Just been to collect my 75

#31

Halmyre wrote:

Quote:

On 9 Sep, 09:40, Zathras <webnewsgr... (AT) nospamthanks (DOT) hotmail.com
wrote:
On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:50:45 +0100, Halmyre <no.s... (AT) this (DOT) address
wrote:

I'm baffled. Why does she need *two* cupholders?
Simple. One for her and one for me or the bairn. Can't trust the bairn
to keep the bottle upright or get it in the rear cupholders without a
disaster. Anyone with a car and kids will know what I'm talking about!
:-(

Otherwise, she might be considering a "haulf 'n' haulf" (pr. hoff) as
some might say in these northern parts. 8-0

What a good idea. G&T, ice and lime for her. Single malt and water for
me. Cheers! (hic). But where can I put the crisps and nuts?

In the cup holder! Dur

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#32

In article <h88sms$aut$1 (AT) news (DOT) eternal-september.org>, catman@rustcuore-
sportivo.co.uk says...

Quote:

Halmyre wrote:
On 9 Sep, 09:40, Zathras <webnewsgr... (AT) nospamthanks (DOT) hotmail.com
wrote:
On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:50:45 +0100, Halmyre <no.s... (AT) this (DOT) address
wrote:

I'm baffled. Why does she need *two* cupholders?
Simple. One for her and one for me or the bairn. Can't trust the bairn
to keep the bottle upright or get it in the rear cupholders without a
disaster. Anyone with a car and kids will know what I'm talking about!
:-(

Otherwise, she might be considering a "haulf 'n' haulf" (pr. hoff) as
some might say in these northern parts. 8-0

What a good idea. G&T, ice and lime for her. Single malt and water for
me. Cheers! (hic). But where can I put the crisps and nuts?

In the cup holder! Dur

But then I need (wrestles with arithmetic)...more cup holders...

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Halmyre

The more you know the less the better.

#33

On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 16:34:23 +0100, steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk (SteveH)
wrote:

Quote:

It's no ball of fire, but it's a CVT gearbox, so it'll beat most drivers
(note, I say drivers, not cars...) away from the lights and it handles
acceptably well.

I've seen one on the motorway and it certainly did seem capable of
reasonable motorway performance.

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Z
Scotland
Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
'Oil' be seeing you..
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#34

On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 05:44:05 -0700 (PDT), Halmyre
<flashgordonreceding (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

But where can I put the crisps and nuts?

Normally they're between my legs! :-o

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Z
Scotland
Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
'Oil' be seeing you..
(Email must have the word 'Alfa' in the
subject line to get through auto-filtering)

#35

Zathras <webnewsgroup (AT) nospamthanks (DOT) hotmail.com> wrote:

Quote:

On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 16:34:23 +0100, steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk (SteveH)
wrote:

It's no ball of fire, but it's a CVT gearbox, so it'll beat most drivers
(note, I say drivers, not cars...) away from the lights and it handles
acceptably well.

I've seen one on the motorway and it certainly did seem capable of
reasonable motorway performance.

They're OK on motorways - when you get baulked by someone doing 69.9mph
in lane 3 and get a stack of reps in their Audis behind you, you can
leave them for dead once the road clears as their TDIs bog down and / or
they have to change down, whilst you just floor it and let the CVT and
electric motor do its stuff.

One thing I really have to give it credit for is that it's by far the
most refined motorway cruiser I've ever driven - and that includes the
£28k BMW 3-series I borrowed for a morning.
--
SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
Alfa 156 TSpark Sportwagon Veloce Selespeed - Alfa 75 TSpark Lusso -
Ducati 750SS - BMW R100RT - Toyota Prius T-Spirit

#36

On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 23:52:38 +0100, steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk (SteveH)
wrote:

Quote:

Zathras <webnewsgroup (AT) nospamthanks (DOT) hotmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 16:34:23 +0100, steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk (SteveH)
wrote:

It's no ball of fire, but it's a CVT gearbox, so it'll beat most drivers
(note, I say drivers, not cars...) away from the lights and it handles
acceptably well.

I've seen one on the motorway and it certainly did seem capable of
reasonable motorway performance.

They're OK on motorways - when you get baulked by someone doing 69.9mph
in lane 3 and get a stack of reps in their Audis behind you, you can
leave them for dead once the road clears as their TDIs bog down and / or
they have to change down, whilst you just floor it and let the CVT and
electric motor do its stuff.

They'll be in 6th with no revs, a hopeless gear ratio for instant
pickup and a smallish power band from those high power 2.0TDI engines.
I like my Alfa as it's got serious grunt in top (5th) at those sorts
of speeds due to having a very respectable power band and this makes
motorway running much more pleasurable and relaxing (for me) at the
same time. Frankly, I prefer 5 gears to six in a diesel but there's
little choice these days.

Must admit, I was slightly surprised at the Prius I saw..I had to
press the accelerator more than I expected to keep up though I caught
him quickly once I did. I still don't fancy a hybrid at this point in
their development cycle. In a few years things will be different.

--
Z
Scotland
Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
'Oil' be seeing you..
(Email must have the word 'Alfa' in the
subject line to get through auto-filtering)

#37

Halmyre wrote:

Quote:

In article <h88sms$aut$1 (AT) news (DOT) eternal-september.org>, catman@rustcuore-
sportivo.co.uk says...
Halmyre wrote:
On 9 Sep, 09:40, Zathras <webnewsgr... (AT) nospamthanks (DOT) hotmail.com
wrote:
On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:50:45 +0100, Halmyre <no.s... (AT) this (DOT) address
wrote:

I'm baffled. Why does she need *two* cupholders?
Simple. One for her and one for me or the bairn. Can't trust the bairn
to keep the bottle upright or get it in the rear cupholders without a
disaster. Anyone with a car and kids will know what I'm talking about!
:-(

Otherwise, she might be considering a "haulf 'n' haulf" (pr. hoff) as
some might say in these northern parts. 8-0

What a good idea. G&T, ice and lime for her. Single malt and water for
me. Cheers! (hic). But where can I put the crisps and nuts?
In the cup holder! Dur

But then I need (wrestles with arithmetic)...more cup holders...

No, no. This is my point. *No one* needs cupholders.

<FX: circle to fade>

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#38

On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:45:51 +0100, Catman
<catman (AT) rustcuore-sportivo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Quote:

No, no. This is my point. *No one* needs cupholders.

SWMBO says she does..counter that, if you dare!

--
Z
Scotland
Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
'Oil' be seeing you..
(Email must have the word 'Alfa' in the
subject line to get through auto-filtering)

#39

Zathras wrote:

Quote:

On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:45:51 +0100, Catman
catman (AT) rustcuore-sportivo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

No, no. This is my point. *No one* needs cupholders.

SWMBO says she does..counter that, if you dare!

Tell you this much. My SWMBO is not *at all* interested in how many
cupholders 'her' 147 has.

Far more does it have leather, have the cambelts been done, and
properly, and when, how many miles, is it a 2l 3 door.

I do love her

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Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156 V6 2.5 S2
Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

#40

On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:35:26 +0100, Catman
<catman (AT) rustcuore-sportivo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Quote:

Tell you this much. My SWMBO is not *at all* interested in how many
cupholders 'her' 147 has.

Far more does it have leather, have the cambelts been done, and
properly, and when, how many miles, is it a 2l 3 door.

You'll not be wanting a swap then? ;-)

--
Z
Scotland
Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
'Oil' be seeing you..
(Email must have the word 'Alfa' in the
subject line to get through auto-filtering)