Crap turning circle

[One Sport, One Legend, One Schumi]

Has anyone ever wondered how crap the turning circle of our Bravo is?

Check this out.

Yesterday I went down a very narrow spiral of a carpark without any problem, but to go back up i had to keep reversing move forward, reverse, forward...what the hell????!!!!

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.......ONE SPORT ONE LEGEND ONE SCHUEY..........

............X....X....X....X.....X....X....(X)................

.............6 TIMES....going on to 7 times..............

 

[Anonymous]

I find it to be quite poor, but to be honest i have got much to compare it against.

As most of my car have had a shorter wheelbase (not sure if that makes a difference), the only similar size cars i've had were the golf, which i found ok, and a prelude, which has 4 wheel steering.

Daz

 

[Sabre23]

I think your problem must down to the mechanism temporarily attatched to the steering within the cabin, nothing to do with the permanent mechanism under the bonnet.

 

[Anonymous]

i had a brandnew ren clio last year on rental, the turning circle on a bravo is amazing by comparison.

 

[Sabre23]

I rest my case!

 

[Tom]

Not driven many front wheel drive cars now have you?

Try the Alfa 156/147 GTA, its FAR worse.

 

[patrick]

Or even try the fiat coupe, like driving a barge for turning round

 

[alan]

or the honda integra type r or a calibra or a vauxhall vivaro. lol


I could just u turn my bravo on my road, none of the above could, but my dad's e-class could. spooky. lol

 

[Lee]

My hgt has a crap turning circle. the lorrys at work could turn in side my circle. is it about 11m the car park is just that.
Lee

 

[J]

Yeah Merc's have amasing turning circles!! cos you can get some serious lock on a merc and has anyone noticed when you lock merc and bmw wheels the wheel is not vertical - it tilts slightly?

 

[Big Andy]

You should try my Alfa 155, that is like an oil tanker but get it on the open road and you soon forgive it anything

 

[David]

Bravo turning circles - all thing are relative

All recent Alfas have really poor turning circles - I can't remember the exact excuse but obviously its the design of the front suspension.

After six years of driving Alfas, when I bought my Bravo I thought I was driving a London cab the turning circle was so good. Shame the Bravo handles a bit like a black cab when compared to my wife's Alfa 145 Twinspark. Roadholding is okay, just not so much fun.

Mind you, it could have been worse, if I had waited six months and bought a five door Stilo I would have looked like I was driving a London cab as well!

David