I will be in touch
E' la più brutta Alfa dopo l'Arna.
😂 Sure.