HAPPY NEW YEAR! - Alfa Romeo Owners Club

Gary, from Braybrooke
near Market Harborough,
has recently enjoyed a
holiday in Italy in his Spider
taking in some terrific
driving roads. His Series 3
Cloverleaf has the very
much ‘of the me’ mid-80’s
body kit of course, now
officially with classic status.
Our Alfas
All the latest on our local
members’ cars...
Spider Series 3 Cloverleaf - Gary Fellowes
Our next meeting at The George & Dragon
in Thringstone is on Wednesday 11
January from 7.30pm.
See you there!
John
GTV 2.0 TS - Rebecca Lee
From an email to John:
Great to get my copy of Alfis last week and very
excing n to hear that you are able to do another
calendar! Unfortunately my GTV has been off the
road since September and is now taxless, MOTless
and waing for me to have a windfall - which has been half met. A colleague
and her boyfriend had a GTV that they said if we could move, we could have!!!
Absolutely blown away by their generosity ! I've aached a picture of Keith's
GTV preparing to
tow the new
donor GTV. I'm not
sure they are the
best calendar
shots but I thought
a GTV towing a
GTV might raise a
smile?! Rebecca
Spider 1750 Veloce - Paul Cooper
Paul’s Series 1 Spider is an absolute beauty - its handling having been feled this
summer at IntaServices with new bushes all-round too.
Now tucked away for
the winter of course,
it’s another superb
Classic Alfa that we
look forward to
seeing at events in
2012. (THINKS—
another member’s
Alfa In green of
course, so our ideas
for a ‘Tricolore’ flag
display at Spring Alfa
Day may sll come to
fruion!)
Giulietta 2.0 JTDm2 170 Veloce - John Griffiths
10,000 miles reached, the ‘G’ has been behaving great. 40 - 48 MPG is
excellent given the car’s performance. Just two very minor niggles in that
me - broken gear leaver knob top (common ailment quickly fixed), and a
passenger door rale, ably fixed at Chris Variava. Front tyre wear has just
risen its head though with the inside front edges down to 2mm, though the
rest at 5mm. A
trip to Protyre
with Peter
Cambridge to get
some new
alignment
sengs is now
planned for the
new year. Other
than that, it’s
been terrific.
Brera 2.4 JTD SV FOR SALE (Darrel Rhodes)
New family arrival forces sale! 24,000 miles, Blue & Me Bluetooth
hands-free media system, 18" alloys, metallic Carbonio
Black. Interior faceli model, improved suspension and
210BHP/400lb torque. Pollo Frau full black leather, aluminium
sports pedals and footrest, parking sensors, Q2-E differenal, 6
speed manual, 2.4 5 cylinder 20-valve diesel engine. Just had
1st service, detailed inside and out, 14months warranty remaining,
£17,495. Call Darrel on 07041 323071 . Be quick!!
Land Rover Discovery - Peter & Eileen Crichton (and Rabia the Discovery)
We return to Buenos Aires on 4 January to connue with our current expedion in South America, so
unfortunately we wont be around unl April. Please convey our best wishes to everyone for a happy new
year. We hope to reach the most southerly accessible point on the planet by the end of January. (55
degrees south, near Cape Horn). Having come from 72 degrees north, it makes a good objecve !!
'Rabia' is currently having a rest in BA, having conveyed me safely from Colombia through the Amazon
Basin and Bolivia since August. It's been a fantasc journey through some wild and amazing places. I ran
over an alligator though, in southern Venezuela – came at me out of the bushes without any warning.
Road kill has never been a strong point with me, but it tasted OK. Our north-south story is being covered
in a series of 6 feature arcles in Land Rover Owner starng in the Feb. See you in April!! Peter
- SCOOP! -
Unusual news from the world of motoring
FIAT trial electric power
Not wanting to be left behind in
the race to provide full electric
power in their vehicles, Fiat
Power Trains have commenced
trials on an advanced battery
system starting with a new
commercial vehicle version.
“We’ve had considerable success
with Ferrari’s F1 KERS systems,
and now it’s time to bring it into
road going vehicles”, said
spokesman Gianni Golditoppo.
“Initial trials are looking good,
but we are having issues with the
size of the recharger units.”
FIAT
■ Alfisti’s production is kindly sponsored by Chris Variava Alfa Romeo Nottingham
■ Alfisti no.140 will be out in February