Hi, read your post about going to Brisbane. it aint that bad, I used CEVA/TNT (their numbers in the yellow pages) to bring a vehicle from Sunshine Coast (1 hr from Brisbane further north) and it only cost $650 and they had it Melbourne at my front door in a week. By the time you trade in in Melbourne, change over etc. you'll loose alot more than that.

In terms of rego, you can drive your car in Brisbane for a period of time, I think 3 months (check with Roads Corporation in Brisbane with one call) without transfering rego and then transfer rego with normal roadworthy etc. When you transfer they give you a ceritficate for transfer date and Vic Roads will refund the balance of your rego on application. Then when you come back to Melbourne it's the same deal.

Don't stress unless the cars a dog and you want to get rid of it anyway, then it's not as hard as you think to move vehicles interstate.

1750GT

The forum is hosted by AROCA Vic, hence the dominance of Victorian sponsors. I am sure some of our Queensland friends have the appropriate suggestions.

Yes, to all, I agree, a good service before you leave Melbourne is the shot until you've had time to settle in and find a good spanner in Brisbane.

The Brisbane member site is a good idea as well. I wouldn't go near the modern Alfa dealers, they don't know and don't care.

1750GT

I would agree, AROCA-QLD has an excellent relationship with the Alfa dealership in Brisbane. They are great club sponsors who have opened their doors for club nightsas well as lending demonstrator vehicles for events. They promote the club to all new buyers of Alfa Romeo's and have excellent mechanics.

You can't base an opinion like that in a public forum from what could have been 1 isolated incident.

Actually, they are sold through Ateco

Also Ateco......they are having a big push on Fiat at the moment, cars at the AGP etc, just like a couple of years ago when they had a big push on the 159 at Bathurst and lots of advertising through mainstream media etc.

Really, you are surprised that a dealer selling new cars is not interested in a 35 year old car that they havent stocked any parts for over 20 years......whats a 501?

Correct, and we are happy as a club to push that barrow for them.  They scratch our back and we scratch theirs, but comments like this put the relationship we have under strain.

your opinion is your own 1750GT, and it is not shared by the club as a whole and the majority of its members.

Thanks guys, good to see that you have the time to waste nit picking posts, pick up mistakes and you are so into your dealers. The point I am making is that I feel that Alfa dealers have left behind their past with respect to classic alfa's and given that Alfa's are now not factory but wholesaler backed, yes Ateco I suspect, there is no real service or parts distributership for classics.

But I suppose I needed to say it better so you needn't spend so much time spent cranking someones opinion rather than spending your time off loading the majority club opinions. As for you representing all members, I am glad that you feel you have such a common touch and are so in touch with yourself.

Not enough time driving your alfa I suspect.