Alpine A110 owners

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Quick question, where do people recommend for tyres these days? I need a pair of rears on my S (PS4’s) and have found ATS and Blackcircles the best value so far, any other suggestions. TIA

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Aladoro69 said:

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Quick question, where do people recommend for tyres these days? I need a pair of rears on my S (PS4’s) and have found ATS and Blackcircles the best value so far, any other suggestions. TIA

I needed 2 rears for the MOT, and found that Camskill were the best price for supply only. They were very quick and actually contacted me to confirm which Pilot Sport due to there being a number of options
I then took them to my local tyre fitter as he's very careful not to touch the valve/pressure sensors
A few times when I've used local fitting places via Blackcircles, the local depot was less than careful on previous cars

Thanks will give them a try.

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kand300 said:

Collected my A110S from Adam at Martins Winchester. 10 hour round trip - first impressions of it are great. I hadn’t even sat in one before picking it up!!!

Lovely colour, great choice, enjoy

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AlexNJ89 said:

Miserablegit said:

there is an automatic setting but they can be turned on manually using the light switch. I have never had to move mine from auto.

Excellent, thanks!

Annoyingly they sometimes come on automatically in the daytime (on a shadowy lane or in a tunnel) but then don’t turn off again and there’s no way to manually turn them off either

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domrusty said:

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Hoofty said:

The default-to-radio-with-last-used-volume-setting however, is MADDENING.

Probably the only thing that still legitimately pisses me off about the car.

Very annoying. It doesn’t even remember a particular radio station or band - just seems to randomly start blaring out whatever it likes… whilst I’m waiting for it to connect to the phone so I can stream some music.

All is forgiven though once it’s on the move…

My workaround for this is that I always leave the system in Aux mode, that way you don’t get the radio blaring out when you turn the car on. I only use the system to play music through my iPhone via the usb cable connection.

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dajw said:

Meonstoke said:

Hi Dajw, All,

Actually someone has made and offers a quick-release solution... it looks good and it's German.

See the link below - you may need google translate but you'll get the gist.

I would imagine David Pook of Life110 is probably going down a similar route but hasn't mentioned it yet...

I do agree that quick release bolts (if made correctly) would be a whole lot better!

Anyone actually have experience of these parts or of the company ?

M.

https://www.alpine-tuning.de/alpine-a110-zubehoer/

That's the badger — it was mentioned on an earlier page in this thread, and I've ordered a set a couple of days ago, after asking a few questions about it with Axel Ress who runs the place. I can report back when it arrives, if you like?

Yes please

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AlexNJ89 said:

Does this car have fog lights?

And if so, how do you switch them on?

Only a rear one and it’s on the same stalk as the lights, just a bit further down towards the binnacle if I remember correctly.

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I also thought the glacier white was a good choice and black wheels set it off nicely too

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Althalus said:

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I also thought the glacier white was a good choice and black wheels set it off nicely too

That looks lovely, is the roof wrapped?

Thank you, yes it’s a carbon effect wrap.

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Pair of very good looking cars there guys

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TimLam7 said:

Just put a deposit down on the ex-demo Pure at Winchester. Orange Sanguine with the black Serac wheels.

Hopefully collecting on Friday in time for a run down to Cornwall. Not sure why I'm more nervous than excited!

Saw that last week whilst I was there, looks lovely - enjoy

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matt3001 said:

So folks - i'm keen to pull the trigger on one of these and before I go into battle with the dealer i'd like some advice.

a) Must have options? I have my own ideas but would appreciate some feedback.

b) Is it possible to get a deal out of the dealer or is it list price take it or leave it? I know its a bespoke car, but not one thats sold out for months and months so is there scope to do a deal? What are peoples experiences?

My current thoughts on spec:
Pure + Sports Exhaust + Parking Camera + Fuchs Wheels & Brakes upgrade + Focal + Al Pedals + Floormats + Passenger Footrest

I didn’t get any discount on mine albeit it was over 2 years ago.

Your spec is almost exactly what I went into the dealer to buy and walked out having purchased an S

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matt3001 said:

Sorry - more questions.

What are the servicing costs like?

£329 each for the first two services at Winchester - haven’t got to 3rd service yet

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Portti said:

I now have Finnish license plates for my A110 but the rear plate is too tall for the Belgian plate holder/frame which is on the car. I'm considering removing the plate holder and just screwing the plates directly to the car. Has anybody else done this? Any tips/advice?

I haven’t but on previous cars I have used heavy duty sticky back Velcro which does the job perfectly without any unsightly holes.

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Not had that problem before and haven’t heard mentioned either, sorry.

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AlexNJ89 said:

bram070 said:

Vert Cendre (ash green) goes really well with the carbon roof too: https://www.autogespot.nl/alpine-a110-gt-2022/2022...

Which wheels are these?

It's a legende with what appears to be the S wheels.

Yep looks like S wheels to me

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Your previous posts always show up with a light blue background

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Great review, thanks Biggles.

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Yes it’s quite common as I understand it. My engine cover usually has a few watermarks after I’ve cleaned the car - not too difficult to clean off though. Might also be indicative of the window rubber coming away from the glass. It’s a common issue and mine was replaced under warranty.

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Very nice spec