Modern Alfas & Self Service

["Ben Cosgrave" <bencosgrave@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My Alfa 155 is now at the dealers having the central locking repaired & 
I'll report its findings tomorrow. In relation to a question asked last 
week I think the Alfa 156 is nicer than the 166, at least to me the 
shape works better on the smaller car. The 166 has slightly more 
room,both shoulder and knee room in the front but it is marginal.However 
the back is a lot bigger and this is where it is really needed, 
obviuosly not as big as your average US cars but bigger than the 164.
       Howevr while I was leaving my 155 in I spotted 2 166 2.5 V6's in 
the workshop,bonnets open and Alfa Workshop manuals all over the 
place.Seems someone has a "new" fault to trouble the brains of the Irish 
Alfa Grease Monkeys.
       Somebody on the digest asked if there were many Volvo S40's in 
the UK, I dont know about the UK but here in Ireland there are a 
reasonable amount, but definitely much more Alfa 156's, the seem to be 
sprouting up everywhere.
      By the way I've checked all the settings for the headlights on 
this car,I previously complained the dipped beam was dire ( Thanks to 
all who responded ). With the electric switch set to its highest setting 
and the manual adjusters under the bonnet set high they are still to low 
compared to other cars.. My solution.. HA!. I ordered a set of stiffened 
& lower rear springs. Dropped the rear end by 1" and all is well. Lights 
are perfect and the car now looks better too. My car had the sports 
suspension fitted anyway but the front always looked too low, I know its 
supposed to look "wedge shaped" but it still does only better!
      Anyway sorry for the long mail, oh! its snowing in Ireland today!

Regards,
Ben Cosgrave

'97 155 2.0 T.Spark Sport 16V




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