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Man I miss that car! When are you going to arrange a meet up so that I can see/hear the car again.

Ahhh, the passenger seat motor...I had had the same problem and Ed spent a good half day getting the motor out, cleaning/re-soldering and then getting it working again. Guess these things will eventually end up needing to be replaced again.

Iain, although my wife very rarely questions what I spend the money on (as I can nearly always justify it), I still cannot get away with telling her 'Who earns the Money around here?'!!

Northampton you say? In which case, there's no way that I cannot come to the Xmas do! This place is nice, been a few times: https://www.sedgebrookhall.co.uk/partner/sedgebrook-hall/

Reckon I'll be there for 4.30pm, depending on traffic on the North Circ etc

I'll be at the Ace for 5pm, can't make The Orchard as have too much work to do.

1. Dem 2. Conaero 3. Contigo 4. MAF 5. Urban Maser 6. Spartacus 7. Simon M 8. Newton 9. Arfa 10. GeoffCapes 11. Ebenezer 12. MidlifeCrisis 14. MrCoop (I've intentionally skipped unlucky 13!)

Shall we bandy a few potential dates around? How about, weather permitting, May 7th?

Now that I've dusted the covers off the GS (and given it a proper run out over the weekend) and it coinciding with some nice weather, who's up for a run-out?

My 156 Selespeed was nothing but trouble. I bought it as a 3 year old (back in 2001) and I think I spent as much keeping it running as it cost me to buy. The gearbox was a complete pain in the ***. But what a looker (at the time) and it was a joy to drive whenever it worked properly.

Ok, just so that I understand correctly, no one recommends the 4C as a daily? I didn't think it would have been but better to hear from actual owners.

Can any of the resident 4C owners comment on having it as a daily. Looking at the 2nd hand market, they all seem to have low low miles which makes me think that they're weekend cars but if I was going to spend £40k+, I'd want it to be a daily.

Central Vehicle leasing have got it up at £220 + VAT, currently enjoying a £110 discount. Perhaps Alfa are trying to flood the small exec market with the diesel Giulia before the premium models hit? Read that there will be a 'Veloce' model sometime next year, which will sit between the two...

Petrol is £370 + VAT for the smaller engine and £680 + VAT for the Quadrifoglio. HP/finance lease may work out cheaper depending on anticipated residuals but then you need to find a big deposit. My 430d goes back in April and so I'm tempted to get the Quadrifoglio as my next car but also have...

Where is the meal?

Just realised that I still haven't taxed my car...don't think it would be sensible to drive into London in a loud, untaxed car...

1. Dem Maser 2. Conaero 3. Spartacus 4. MAF 5. Newton 6. Urban Maser 7. Simon M 8. MLC 9. FernandoIsFasterThanYou 10. Redsonnylee 11. Mott The Hoople 12. BennyD 13. BennyDs mate (if he doesn't break down again!) 14. CatmanV2 (no don't laugh) 15. Contigo 16. Rockits 17. Ebenezer 18. Dyer3200 19...

When and at what time are you meeting for the meal? I'd like to join, if free.

It was a very nice run out, excellent routes which allowed some rapid driving and met a couple of new faces. The Italian car show in Sharnbrook was also pretty good, some nice ferraris and Lambhos and some nice maseratis once we'd turned up!! No pictures unfortunately, we were too busy...

Oh good, that means that we don't have to drive too carefully