Alfa servicing near Camberley / Surrey?

Alfa servicing near Camberley / Surrey?

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davek_964

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8,796 posts

174 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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I seem to be getting closer to making a decision about buying an Alfa Spider - there is a car I've seen which I like and it's very very tempting.

If I did buy it, it needs a service - are there any good specialists close to Camberley (M3 J4)? It's a 2006 model, so I'm looking for good indy, nothing dealer.

tr7v8

7,186 posts

227 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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When I had the 75 I used Alfa Aid which are now in Maidenhead. Adrian was great and kept the costs down.

loose cannon

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240 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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Alfanatic in fleet are still going I think

davek_964

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8,796 posts

174 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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loose cannon said:
Alfanatic in fleet are still going I think
Thanks for both suggestions. I work in Fleet, so that would be very handy!

ETA : Went to see them. Really nice helpful guy I spoke to.

He assured me that the spider roof is very good and doesn't leak. Obviously they can break, but the car I'm looking at has just had the roof fixed.
Service ~£250 a year.
Timing chain ~£1500 if it suffers the stretched problem.
Apparently, handbrake cable is the other issue they can have, and due to the design that's 4 hours labour to sort out!

But in any case, I'm tempted to pull the trigger and if I do - this is where it would get serviced.

Thanks.

Edited by davek_964 on Thursday 9th March 12:47

loose cannon

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240 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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Happy days just in time for spring, pictures when it arrives then wink

davek_964

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174 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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loose cannon said:
Happy days just in time for spring, pictures when it arrives then wink
Absolutely. I'm going to see the car for the second time tomorrow and will drive it this time.
In theory, even if I like it my intention is to wait until Monday to give common sense a final chance to kick in. In practice, there is a good chance I'll put a deposit down.

davek_964

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174 months

Tuesday 14th March 2017
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Collected last night - is booked into Alfanatic on Friday. smile


loose cannon

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240 months

Tuesday 14th March 2017
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Oooo very nice Davek yes
Don't tell anyone I secretly keep looking at 159 sportwagons to replace my heap of a BMW

Edited by loose cannon on Tuesday 14th March 21:03

masermartin

1,629 posts

176 months

Tuesday 28th March 2017
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Lovely! I've used Alfanatic also (I'm based in Basingstoke) and haven't had any problems with them.

masermartin

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176 months

Tuesday 30th November 2021
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I might update that opinion now, tbh.

Chris200

591 posts

236 months

Sunday 13th February 2022
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AHM in Hartley Witney. Probs the best independent Alfa specialist in the U.K.

TheRainMaker

6,306 posts

241 months

Wednesday 16th February 2022
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Chris200 said:
AHM in Hartley Witney. Probs the best independent Alfa specialist in the U.K.
I've used them for a few bits on the Vantage, very happy customer.

MikeGF

740 posts

283 months

Friday 4th March 2022
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masermartin said:
I might update that opinion now, tbh.
What happened masermartin?