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My 2012 Giulietta 2.0 JTDM TCT Veloce
This car is now 21 months and 31,700 miles old. It has a huge list of extras too:
18 Turbine Wheels
Brembo brake upgrade
BOSE
Red Sports Leather (heated)
Visibility Pack which includes auto lights, wipers and rear parking sensors
Privacy Glass
My Port
Electric Folding Mirrors
Steering Wheel Paddleshift
I've owned the car since January this year and covered 15,000 miles. I'm very, very happy with it.
Picture was taken whilst out giving it a razz on Sunday, hence the just rallied look!
This car is now 21 months and 31,700 miles old. It has a huge list of extras too:
18 Turbine Wheels
Brembo brake upgrade
BOSE
Red Sports Leather (heated)
Visibility Pack which includes auto lights, wipers and rear parking sensors
Privacy Glass
My Port
Electric Folding Mirrors
Steering Wheel Paddleshift
I've owned the car since January this year and covered 15,000 miles. I'm very, very happy with it.
Picture was taken whilst out giving it a razz on Sunday, hence the just rallied look!
Big week for the Alfa, taken from readers cars: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
I brought the car out of storage for a few days to make sure it was running right, as I wanted to use it for my wedding. On the Friday before the wedding, which was on the Sunday, I went to pick it up. I knew the battery was weak and not quite powerful enough for the starter, but even jumping it from the BMW, I couldn't turn the engine over quick enough to start. I ended up going off to buying a new, larger, more powerful battery, but it wouldn't fit in the battery tie down arrangement. I had run the car with the same arrangement when I first got it (previous owner fix), and short of time I set off leaving the BMW parked up.
Once running, and after pumping the tyres up, the Alfa was behaving perfectly, until later in the day when arriving at the M1 junction, there were plumes of smoke coming from the engine. s
tting myself furiously, I quickly pulled onto a minor exit, and stopped up on the curb, imagining standing there as the distinctive shape burnt in front of my eyes. On carefully opening the bonnet, there were no flames, but the battery had slid over, and was resting against the exhaust manifold. Relieved, I quickly undid the terminals and whipped the battery out. There was battery acid dripping from the hole, and so I tried to cool it thinking it would seal. There was a fair bit on the battery tray, so I got some paper towel out of the boot to soak some of it up. By this point I'd got quite a bit on my hands, and on a sore knuckle it began to sting.
Luckily for me, earlier in the day I'd been transporting some flowers for the wedding, swerved a cyclist and filled the rear seat with water, so I had a wet micro fibre cloth in the car which I could wipe my hands on. Thinking about getting home, I remembered that there was a Halfords down the road, and a brief glance at my watch showed I had just enough time to get there. Good job as we were leaving the following morning. I put the battery back into the car, and set off again, hoping I would get there without the headlights going out. Thankfully I did, and the 2nd battery of the day was installed, along with tie raps in choice positions to keep it sitting secure.
The next day we packed the car, suitcases on the back seat and a full boot, and set off on the 2 hour drive to Shropshire. It behaved perfectly, and on the big day in the hands of my father in law, did an admirable job whilst looking the part too.
I brought the car out of storage for a few days to make sure it was running right, as I wanted to use it for my wedding. On the Friday before the wedding, which was on the Sunday, I went to pick it up. I knew the battery was weak and not quite powerful enough for the starter, but even jumping it from the BMW, I couldn't turn the engine over quick enough to start. I ended up going off to buying a new, larger, more powerful battery, but it wouldn't fit in the battery tie down arrangement. I had run the car with the same arrangement when I first got it (previous owner fix), and short of time I set off leaving the BMW parked up.
Once running, and after pumping the tyres up, the Alfa was behaving perfectly, until later in the day when arriving at the M1 junction, there were plumes of smoke coming from the engine. s
tting myself furiously, I quickly pulled onto a minor exit, and stopped up on the curb, imagining standing there as the distinctive shape burnt in front of my eyes. On carefully opening the bonnet, there were no flames, but the battery had slid over, and was resting against the exhaust manifold. Relieved, I quickly undid the terminals and whipped the battery out. There was battery acid dripping from the hole, and so I tried to cool it thinking it would seal. There was a fair bit on the battery tray, so I got some paper towel out of the boot to soak some of it up. By this point I'd got quite a bit on my hands, and on a sore knuckle it began to sting.Luckily for me, earlier in the day I'd been transporting some flowers for the wedding, swerved a cyclist and filled the rear seat with water, so I had a wet micro fibre cloth in the car which I could wipe my hands on. Thinking about getting home, I remembered that there was a Halfords down the road, and a brief glance at my watch showed I had just enough time to get there. Good job as we were leaving the following morning. I put the battery back into the car, and set off again, hoping I would get there without the headlights going out. Thankfully I did, and the 2nd battery of the day was installed, along with tie raps in choice positions to keep it sitting secure.
The next day we packed the car, suitcases on the back seat and a full boot, and set off on the 2 hour drive to Shropshire. It behaved perfectly, and on the big day in the hands of my father in law, did an admirable job whilst looking the part too.
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