To have a 164 is to have one of hero car of mine. Alfa Romeo once very popular in Taiwan and the dealer doing great, but now we only have trader which import Alfa Romeo new model by order.
The era of 164 in Taiwan is back to 1990s when I was just a school boy under 10-year-old. It was a police station on mid of my way to school. Police car is always some kind of hero of little boy. I always remember the day I found that they change the police car in to a super stunning beauty, and that is my first time to know the name Alfa Romeo.

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My first car is a 1998 Alfa 156 1.8 T.Spark Lusso. Although the reason I decide to have this one is based on the easy maintenance and low tax payment, but I couldn’t help to fall in love with it. As a result, easy maintenance is only in my dream, it took me 1 and half year, piece by piece to make it in good condition.

My 156 is now can use as a daily car, and I drove it for more than one thousand kilometers in 5 days, from beach side to high mountain that is 3000 meters above sea level.
I have zero problem during my 156 trip, and no maintenance required after the trip since the condition is so good. It is that time, I feel that I could have another Alfa for fun. And it is that time, a pretty red QV appears, my first hero car appears.

With full maintenance history and as a garage car, this QV is not as smooth as my 156 but it will need way less restore period as my 156. Plus, this QV even got new original electronic shock absorber in 2 year ago, fantastic!


The 164/168 in Taiwan is now very rare, but several of 164/168 owner is now trying to link together and have more public activities. Hope I can share our activity later.
Oh, and I will have more photo on my 164QV later. Now I got only several from my phone.