Re: 911 or gtv6

[Steve An <stevean@domain.elided>]

Guten Morgen,

As they say in Baden Wuerttemberg, if you prefer Spaetzle, no amount of
convincing will make you want to eat spaghetti... or something to that effect.

I owned an (euro) 83 SC and an (euro) 86 Carrera when I lived in Stuttgart,
my 83 had the turbo tail and the 86 had the Carrera tail, and an 85 GTV6
with the Kirshtein ECU (actually, it was Jim Smith's mods, but this is
another ancient history) later on in Boston, so I'll comment... The 911
boxer 6 was just intoxicating, both in terms of tractability and sound, but
then the Alfa 6 is no slouch either, both have proved to be pretty
reliable. The 911 is a point and squirt car, probably better for the
streets of Texas, the GTV6 can hang onto those long sweeping curves with
much greater confidence, it really compares more with the 944/951 than the
911. 

You have to want to drive the 911 at speed, it plows like a pig, then snap
oversteers; trailing throttle oversteer... I am having trouble just typing
this. If you have not swap ends in a 911 you have not driven hard enough.

I moved to Zuffenhausen in 85 because I wanted to own and drive 911's. I
made a lot of friends with the designers at Weissach when I got there, most
of whom were Americans. To my surprise, most were Alfa nuts, they also
liked Ferraris, too, but most can't afford it. I remember chasing my
friend's Junior Z and Sud Sprint, 84 GTV6 around and I had twice the engine
and horse power, needless to say, I became a convert. 

If $$ were no object, it's tough call as to which car I would want to drive
on a given day, I brought the 86 Carrera back to Boston and had the 85 GTV6
as my winter car, I found both enjoyable depending on my mood. If you
factor in the $$$, the Alfa wins..

con brio,

	- Steve.

  At 12:53 PM 10/22/01 -0500, Crawford, Pat wrote:
>Ciao!
>I have an interesting question for those of you fellow alfisti that can
>relate;
>
>I recently bought a gtv6 that is in need of much repair, (but still runs!)
>for about $1000. I bought this car for my wife so that she could , one day
>share in the sheer pleasure that I have driving my spider around. I know
>that the two are completely different beast's but I enjoy the one just as
>much as the other. Her dream car is a 911 Porsche with a whale tail , but
>she also saw a gtv6 in Switzerland a few years back that she thought was
>really cool. I am at the point of putting several thousands of dollars into
>this baby and I need to convince her that this will outdo a 911 in looks and
>performance . I of course, am very biased and where could I possibly find a
>running 911 for $1000? So , considering my limited budget and all other
>things considered, was this statement a complete untruth or could a properly
>revitalized gtv6 outrun and out look a 911? I welcome all of your equally
>biased opinions (just kidding).
>Thanks,
>Pat
>Dallas
>
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