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Old 04-24-2008, 03:48 PM
richardbradford richardbradford is offline
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Originally Posted by treborblack View Post
Claude does raise one point, the non body kitted series 2 cars do look plain imho and from a side on view people often ask id it's a Peugeot 605, but drive one and it's far from plain and very entertaining,

So get yourself a ride and i'll be gob smacked if that doesn't change your appreciation if not your desire to get one yourself
I disagree. Not sure how the non-body-kitted S2 164s look in the US but the UK spec ones look great; even in this 'worst photo of a 164 ever' picture. Never had anyone mistake it for a Peugeot, especially not in Germany when I took it to 145mph on the autobahn and discovered it accelerated better at 140 than it had at 130 as the V6 really came on cam.

Don't like the look of the 166s and the 156s are too small for my family needs. Handling wise it is great and can be drifted at the front or the back accordingly.

Can understand that not everyone loves the look of it, for there are understandably mad people in this world, but personally I think it is a Pininfarina masterpiece of performance executive design and Alfa brilliance of execution, if still Alfa reliability. If you like them buy one, or more. If you don't buy what you do like. Either way, don't come to this 164 forum bitching about 164s and expect a warm welcome. We wouldn't do it to you so why try and do it to us?

Thanks for reading,

Richard
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