General New 500C

birmint · May 17, 2011

Not a huge forum user - so apologies if lodged in the wrong place

Here we go then - New 500C and for those that have asked my elderly Alfa... never welded and 45k miles from new.

Thanks to those of you here who have assisted with 500 info... its been really helpful and appreciated. Will let you know how i get on ....

arorat · May 17, 2011

So you got it, looks good in pic. Are you pleased with the colour, you mentioned you were not sure.

hippycinq · May 17, 2011

Looks good! Any pics of the interior?
What engine and spec have you gone for and how are you finding it?

birmint · May 17, 2011

Twinair - Lounge spec and I think the only add ons are leather, the rubbing strips and I made the dealer switch the wheels from some dark grey sport ones to the standard lounge ones.

To be honest I've only just driven it the 40 miles home - 38mpg

but think I need to reset all the meters and start again. Off to the west country at the weekend on my own so will probably take the 500 and see how I get on. Clutch bites very low down and the silly lipped cubby hole on the side of the console really digs into my leg ...

Here's the interior - I think I had the filter set wrong on my camera and it looks brighter red than it really is - Not quite so "DFS end of line sofa" in reality! Honest

bgunn · May 17, 2011

birmint said:
Clutch bites very low down and the silly lipped cubby hole on the side of the console really digs into my leg ...

Few good thrashy 'launches' will burn off the lumps on the clutch plate and sort that out

NB. That's a joke - give the clutch a couple of hundred miles of bedding in without too much slip to avoid it glazing and being horrible for the rest of it's life!

TwinAir Newbie · May 17, 2011

My word, that does look nice!

I didn't think I'd be saying that about a grey car.

I think you did the right thing with getting those wheels.

I bet you're looking forward to that journey. I would be.

loveshandbags · May 19, 2011

birmint said:
Twinair - Lounge spec and I think the only add ons are leather, the rubbing strips and I made the dealer switch the wheels from some dark grey sport ones to the standard lounge ones.

To be honest I've only just driven it the 40 miles home - 38mpg but think I need to reset all the meters and start again. Off to the west country at the weekend on my own so will probably take the 500 and see how I get on. Clutch bites very low down and the silly lipped cubby hole on the side of the console really digs into my leg ...

Here's the interior - I think I had the filter set wrong on my camera and it looks brighter red than it really is - Not quite so "DFS end of line sofa" in reality! Honest

Beautiful combination. The pastel grey, red canvas roof, red leather and the black ambiance is soooo nice. Congratulations. Enjoy.

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