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Dales Cannon

lightbrain about 4pm
Staff member
So either keep it looking stock or go ballistic!

The 1500 and 1800 were very very similar from memory. Could do a Duratec / MX5 box and rear end conversion... i know where a good ST170 engine is. Add forged rods, forged pistons, ITBs, headers to get 260 bhp. Then do coilovers.
 

Flow-Rider

Burner
From a person that's changed a lot of wiper blades in their lifetime, sometimes the rubber sticks to the glass and or the spring is really tight then you need to really reef on the wiper blade to get it off the glass. It would be easier to coin the side of the car if you want to intentionally damage someones car but then again you live in the Bronx so anything may be possible. :)
 

Haakon

has an accommodating arse
From a person that's changed a lot of wiper blades in their lifetime, sometimes the rubber sticks to the glass and or the spring is really tight then you need to really reef on the wiper blade to get it off the glass. It would be easier to coin the side of the car if you want to intentionally damage someones car but then again you live in the Bronx so anything may be possible. :)
No, not sticky blades. It’s apparently a thing around here to leave peoples wipers up. I don’t understand why either.

In short, no clue what happened... it’s mostly annoying because I’m looking right at it when driving! Hard to ignore...

I have some touch up paint, will spend some time practising and attempt a decent repair.
 

dancaseyimages

Mountain bike pornographer
No, not sticky blades. It’s apparently a thing around here to leave peoples wipers up. I don’t understand why either.

In short, no clue what happened... it’s mostly annoying because I’m looking right at it when driving! Hard to ignore...

I have some touch up paint, will spend some time practising and attempt a decent repair.
Toothpick and dip into paint then apply to your car, if you put some tape around it will help when wet-sanding it back down to get the really high spots.
 

Flow-Rider

Burner
No, not sticky blades. It’s apparently a thing around here to leave peoples wipers up. I don’t understand why either.

In short, no clue what happened... it’s mostly annoying because I’m looking right at it when driving! Hard to ignore...

I have some touch up paint, will spend some time practising and attempt a decent repair.
Mates do it to me when they see my car at the trail heads and I'm out riding but they wouldn't do it to a stranger's car.

It's a shame they put them together with inconsistencies because I really the GIULIA QUADRIFOGLIO .
 

Haakon

has an accommodating arse
Mates do it to me when they see my car at the trail heads and I'm out riding but they wouldn't do it to a stranger's car.

It's a shame they put them together with inconsistencies because I really the GIULIA QUADRIFOGLIO .
The Guilia is apparently an order of magnitude better built than our Guilietta... They’re meant to be pretty good.

Wiper issue is a common design on modern cars, by no means an Alfa only thing!
 

Dales Cannon

lightbrain about 4pm
Staff member
I find it odd people like some japanese cars and not others... To me, all japanese cars are the essentially interchangeable...
Our household has four. Five if you count the Kubota. They are good value for what they are. One German, one Brit, one aussie and one yankee make up the rest. Each does the job that it was bought for. And half a Belgian I think.
 
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