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05/01/2003 : 19569 : 2 x Good Year Eagle F1 GSD2 tyres. Cost : £110 24/05/2003 : 24532 : Have just had the 24k service done at L&M, High Wycombe. Thanks for good, fast & friendly service guys. Keep up the good work! Cost : £78 01/06/2003 : 24627 : Smashed a hole in the sump hitting an object in the road. Req'd new sump, oil. Total parts cost : £190 12/07/2003 : 31485 : 4 x Good Year Eagle F1 GSD3 tyres from Top Gear, St. Albans. Cost : £188 16/07/2003 : 31976 : New Ferodo DS2000 front brake pads, from PowerAlfa. Cost : £82 16/11/2003 : 36258 : New cambelt, variator, tensioner & idler pulley, balance belt, balance tensioner, (All previous items EB Spares, Wiltshire £246.75), rocker cover gasket (Perrys, Amersham £18.29), oil change - Selenia 20k (Perrys, Amersham £41.57), new cam angle sensor (Perrys, Amersham £87). Total Cost : £393 18/02/2004 : 39588 : New front lower arms from EB Spares £98, tracking re-aligned. Total Cost : £123 27/04/2004 : 41468 : Passed MOT (Coles & Blackwell, Naphill). Advisaries: brake pads/discs low all round, rear bushes just starting to wear, front suspension is badly aligned - looks like strut(s) is/are bent! Eek!! Total Cost : £40 27/06/2004 : 42362 : Fitted FK Suspsension kit (uprated shocks & springs) from Performance Driven. Cost: £250 Total : £1454 01/07/2004 : ????? : The 145 has now been retired following a new job offering a company car. Not all bad - the company car is an Alfa Romeo 147 GTA, and the plans for the 145 are : supercharger from a Mini Cooper S, and a bigger brake conversion. My Opinions - Good Points Unique, gorgeous styling Lovely interior, very firm seats, with big bolsters which REALLY hold you in Handling – firm ride, but a small compromise for sharp handling A fairly decent radio as standard The ‘Alfa Romeo rip’ when you suddenly feel the urge to hit full throttle, the sound is great, enhanced even more by the variable inlet manifold A very characterful engine - with variable valve timing My Opinions - Bad Points Fuel consumption – I am averaging 28mpg – and that’s when I go careful with it (well, it is an Alfa Romeo) The airbag light has decided to illuminate. A problem which has occurred twice now, caused by dodgy wiring The speaker grills – you will NOT remove these without breaking them Ride height…the front valence catches on any sloped drive, but worse than that the sump is low. I smashed mine by hitting an object in the road  |