Alpine A110 owners
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Alpine Legende GT said:
Insurance
My existing insurance company has closed its books for renewals so has anyone got any recommendations for insurers for Alpines please? Companies like Aviva insist on using their repair centres I'm not sure how that could work for an Alpine.
I thought insurers all would allow you to use your preferred repairer. Sure it could be more of a pain - and the insurer will want to inspect the car and approve the estimate. I know a bodyshop who do some insurance repairs, but are not all that keen because the insurers try to knock them down on hours - and they argue that this can compromise the quality of repair. My only real experience was with the Direct Line group (which cover a lot of other "brands" too) - and the repair they did was excellent with no corners cut that I could discern.My existing insurance company has closed its books for renewals so has anyone got any recommendations for insurers for Alpines please? Companies like Aviva insist on using their repair centres I'm not sure how that could work for an Alpine.
Sporky said:
Anyone else found that the automatic wipers are a bit rubbish?
Driving home last night there was patchy light rain, and even on highest sensitivity the wipers would only go occasionally. I ended up doing pretty much every wipe manually.
No- mine have always been fine on auto. There’s a speed /sensitivity control on the stalk as well.Driving home last night there was patchy light rain, and even on highest sensitivity the wipers would only go occasionally. I ended up doing pretty much every wipe manually.
Sporky said:
Anyone else found that the automatic wipers are a bit rubbish?
Driving home last night there was patchy light rain, and even on highest sensitivity the wipers would only go occasionally. I ended up doing pretty much every wipe manually.
I find them to be a bit random speed wise even in manual mode!Driving home last night there was patchy light rain, and even on highest sensitivity the wipers would only go occasionally. I ended up doing pretty much every wipe manually.
Jez O said:
Does anyone know any good reason why the handbook says not to use a pressure washer on the car?
Legal reasons and not wanting to be liable for possible paint damage, I imagine.I’ve never considered using anything other than a pressure washer, the paint on atelier cars seems like it might be a little thin but not something I’m even remotely worried about.
AlexNJ89 said:
Just got my car back from Alpine Cambridge.
It went in because there was water getting in to the engine bay and dripping on to the cover.
They told me it was because I was using a jet wash and it says in the manual that I'm not supposed to.
I asked the question of Tim at Alpine Solihull when I collected my car yesterday (what a machine!) and he thought this was the reason for stating it in the handbook. The seal around the rear glass doesn’t go right to the bottom and water under high pressure will force its way through the seal that is there (not much of a seal then really but I guess enough to prevent rain getting in). He’s had more than one owner contact him to say the engine cover was wet and it turns out a pressure washer was the cause each time. So I’ll be adjusting the variable pressure lance to be less forceful around that area and not use it so close to the car. It went in because there was water getting in to the engine bay and dripping on to the cover.
They told me it was because I was using a jet wash and it says in the manual that I'm not supposed to.
Jez O said:
I asked the question of Tim at Alpine Solihull when I collected my car yesterday (what a machine!) and he thought this was the reason for stating it in the handbook. The seal around the rear glass doesn’t go right to the bottom and water under high pressure will force its way through the seal that is there (not much of a seal then really but I guess enough to prevent rain getting in). He’s had more than one owner contact him to say the engine cover was wet and it turns out a pressure washer was the cause each time. So I’ll be adjusting the variable pressure lance to be less forceful around that area and not use it so close to the car.
Thanks, good to know I didn't just get a "they all do that sir" responseMy A110 on wet track yesterday, fun experience : https://youtu.be/X-Rgr_4gnV8
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