RE: Alfa Romeo 4C: Review

[otolith]

Supercars have a different brief, though.

[V6Alfisti]

Despite our long debates over the servicing intervals, apparently Alfa have since confirmed it is every 12500 miles now.

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/quick-n...

[kambites]

That sounds much more sensible! 4500 would have been a serious sticking point for a lot of people, I think.

[pilchardthecat]

V6Alfisti said:

Despite our long debates over the servicing intervals, apparently Alfa have since confirmed it is every 12500 miles now.

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/quick-n...

Well the alfa garages had a briefing from Alfa UK earlier this week, and they were told 4,500.

[Esseesse]

pilchardthecat said:

Well the alfa garages had a briefing from Alfa UK earlier this week, and they were told 4,500.

Maybe the first service at 4,500?

[kambites]

Esseesse said:

pilchardthecat said:

Well the alfa garages had a briefing from Alfa UK earlier this week, and they were told 4,500.

Maybe the first service at 4,500?

That's was my guess. Sounds like crossed wires somewhere and a 4500 first service wouldn't be unusual.

[pilchardthecat]

Esseesse said:

pilchardthecat said:

Well the alfa garages had a briefing from Alfa UK earlier this week, and they were told 4,500.

Maybe the first service at 4,500?

The contract says "every 4,500 miles" apparently. I guess they might change it for later contracts.

[TA14]

pilchardthecat said:

Esseesse said:

pilchardthecat said:

Well the alfa garages had a briefing from Alfa UK earlier this week, and they were told 4,500.

Maybe the first service at 4,500?

The contract says "every 4,500 miles" apparently. I guess they might change it for later contracts.

"Exact service intervals are to be confirmed but are expected to be every 4,500 miles"

[otolith]

TA14 said:

"Exact service intervals are to be confirmed but are expected to be every 4,500 miles"

Arse-covering?

[pilchardthecat]

TA14 said:

"Exact service intervals are to be confirmed but are expected to be every 4,500 miles"

fkers. That's not helpful!!!!

I hope they bloody make their mind up, i'm back looking at 997s in the classifieds

[braddo]

pilchardthecat said:

TA14 said:

"Exact service intervals are to be confirmed but are expected to be every 4,500 miles"

fkers. That's not helpful!!!!

I hope they bloody make their mind up, i'm back looking at 997s in the classifieds

The cost of the warranty to cover the 997's risk of bore scoring etc will be higher for you than 4500-mile servicing on the Alfa.

[kambites]

braddo said:

The cost of the warranty to cover the 997's risk of bore scoring etc will be higher for you than 4500-mile servicing on the Alfa.

I don't think it's the cost of the servicing that bothers people. It's more the inconvenience.

[k-ink]

Just get the Alfa. It will be WAY cooler, more reliable and cheaper to own than a carrera.

[pilchardthecat]

kambites said:

I don't think it's the cost of the servicing that bothers people. It's more the inconvenience.

Exactly. If i wanted to take a car to the garage for a service every 12 weeks i would have bought a GT-R

Dont care too much about the cost, i doubt it will be as bad as an M car anyway

[Oilchange]

Does top grade synthetic go crap at 4500 miles? i don't think so. My Esprit has a service interval of 6000 and thats got 6.5 litres of the stuff in it, plus it gets thoroughly thrashed.
If its only for the service stamp for resale value then I think its pointless.

[V6Alfisti]

Looks like Clarkson has got hold of one.

https://twitter.com/JeremyClarkson/status/38327019...

"Some days I really really like my job. Today was one of them. 4C."

[pilchardthecat]

Yeah the dealer mentioned a forthcoming top gear appearance. had hoped it would be after i'd got in the queue and zillions of other people decide they want one.

Still trying to find out about the service interval

[V6Alfisti]

pilchardthecat said:

Yeah the dealer mentioned a forthcoming top gear appearance. had hoped it would be after i'd got in the queue and zillions of other people decide they want one.

Still trying to find out about the service interval

Personally, I bet Alfa were thinking 4.5k but I suspect they have had a change of heart and decided on the 12.5k as per the Autocar note.

It seems odd for Autocar to say they have had it confirmed by Alfa if this is not true, the dealer briefing is likely more out of date...typical Alfa!

[kambites]

If that does turn out to be the case, it makes you wonder how much of service schedules is engineering driven and how much marketing.

[Kolbenkopp]

V6Alfisti said:

It seems odd for Autocar to say they have had it confirmed by Alfa if this is not true, the dealer briefing is likely more out of date...typical Alfa!

Yup, that's their style. Makes one wonder if the cam belt change interval is going to be halved again at some point . Lovely, lovely car though.