Jerry,
I like the rear supension on the GTV myself, with its inboard discs brakes
mounted on the transaxle/clutch assembly in the rear?
Phil
jdg1 wrote:
> Well after having so much fun with rebuilding the 2000, 7 years ago I
> thought it was time to have so more fun. Anyway I joined the Italian ranks
> with the purchase of an Alfa Romeo GTV6. Currently I having a lot of fun
> with -- no doubt the crying comes later.
>
> One nice touch on the car that I thought "might" be applicable to the
> roadster. The Alfa uses a hood release cable -- actually two cables. The
> car has two cables side-by-side -- the second cable is an emergency cable in
> case the regular cable breaks. Now I'm sure I'll hear the jokes that the
> Alfa "needs" two hood cables but it does seem like an easily implemented
> once of prevention for the roadsters.
>
> BTW -- I enjoy the ride of the Alfa but probably the two things that I find
> the most interesting is how quickly the engine gains Rpm's and how rapidly
> this car decelerates.
>
> Jerry
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