Alpine A110 owners

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s111dpc said:

Who said the A110 didn’t have enough storage - this is our car packed for a week away with the wife and dog

Looking forward to a week driving around the lovely Shropshire hills.

Hi, I'm collecting my A110 with Life mods in a week or so, I live in Shrewsbury near Westbury.

A fun twisty B-road is B4380 from Shrewsbury then right, up to Much Wenlock, but best in whole area is run from Llangollen up Horseshoe pass and especially on to Ruthin along the Nant Y Garth pass; 20 tight corners, no junctions. Fairly quiet, just wait for any traffic to pass first. Perfect!

Many thanks for that, we’re is Shrewsbury tomorrow so will give the B4380 a go tomorrow. Dis the A488 towards Clun yesterday (as we’ve stayed nearby before and that’s a lovely road too, wasn’t rushing, but still fun in such a responsive car.

Good luck with your new car, would love to hear what you think of the Life110 mods?

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Terminator X said:

s111dpc said:

Who said the A110 didn’t have enough storage - this is our car packed for a week away with the wife and dog

Looking forward to a week driving around the lovely Shropshire hills.

Is that big feet or a small boot

TX.

Small feet and small boot

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tail slide said:

s111dpc said:

Many thanks for that, we’re is Shrewsbury tomorrow so will give the B4380 a go tomorrow. Dis the A488 towards Clun yesterday (as we’ve stayed nearby before and that’s a lovely road too, wasn’t rushing, but still fun in such a responsive car.

Good luck with your new car, would love to hear what you think of the Life110 mods?

You're very welcome. I'll let you know, or come and try it when you're next in the area.

Had fun on the B4380 after a morning in Shrewsbury thanks for the tip.

Might well take you up on your offer next time I’m in you neck of the woods

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Gratuitous piccie of my (very dirty) S on the lovely Welsh roads between Lake Vyrnwy and Lake Bala. Plus SWMBO and the dog

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Anyone know how to edit from the Aussie version to British?!

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xondat said:

Joining the photo party!

It looks gorgeous in that colour.

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Mannginger said:

Finally got a bit of free time so here's a quick assortment of the shots that Craig (http://www.craigpusey.com/) took of the car. My dad's an amateur photographer and I think he stumbled onto Craig in some forum or other and basically bought me the shoot for a birthday present. Pretty cool / unique gift really.

Some great looking photo’s there

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dajw said:

Yesterday was fun. I took a train to Swindon, was met at the station by Richard in an F8 Tributo, then after paying the balance (with Apple Pay, who knew?)… I collected this lovely, lovely car…



I drove it home to Surrey via the Wiltshire and West Berkshire countryside — over the Ridgeway, past Devizes and so-on. Was such a lovely way to get to know the car.

The drive is sublime, isn't it? You can only get so much in a short test drive, but the longer I have spent behind the wheel the better it gets (and the worse that rubbish display screen is).

Who's up for a Farnborough mini meet sometime by that bridge at the airport?

Congratulations, lovely looking car

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springfan62 said:

Here's one from today in the Shropshire hills.
DSC02674 by Springfan62, on Flickr

Lovely picture, and car

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Jalpine754 said:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=hIlTVDsd380&featur...

Loving this….

Enjoyed that, thanks for posting.

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t3boy said:

dajw said:

Farnborough micro-meet at the bridge… 

There were 9 survey respondents, and a slight consensus towards Saturday October 23rd in the afternoon. What it really told me is that any time is fine, but that date might be preferable.

Shall we agree to do a little meet up at 3pm, Saturday October 23rd — meet for a few photos and a chat about the A110. Location is https://w3w.co/baguette.candidate.single on what3words

Yeah no worries, ill be there

I should be able to make it too.

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leglessAlex said:

Gyroo said:

Main change to the S will be a different, stronger gearbox with a limited slip diff. This is capable of dealing with higher torque so the increased 300ps should be felt lower down the Rev range. Also option changes - the carbon roof is going away. Likely to be a few £K price increase.

CarPlay and android auto will be available on new cars after this upgrade. Don’t know about retrofit.

Here’s hoping both these are able to be retrofitted, the infotainment right away and the gearbox somewhere down the line when I want more power

Hi everyone, I just bought Alpine Winchesters emerald green demo car. Last sports car I had was an Evora GT410 Sport, so it’s an interesting comparison.

Really enjoying it so far!

Love that colour, welcome to the club

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Nomadic Mind said:

Helpful to hear that others engine fans are running too, so thank you.

I must confess most of my runs have been 'spirited' (that was the whole point of getting the car - to truly enjoy driving / useable horespower....etc), so I think I'll put it down to how it should be. The engine heat coming out of the cooling vents at the front of the rear screen is quite something.

I'd forgotten how intoxicating mid engined cars are. Having owned a Cayman S in the past from my perspective the Alpine is a more complete package in all aspects.

Hope to contribute to this thread with experience / knowledge as time goes on etc.

Also - Life110 has been mentioned on here. Tempted by the rear spoiler as aesthetically I do think it improves the car. It's a thousand pounds though.....

Congratulations on the new car, lovely spec. I keep thinking about the rear spoiler but haven’t been able to bring myself to spend £1k on it, but I’m softening

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Miserablegit said:

Ladies and Gentlemen- that’s not a spoiler.

This is a spoiler

Edited by Miserablegit on Thursday 14th October 08:16

That’s pretty similar to the spoiler I had on my Elise S Cup - loved it, but not sure it suits the subtle lines of the A110 though

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Martyn P said:

CharleyFarley66 said:

Hi to all those heading for baguette.candidate.single
I'm aiming to join you at 3pm, assuming Waze keeps me away from any M25 traffic disasters!
All being well, see you all somewhere along Laffan's Road...

See you there … and enough time to wash the car!

Unfortunately I’m not going to be able to make it now due to a minor family emergency - hope you guys have a good time and hopefully I can join for the next one

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K800 RUM said:

Even though I am still not an Alpine owner (and may never be at this rate) I am still a Caterham owner though.

I thoroughly enjoy this thread & its the first thing I catch up on, over breakfast & in the evening. Keep up the good work & content. It makes me loyal to the brand

+1 I've been reading the entire thread and found it really useful as a prospective owner. I'm pretty local to yesterday's meet annoyingly as ive still not actually seen one in the metal!!

Lots of dealer chat throughout the thread. West London and Winchester are about equal distance for me but would I be right in saying Winchester might be the better bet?

Does 6 months sound about right for a factory order as well?

Thanks

Hi, not sure on current lead times but I know someone who ordered in June and is collecting it from Winchester this Wednesday if that helps.

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domrusty said:

FrenchA110 said:

Just trying to keep a cool head so still deciding about the carbon roof.
Mine is white so I guess the carbon roof would not look too horrible afterall.

The carbon roof looks great with white I think - more so than the blue. I test drove this white A110S before settling on a Blue Legende. The black / white combo is really sharp…

Or you could with a wrap

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springfan62 said:

tail slide said:

Anyone got any recommendations for a phone holder that sits below the infotainment screen I don't want one on the windscreen.

I bought the Alpine one which sits nicely between the infotainment screen and the dash binnacle. With my iPhone it sits lower than the bottom of the screen.

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tonywright0 said:

Thanks for reliability responses gents. Bodes well I hope and can’t wait to get the car - hopefully with the mysterious announcement upgrades.

Just to add I’ve had my S from new for 20 months with no reliability issues at all (touch wood!). I don’t use it every day but despite this have never had an issue with the battery thankfully.

Good luck with the purchase.

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Not sure if any of you guys are into rallying from the 70’s and 80’s but I’ve just watched Queen of Speed on Sky about Michele Mouton which is excellent and has quite a bit of her driving the original A110 at the start of the programme.

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First service at Martins Winchester was £329 inc VAT which I thought was reasonably acceptable for a main dealer and i waited as it only took about 2hrs.