$3000 Cars - Episode 1. My 916 GTV

Started by ugame, August 22, 2018, 01:09:11 PM

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ugame

Filmed this a while ago and only just got round to cutting and uploading it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbLbL1xjwK0

(LINK FIXED (Thanks John))
Past: 180SX | 300ZX Twin Turbo | 350Z HR Roadster | 300C 5.7 V8 HEMI | 98 GTV 2.0 TS
Present: 2002 GTV 2.0 TS | 147 TS | 74 Super Beetle | Porsche Cayman S 987.1
Future: I've stopped looking. Wife says "No more Alfas" lol.

poohbah

err, think that's the wrong link unless you've suddenly learned to speak Polish!
Now:    2002 156 GTA
            1981 GTV
Before: 1999 156 V6 Q-auto
            2001 156 V6 (sadly cremated)

ugame

Quote from: poohbah on August 22, 2018, 01:19:45 PM
err, think that's the wrong link unless you've suddenly learned to speak Polish!

Cheers matey. Fixed.
Past: 180SX | 300ZX Twin Turbo | 350Z HR Roadster | 300C 5.7 V8 HEMI | 98 GTV 2.0 TS
Present: 2002 GTV 2.0 TS | 147 TS | 74 Super Beetle | Porsche Cayman S 987.1
Future: I've stopped looking. Wife says "No more Alfas" lol.

lombardi

Really enjoyed watching , Lovely roads , did not know WA had Hills ,mountain climbs like u drove .
forza lazio,viva l'alfa

Current Alfa=

Giulietta 2015 QV manual Ghiaccio

1974 Spider series 2 ,carabinieri blu





Previous Alfas=


33x4 1985 wagon
33 ti 1985
156 sportswagon manual red
Alfetta sportiva 1981 red
166 silver 1999

poohbah

Nice vid Chris. so Episode Two will be about passing the baton to the next generation?
Now:    2002 156 GTA
            1981 GTV
Before: 1999 156 V6 Q-auto
            2001 156 V6 (sadly cremated)

ugame

Quote from: lombardi on August 22, 2018, 03:36:42 PM
Really enjoyed watching , Lovely roads , did not know WA had Hills ,mountain climbs like u drove .

Slim pickings but there are a few nice roads. Most are marred by horridly low speed limits designed for the lowest common denominator.

But yes, the Perth Hills is a wonderful area. Moving here was the best choice of my life.

This area is The Perth Hills. The most famous road would be the Zig Zags which is a 1 way switch back down the side of the hill, that used to be a steam freight railway for the logging trade I believe.

It's a 40K zone and always has walkers and cyclists (going the wrong way gggrrrrrrr) but still a nice scenic drive. Not the place to be a hero and as I am now local to the area, I treat it with even more respect that I used to because I know the amount of people who walk on it.

Here's a normal drive down it.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpWYxteTGyQ (this was just a camera/microphone test before my UK Porsche 997 trip)

However...the Zig Zags are driven the opposite way as a "Hill Climb" as part of the Targa West Rally. Closed road for that of course, but here's some footage from this years 2nd place car, shooting up it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILlxVRhzLOY

I really want to enter this one year, but watching a top driver do this leg (and other legs) scares the crap out of me now lol.
Past: 180SX | 300ZX Twin Turbo | 350Z HR Roadster | 300C 5.7 V8 HEMI | 98 GTV 2.0 TS
Present: 2002 GTV 2.0 TS | 147 TS | 74 Super Beetle | Porsche Cayman S 987.1
Future: I've stopped looking. Wife says "No more Alfas" lol.

ugame

Quote from: poohbah on August 22, 2018, 03:50:34 PM
Nice vid Chris. so Episode Two will be about passing the baton to the next generation?

Episode 2 may be me lying under the beetle with a hammer, swearing my Fn head off :D
Past: 180SX | 300ZX Twin Turbo | 350Z HR Roadster | 300C 5.7 V8 HEMI | 98 GTV 2.0 TS
Present: 2002 GTV 2.0 TS | 147 TS | 74 Super Beetle | Porsche Cayman S 987.1
Future: I've stopped looking. Wife says "No more Alfas" lol.

Vne165

Chris,
thanks from a Perth based Alfa addict. I really enjoyed the video, especially because I just picked up a 2002 TS Spider. I have some work to do before it's finally sorted, but am looking forward to really seeing what a modern "Alfa" is like. Cheers Vne

ugame

Quote from: Vne165 on August 22, 2018, 08:46:49 PM
Chris,
thanks from a Perth based Alfa addict. I really enjoyed the video, especially because I just picked up a 2002 TS Spider. I have some work to do before it's finally sorted, but am looking forward to really seeing what a modern "Alfa" is like. Cheers Vne

Thank you for your kind words re the video. Just a bit of fun really, for my own amusement more than anything else, but it's always nice to know that others enjoy watching.

Enjoy the TS. Such great cars! I Highly recommend joining the WA Alfa Club if you're not a member already, if for nothing else, but to join in with the annual Pasta Run :)
Past: 180SX | 300ZX Twin Turbo | 350Z HR Roadster | 300C 5.7 V8 HEMI | 98 GTV 2.0 TS
Present: 2002 GTV 2.0 TS | 147 TS | 74 Super Beetle | Porsche Cayman S 987.1
Future: I've stopped looking. Wife says "No more Alfas" lol.

poohbah

Just took the 116 GTV down the Zig Zags - what an amazing stretch of road. Can't believe I had never heard of it before your post Chris, given I grew up in Perth.

Also can't believe they use that on Targa West - would be terrifying at speed!. I had to have two goes at the last switchback its so tight - not game to try a handbrake turn ...
Now:    2002 156 GTA
            1981 GTV
Before: 1999 156 V6 Q-auto
            2001 156 V6 (sadly cremated)

ugame

Quote from: poohbah on August 25, 2018, 05:22:26 PM
Just took the 116 GTV down the Zig Zags - what an amazing stretch of road. Can't believe I had never heard of it before your post Chris, given I grew up in Perth.

Also can't believe they use that on Targa West - would be terrifying at speed!. I had to have two goes at the last switchback its so tight - not game to try a handbrake turn ...

Great photo!

Mate if you're ever in the area, hit me up.

PMing you my number.

Any excuse for a drive :)

PS: Do you need a co-driver for Pasta Run this year? I'm out of Italian cars lol
Past: 180SX | 300ZX Twin Turbo | 350Z HR Roadster | 300C 5.7 V8 HEMI | 98 GTV 2.0 TS
Present: 2002 GTV 2.0 TS | 147 TS | 74 Super Beetle | Porsche Cayman S 987.1
Future: I've stopped looking. Wife says "No more Alfas" lol.

poohbah

#11
Cheers mate, will do that for sure next time.

And could use a co driver next Pasta Run.

PS - Another good (short) stretch where you can have a bit more Gusto is the road up to the Bells Rapids Lookout.

And Chittering Rd-Julimar Rd that nicks up the back way into Toodyay.
Now:    2002 156 GTA
            1981 GTV
Before: 1999 156 V6 Q-auto
            2001 156 V6 (sadly cremated)

ALFAAA

#12
Look at this 916 Value , Busso V6 Modern Classic ;)

https://youtu.be/ePkPRStJO_E
Current :2004 916 V6 3.2 Spider (baby)
             :Alfetta GTV6 1984 3.2 24v
             :2024 Tonale Veloce SUV

Past       :Alfetta GTV  1977
             :147 Selespeed 2002