The biggest thing that pisses me off about BL is the potential that was squandered.

All true. Me and my girlfriend like to play the 'would you rather' game, where we come up with two scenarios and have to choose which one you'd prefer.

The modern driving experience?

This seems as good a place as any to ask it. Does anyone know how much power the S20 made net? I know it made 160bhp, but I'm fairly certain that's gross hp as the 240Z's 150bhp was gross as well (141bhp or 135bhp net depending on year).

Rover 800.

We have a Niva and the phrase 'both shoddy and rugged' fits it perfectly. Like you could kick its bumper and something would fall off the other end, but that you could point it towards a rubble-strewn wasteland, put it in low range and just hammer straight through it.

Not certain they're failing hard. Sales-wise they might not be competing, but that's thanks to decades of indoctrination that BMW is untouchable. They're not. They're good, but they're hero-worshipped.

That would be great :) like the hubble telescope carrying on well past it's designed obsolescence with a couple of clever fixes :)

Yeah I don't quite get that. Why not aim to be the best Alfa it can be rather than go chasing after BMW.

This, and I'm a die-hard Alfa fan.

Good point. I'd like to see even just a flash of data from a weigh bridge to have a bit of proof behind the claim...

Hell yes :) or a set of zoomies. Jsut having 4 sticking out would make it interesting :)

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Well that's disappointing. I might have been able to afford a relatively cheap I4 Alfa roadster relatively soon. Like hell I'll be able to afford a Z4 competitor, and I really want to support Alfa by buying one of their cars.

Depending on which fish species, their eggs could well have hitched a lift on the undersides of the ducks and geese that have been there. That's one method I know about :)

I really hope not, but the longer it is before I see a new volume car in the metal the more I fear it's the case.

Oh cool, I'd never thought of that as an explanation. In Italian 'i' is pronounced like we would pronounce 'ee' so 'Speeder' would be written 'Spider'. Cool :)

CP at $4000, but that's not to say I don't like the idea...

The weight distribution of a 240SX is 52/48 and it weighs 1225kg. If you add 35kg to the front end then you end up with 54.8/45.2 so the balance has been affected. However, if you take 35kg off the front end then the weight and balance returns to stock, so the components have changed but the balance and weight hasn't…

Ditto on the X1/9. I really really want a turbo X1/9. I'd level it off at 180bhp, no need for much more in what is essentially a stiffened crisp packet :)