Dublin Alfa Boutique & other

["Ben Cosgrave" <bencosgrave@domain.elided>]

When I heard the Alfa Boutique was opening in Dublin I made sure I was 
there the night after. I fancied maybe a nice belt or watch etc..
What a dissapointment. Apart from the prices 35.00 pounds for a keyring, 
200.00 pounds for a bag that was neither a womans handbag nor a mans 
briefcase..I wont even mention the watches.

    I dont mind paying money for decent goods, but each item had an Alfa 
Romeo name on it that was smaller than the words "Swiss Made" or 
"Quartz" on most watches and the belts which were supposed to have the 
Alfa Grille shield as its buckle was more like a horeshoe than anything 
else!.

    Also LJK Setright is no longer writing for "CAR" since this Month, I 
believe.Maybe his facial hair got in the way.

    I just read an article about the new 156 "Selespeed" with the F1 
style sequential gearbox buttons on the steering wheel. Everyone was 
impressed all round saying its even faster than a standard 
manual.-figures!. One point was if cornering through a tight chicane for 
e.g you lose your position on the steering and have to revert back to 
the floor mounted gear shift, which apparantly works opposite to the way 
the mind might see it i.e push forward to shift to a higher gear etc.

    One interesting thing is that they have reverted to a standard "H" 
shift on the "Tiptronic" 156 with the 190BHP 2.5 V6 Motor. Nobody it 
seems has tested this so who knows!.

    By the way thanks to all who answered my 168 query-now I can sleep!

Regards,

Ben Cosgrave,
Dublin, Ireland
'97 155 2.0 T.Spark Sport

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