So what next???

[alfatwo]

Alfa Romeo Brera,there old hat,you'd have to be a dyed in the wool Alfisti to drive one of those old things,thats why you dont see any!

 

[CatmanV2]

Not keen on anything with more doors than passengers I am likley to carry, but I do need a decent boot and room in the back for 'stuff'...in summary a good GT car with lots of class that can still give me a smile when I am on my own down a B Road.

Sports Rover - too chavy
Porsche - to common
Boxter - to small
BMW - an every day car

So my options get smaller

Virtually non-existent, I'd say. I was going to suggest XK-R, then I saw this and it fails dismally on the storage.

C

 

[drewf]

Why does an XK fail on storage? We've had two, and I didn't think they were lacking in the boot department.

 

[CatmanV2]

Why does an XK fail on storage? We've had two, and I didn't think they were lacking in the boot department.

I thought they had tiny boots, and miniscule back seats. I certainly stand to be corrected, though.

C

 

[lawco]

Jag XF? Great cars and don't come standard with pipe and slippers anymore.

Alfa 2.4 JTD 159 SportWagon TI spec.

Am thinking about one myself to replace the Alfa GT.

I would get another one in a heartbeat, had the 1.9 which was underpowered the 2.4 is a great car. My only worry is the rear seat fixing and ISOFIX, we had an accident in ours and the rear seat backs popped out of their fixings. If our little one had been in the car seat or we had rear passengers they would not have fared very well! The ISOFIX and seatbelts are integrated into the seatback.



Great car though and I really miss her.

Lee

 

[dem maser]

that baby seat thing has put me off

 

[bigbob]

I'd stick with what what you have, nothing better at that price point.

 

[rossyl]

I would get another one in a heartbeat, had the 1.9 which was underpowered the 2.4 is a great car. My only worry is the rear seat fixing and ISOFIX, we had an accident in ours and the rear seat backs popped out of their fixings. If our little one had been in the car seat or we had rear passengers they would not have fared very well! The ISOFIX and seatbelts are integrated into the seatback.

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Great car though and I really miss her.

Lee

What precise car was that the Alfa Romeo estate please? Please confirm, as I will now never buy that car. That is a scary photo.

 

[bigbob]

I aways thought that ISOFIX fixings were attached to the chassis rather than the seat. Unless the seat moving has sheared them?

 

[2b1ask1]

That is seriously disturbing Lee; I do hope the authorities took that up with Alfa as the implications don't bear thinking about if the littl'un had been in there...

 

[drewf]

I thought they had tiny boots, and miniscule back seats. I certainly stand to be corrected, though.

C

Use to put two 'full-sized' cases in the boot with ease, plus coats and other stuff. Designed for Mercuns, you see - I'm told the requirement was to be able to fit two complete sets of golf bats into the boot, and I fully believe one could.

I'll agree, the back seats are perfect for holding a spare jumper, and not much more.

 

[lawco]

What precise car was that the Alfa Romeo estate please? Please confirm, as I will now never buy that car. That is a scary photo.

She was a 2008 159 Sportwagon Ti 1.9 jtdm.

 

[Chrisbassett]

I aways thought that ISOFIX fixings were attached to the chassis rather than the seat. Unless the seat moving has sheared them?

Everything I read when I was looking for child seats said that isofix creates a direct connection between the child seat and the car chassis. Definitely worth taking back to the manufacturer if this happens and getting them to make it right.

 

[Parisien]

Well Peter.....short list of 0.....by the looks of it!!!

P

 

[dem maser]

im with chris, thats what i know

 

[lawco]

Everything I read when I was looking for child seats said that isofix creates a direct connection between the child seat and the car chassis. Definitely worth taking back to the manufacturer if this happens and getting them to make it right.

I thought this was the case but on the 159 and many other cars we have looked at since the ISOFIX points are built into the seatback! This seems to be becoming a common design. Our Fiat 500 and Audi TTS have a solid bar fixed to the chassis which has the ISOFIX hooks welded to it. The result of this accident really opened our eyes, the 159 has a 5 star ncap rating with 4 stars for children in the rear in car seats! Apparently they only tested the saloon not the estate. You can't totally rely on the ncap scores. We did contact Alfa Romeo about this but they seemed to believe it was a freak incident and were not too concerned. The loss adjuster had never seen this before so perhaps it was.