Few of our alfas care about 0-60 either, as most of them are 4-
cylinder cars of less than 130 BHP. The thing about a Cruze that makes
it (IMHO) NOT a replacement for an Alfa is the fact that it's an
appliance. A transportation appliance. It might be a good appliance,
maybe even a great one, but as such, it is the antithesis of an Alfa.
Alfas are about the passion of the open road, a romantic device. An
Alfa is car to challenge all the gods and poets to a contest of life
and love. If Alfas take a bit more care and feeding than does an
appliance, so be it. It's worth it for that smile an Alfa puts on it's
owner's face when he or she is behind the wheel. If you don't think
so, then, obviously, you are not (or are, no longer) an Alfa person,
and that's fine. I would buy a Cruze to take me to work and the
grocery store, but keep my Alfa to take me to motoring heaven.
George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'
On Jan 14, 2011, at 8:03 AM, doskow, j wrote:
Hi !
after many years of driving ALFAs as daily drivers we finally gave
up and
got something that can actually be repaired within 800 miles of here,
has modern safety features, great handling, fine supportive seating,
in an Amereican car - a Chevy Cruze ! and it goes about twice as far
per gasoline dollar as our ALFAs. a great car for grownups who don't
care about 0-60.
jak
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