Aaaarrrggghhhh, its started already !!

[Hughesie2]

Picked up the new 147 Selespeed this morning and on the way back this afternoon after a fairly long run on the motorway got too some nice B roads and the Change up goes fron 2nd to 5th...

Any ideas or straight back to the dealer ???

[Hughesie2]

Cheers, any idea what it could be ??

[Hughesie2]

Cheers for the advice guys, the dealer is on the case but Amersham Alfa cannot fit it in for over a week !!!!!

[Hughesie2]

pdV6 said:

Hughesie2 said: Cheers for the advice guys, the dealer is on the case but Amersham Alfa cannot fit it in for over a week !!!!! Cue stroppy customer on the sales floor? Unacceptable to supply a brand new vehicle, have it go wrong on the 1st day and then palm you off for a week IMO.

Sorry, should have said the car is 2nd hand and the dealer i bought it from has had it booked there as:
A) they are not an Alfa dealer
B) they are a hundred miles away !

[Hughesie2]

Mon Ami Mate said:

Two bits of advice, one not very helpful, the other highly recommended. 1). The root of the problem is that you bought a car with an axiomatically crap gearbox. I don't know anybody with a sillyspeed who hasn't had problems with it. It's an abomination and should have been strangled at birth. 2). The Amersham dealer was responsible for the most appalling "service" I have ever come across in any industry. I actually caught them trying to charge me £850 for something that cost £80 to fix and when confronted with the evidence they refused to even apologise, much less offer an explanation. Take your car to SGT at Taplow. They will look after you. >> Edited by Mon Ami Mate on Saturday 15th May 11:52

Cheers Mon ami, I'll do that !!

[Hughesie2]

alfa145uk said:

Soz to hear bout your problem, is the warranty with Alfa/3rd paty? I've found Perrys, amersham to be quite good - far far better than Perrys in Aylesbury! Still can't beat SGT though

Its hopefully (fingers crossed) covered by Alfa's 3 year warranty which runs out today but the fault was reported last week !!

If not the dealer i got it from will cover it and failing that i've got RAC warranty to the value of the car !!

[Hughesie2]

All sorted, apparently the clutch plunger was out of Alignement, not covered by any warranty but the dealer coughed up the best part of £80 (good show sir)and now it runs like a dream, rewarded with a spirited blast home !!

On a side note, Perry's in Amersham were amiable hosts and will be rewarded with the 36k service next week !!

[Hughesie2]

alfa145uk said:

Dave in parts knew what they were without even looking them up.

Dave, are there 2 ??
It was a dave that sorted me out today in Servicing !!