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What cover have you gone for? I wanted one for the 4C but everything I’ve read suggests they just make things worse, trap moisture, bugs, cause more scratches than they avoid etc.
We went for the Outdoor all season one from AutoCovers - it does seem the best one we've had. The previous one was a cheap one and boy could you tell. The wind ripped it to bits and that's on a sheltered and closed drive way. I need one on it as there's a tree above the driveway so leaving it without seems a little dangerous.
 
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What cover have you gone for? I wanted one for the 4C but everything I’ve read suggests they just make things worse, trap moisture, bugs, cause more scratches than they avoid etc.

maybe :
https://www.carscovers.co.uk/ALFA-ROMEO-CAR-COVERS/ALFA-4C-CAR-COVER-2013-ONWARDS.html
or
https://www.classicadditions.com/en-GB/alfa-romeo-4c-4c-spider-car-covers/vml_1052-169595

i wouldn't skimp on a car cover

My brother has a Noble that he keeps under wraps, its tailored to fit his car, so not a cheap one
works brilliantly
 
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because they have to meet body tyre coverage for the range of ETRTO tyres in that size range. often the OEM selected performance tyre has neat square shoulders so don’t sit as flush with the body as the wangli ditch finder balloon tyres they had to set the wheels up to.

but you already knew that yeah?

Oh you were talking about why Alfa couldn't do it not why Chris couldn't do it, my mistake. :)

But even so, plenty of other sporty cars have nicer rear fitment than that.
 
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Yeah it’s part of the reason you get manufacturer spec tyres. Means they have greater control on the shoulder profiles, but means you end up with a more limited range or a significant increase in price per tyre if you aren’t selling in big volumes
 
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We went for the Outdoor all season one from AutoCovers - it does seem the best one we've had. The previous one was a cheap one and boy could you tell. The wind ripped it to bits and that's on a sheltered and closed drive way. I need one on it as there's a tree above the driveway so leaving it without seems a little dangerous.

Have just ordered one of these myself seeing as they're on sale and Storm Ciara has just shredded my 3 month old Halfords one :/
 
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Don't post porn in here dude.
Its quite sad actually - not been on the road for 10 years. Needs a few bits doing, nothing major fortunately, a few of the parts are getting hard to come by now though. It was my father in laws before he died and it got left to us but its not really feasible for us at the moment to put it back on the road. He used it as his daily motor from brand new, 150k of well enjoyed miles I would imagine. We will get the old girl back on the road at one point. Good looking car though!
 
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hint: mine is the middle silver one...

a 2003 C2 with 150k miles on it, no rebuilds, no issues (apart from the £500 spent each MOT :p)


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Soldato
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Its quite sad actually - not been on the road for 10 years. Needs a few bits doing, nothing major fortunately, a few of the parts are getting hard to come by now though. It was my father in laws before he died and it got left to us but its not really feasible for us at the moment to put it back on the road. He used it as his daily motor from brand new, 150k of well enjoyed miles I would imagine. We will get the old girl back on the road at one point. Good looking car though!

That is a shame, such a stunning car. Looks in great condition too.
 
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Those 8 Series were like a grand car 10 years ago. No idea how much they are worth now but more than likely a lot. I remember people were buying them for engine swaps because they were so cheap.

You can still pick up a battered one for peanuts but the clean modes are appreciating nicely. No real chance of us getting rid of it as it owes us nothing and at some point will be a nice project and probably worth a bob or two.
 
Don
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An 840ci in 1995 was around the £55k mark. I seem to recall the 850csi being in the £90k ballpark. They were pretty much aimed at the Porsche 993 and 993 Turbo in terms of pricing.
 
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