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After a lot of delays as Alfa's paint shop seemed to go on strike specifically to avoid making my car, it's finally here. Slight downsizing, coming from an Evo X, but this is a toe in the modern Alfa water in anticipation of the Giulia QV in a couple of years. My second ever Alfa...
Edited by Ali_T on Monday 8th December 15:54
Hi Jfreturns, i remember reading your garage renovation thread some time ago (at least i think it was yours!)
i will clay, polish and seal the beejesus out of it on saturday and take some more photos.
i have driven over 250 miles in it in under a week and i must say im really rather warming to it now! i must admit when i first drove it home i thought it was VERY VERY fast had great brakes and wasn't as loud inside as id been led to believe. in fact id almost say its comfy
what i will say is that the steering issues that the magazines have picked up on are right to a certain degree. However it does have good steering feel, which i feel i can comment on having previously owned an elise!
the issues with the steering are it is numb and loose at dead ahead, so it can wander a bit, not loads but enough that you occasionally notice. It has improved now ive re pressured the tyres to spec but it is still noticeable.
i have a sneaky suspicion that this will be sorted soon once tuners start playing around with different geo set ups as it wont take much to get the steering weighted up at dead ahead.
it sounds very nice, hard to believe its a forced induction 4 pot and the crack/bark it makes on upshifts to second and third is fantastic!
i will clay, polish and seal the beejesus out of it on saturday and take some more photos.
i have driven over 250 miles in it in under a week and i must say im really rather warming to it now! i must admit when i first drove it home i thought it was VERY VERY fast had great brakes and wasn't as loud inside as id been led to believe. in fact id almost say its comfy
what i will say is that the steering issues that the magazines have picked up on are right to a certain degree. However it does have good steering feel, which i feel i can comment on having previously owned an elise!
the issues with the steering are it is numb and loose at dead ahead, so it can wander a bit, not loads but enough that you occasionally notice. It has improved now ive re pressured the tyres to spec but it is still noticeable.
i have a sneaky suspicion that this will be sorted soon once tuners start playing around with different geo set ups as it wont take much to get the steering weighted up at dead ahead.
it sounds very nice, hard to believe its a forced induction 4 pot and the crack/bark it makes on upshifts to second and third is fantastic!
Richard-G said:
A bad photo taken just after i washed it to get the tree sap and various BS left on it. still not perfect but ill get there with the paint!
will take some more photos soon.
My Alfa 4C, launch edition No. 328.
Awesome combo. Would be great to hear also what a real UK customer thinks about those infamous "UK roads".will take some more photos soon.
My Alfa 4C, launch edition No. 328.
Richard-G said:
i have driven over 250 miles in it in under a week and i must say im really rather warming to it now! i must admit when i first drove it home i thought it was VERY VERY fast had great brakes and wasn't as loud inside as id been led to believe. in fact id almost say its comfy
Does the 4C have the same limitation on power for the first 1000 miles as the Giulietta? I believe it switches maps after the run in and gives full power thereafter. So it's only going to get faster. Most 1750 TBis seem to take to 3000 miles before it's properly loosened up, though, and the specialists seem to be getting 260bhp by that point on dynes, even on standard engines! Would help explain why some magazines say the 4C and GQV felt slower than expected of Alfa gave them very young engines.Plipton said:
Ali_T said:
Does the 4C have the same limitation on power for the first 1000 miles as the Giulietta?
I was told 1500 (but he may have meant KMs so that'd be about right. Other owners disagree, but to my mind -or perhaps with my car?- after an hour driving it has lots more power, eagerness and noise.
Have not felt the need to put it in 'race' so far. I was not allowed on my local track due to noise limits btw (!). Maybe later or at Spa some day.
Neither was I initially to be honest. However I ended up with it at the end of a box ticking exercise! It is relatively rare, seats 4 (I've got 2 kids), is a hatch rather than coupe as I have a dog (I was initially set for a BMW 1 series coupe, dull and efficient and I'll then have ended up with 2 BMWs as I have a family X3) and hopefully as it is relatively modern, it will be reliable-Ish. The colour does work well though, especially with a tan interior.
ric p said:
Neither was I initially to be honest. However I ended up with it at the end of a box ticking exercise! It is relatively rare, seats 4 (I've got 2 kids), is a hatch rather than coupe as I have a dog (I was initially set for a BMW 1 series coupe, dull and efficient and I'll then have ended up with 2 BMWs as I have a family X3) and hopefully as it is relatively modern, it will be reliable-Ish. The colour does work well though, especially with a tan interior.
Radifocani Red, the same as my 147, also with a tan interior.A rare colour and one I wouldn't think of out the box but it's a real grower, brownish in dull light but the metallic flake pops in the sun and transforms it.
Here's mine:
A lot of Alfa colours are like that - they need sunlight to see them at their best (a challenge in the west of Scotland believe me). My Nero Etna Giulietta is a case in point, as was the colour I originally looked at Profondo Blu. It looked st under a grey Glasgow sky, but in the sun is stunning.
Liquid Knight said:
I've always thought of the GT as a GTV with just a bit more space.
Was originally designed to cash in on the hard top convertible craze, hence the shape, until a lack of funds meant they changed it to a coupe late on. Always seemed odd that Alfa would have two coupes in the range but that explained the rationale.Gassing Station | Alfa Romeo, Fiat & Lancia | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff