Re: alfa-digest V9 #170

[George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>]

This car was obviously brought to America by someone emigrating here or 
a returning US serviceman who bought it for personal transport while 
overseas. It is legal to bring cars in under both of these 
circumstances. OTOH, its probably for sale because the  owner found 
that (1) nobody in the US knew how to work on one and there is no 
source in this country for manuals, and (2) no parts are available for 
it in this country. Hence the sale. I looked at it closely on E-Bay, 
and it looks like a stripped-down "Hertz" version with cloth seats. The 
155 wasn't the greatest of Alfa Sedans, nowhere near as well made as 
the 156 and the 4-cylinder engine is anemic in that car (which is a 
bout the size and weight of an Accord) making it dog-slow. How do I 
know? I've driven a similar rental 155 in Europe.

George Graves
'86 GTV-6


On Saturday, Jan 11, 2003, at 08:20 US/Pacific, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 23:59:19 -0800
> From: "Rich Lasner" <richlasner@domain.elided>
> Subject: US-registered 155 T Spark on Ebay
>
> Anybody take a look at the 1996 155 Twin Spark on Ebay? The 
> description says
> it has 37,000 miles and a US title (their words, not mine). After what 
> Ive
> read about importing recent cars that were never US-certified, I didnt
> think this could happen. I have seen plenty of non-US-spec older Alfas 
> like
> Montreals and Z Jrs., and the very occasional ex-diplomat or temporary
> foreign workers car, like the Nuvolo Blue 156 that lurks in San 
> Francisco,
> but not a 155. Who is buying it, and when can I come over and drive it?
>
> Rich Lasner
> 1992 164S
> ARA
> AROC
> Mill Valley, CA
George Graves
'86 GTV-6
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