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Giulietta review in todays Grauniad
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology.../04/alfa-romeo
-giulietta-review -- Rob Pearson 156 1.9jtd sportwagon (now) 164 V6 Lusso (gone) |
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Giulietta review in todays Grauniad
"R C Nesbit" > wrote in message ... > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology.../04/alfa-romeo > -giulietta-review > > -- > Rob Pearson > 156 1.9jtd sportwagon (now) > 164 V6 Lusso (gone) > > > The link was "broken" - oops, I thought, an ominous sign of things to come?? Anyway, I found the review a tad lukewarm (continuing the saga of the thermostat ?) but each to his own... Personally, I think the car looks lovely (haven't had a chance to drive one yet), couple of questions : - as I recall, there's no footrest for your left foot , I would find this annoying, anybody got an opinion on this - what's the rearview vision like when you're driving it ? Dave S... |
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Giulietta review in todays Grauniad
Dave Savage > wrote:
> "R C Nesbit" > wrote in message > ... > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology.../04/alfa-romeo > > -giulietta-review > > > > -- > > Rob Pearson > > 156 1.9jtd sportwagon (now) > > 164 V6 Lusso (gone) > > > > > > > The link was "broken" - oops, I thought, an ominous sign of things to come?? > > Anyway, > > I found the review a tad lukewarm (continuing the saga of the thermostat ?) > but each to his own... The review told us nothing useful about the car at all. > Personally, I think the car looks lovely (haven't had a chance to drive one > yet), couple of questions : > > - as I recall, there's no footrest for your left foot , I would find this > annoying, anybody got an opinion on this I find it annoying in autos, not so much in manuals. > - what's the rearview vision like when you're driving it ? Probably about the same as most hatches out there these days - rubbish. Looking at the specs, I'd pretty much decided we needed to wait for the Cloverleaf to depreciate enough to replace the 156 - but now I reckon the 1.4TB would be more than adequate for a daily driver. I did play with the configurator the other day.... Pearl black 2.0JTD, Veloce spec, 5-hole alloys, pimp tits, Bose and a few other trinkets pushed the price up to £28k. Much as I love the car, I can think of many more cars out there I'd spend my company allowance on - including <dons fireproof coat> the BMW 123d and 320d. You're getting dangerously close to Alpina D3 money there, too. (For those who don't know, the Alpina D3 is the car BMW should make, but don't - they take the 320d in MSport trim and stick the 123d twin-turbo lump in it) -- SteveH |
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Giulietta review in todays Grauniad
SteveH spoke:
> Dave Savage > wrote: > > > "R C Nesbit" > wrote in message > > ... > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology.../04/alfa-romeo > > > -giulietta-review > > > > > > > Anyway, > > > > I found the review a tad lukewarm (continuing the saga of the thermostat ?) > > but each to his own... > > The review told us nothing useful about the car at all. The reviews in the Grauniad mag are always like this - although with most there is *some* description of what the car is like - this just came across as just another 'It's an Alfa, what more do you need to know?' -- Rob Pearson 156 1.9jtd sportwagon (now) 164 V6 Lusso (gone) |
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