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Alfa 159 Part II. (any alfa discussion welcomed too)


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Oh is it? Just the same I'll still go to AS and make some noise <_<

I did had an accident in my 156 and a new bonnet was install by Peter. The workmanship was not too bad but def not factory standard. It is good to know who Peter send yr car to during the respray and speak to the shop. You can actually topup from yr pocket to have the paint done "better" and have more lacquers layers.

 

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Just came back from a great buffet branch from swissotel stamford, cafe swiss. Highly recommended if you have uob credit card. Food is great and the service is not bad. The cold cuts are very good.

^_^

 

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Just came back from a great buffet branch from swissotel stamford, cafe swiss. Highly recommended if you have uob credit card. Food is great and the service is not bad. The cold cuts are very good.

^_^

 

oh I was just there on wednesday! for dinner though.

 

I love the roast pork man. the prawns were good too.

 

Is the promo still on? we were told it ended on the last day of 2010.

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I was at Grand Copthrone Waterfront and decided to go down the carpark to see if there was a Maserati in Blu Oceano. And there was! So I managed to show my wife the REAL DEAL. And she now wonders if the colour is too dark.. <_< and actually feels that the blue I have is actually ok! WTF....

 

Oh ya, nowadays, everytime I refuel the car, there is this very strong petrol smell in the cabin. After I drive off then it is of no more.

Normal days will not have the petrol smell.

I wonder if it is the door seal that is leaking or somewhere else in the fuel tank.

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I've had my car for 2 weeks now. Checked my tyre pressure and was shocked to find that the front right tyre had only 146kpa while the other 3 has 190 to 196kpa.

 

Looks like EA did not check for me when they handed the car over :angry:

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Just came back from a great buffet branch from swissotel stamford, cafe swiss. Highly recommended if you have uob credit card. Food is great and the service is not bad. The cold cuts are very good.

^_^

 

 

nice recomd. always wanted to go but no time. need to call in advance? how long? heard dinning room at sheraton is gd too but always call no seats -.-

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new problem for today; realised after parking overnight, morning push in n start car n moment move off, large clanking sound heard underneath... like some cling clank sound. anyone knows? :( new problems everyday!

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new problem for today; realised after parking overnight, morning push in n start car n moment move off, large clanking sound heard underneath... like some cling clank sound. anyone knows? :( new problems everyday!

 

That one should be normal.. Sometimes your parking brake did not fully let go after you let off the handbrake.

You can monitor to see if it happens again. If it did, just try to park without parking brake (put into gear 1 or something instead) for a night or 2 and see if it is still there.

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I was at Grand Copthrone Waterfront and decided to go down the carpark to see if there was a Maserati in Blu Oceano. And there was! So I managed to show my wife the REAL DEAL. And she now wonders if the colour is too dark.. <_< and actually feels that the blue I have is actually ok! WTF....

 

Oh ya, nowadays, everytime I refuel the car, there is this very strong petrol smell in the cabin. After I drive off then it is of no more.

Normal days will not have the petrol smell.

I wonder if it is the door seal that is leaking or somewhere else in the fuel tank.

 

my car same same :blink:

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That one should be normal.. Sometimes your parking brake did not fully let go after you let off the handbrake.

You can monitor to see if it happens again. If it did, just try to park without parking brake (put into gear 1 or something instead) for a night or 2 and see if it is still there.

 

 

so i just park my car at gear 1 huh? hmm ok i try tmr n see wot happen. but even if it help and? so means brake problem? well switch to neutral and park should be normal and shouldn't have that kind of sound.. didnt happen to my previous alfas.. hmm *Disturbed*

 

anyway thanks for suggestion will try it out

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PM me with your name and number.... date, time and location will be confirmed only with recognized participants :P HAHAHHAHHAHa

 

Just kidding la, morning run to breakfast also can.... test run along the way....

 

oooohhh... [:/] ... some one's volunteering to be bitten, poison, venomised, brain-washed... :o

 

the run's gonna be done here? or across the border?? [:p]

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I did had an accident in my 156 and a new bonnet was install by Peter. The workmanship was not too bad but def not factory standard. It is good to know who Peter send yr car to during the respray and speak to the shop. You can actually topup from yr pocket to have the paint done "better" and have more lacquers layers.

 

My expectation is the paintwork should be a 'reasonable' standard. If factory job is a base coat and 3 'layer' or say 0.6mm of actual pant coat (I really don't kow but just use example lah) then 'outside' workshop is 2 layers and 0.5mm and charges betw 200 to 300 (just for discussion sake) so as long as I'm within that 'reasonableness' range, I'm OK.

 

No way workshops outside can replicate factory standard work, cos the car body is in a clean room and goes 'swimming' in a tank for base coat and other layers then sprayed by robots controlled by computers! [rolleyes]

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oh I was just there on wednesday! for dinner though.

 

I love the roast pork man. the prawns were good too.

 

Is the promo still on? we were told it ended on the last day of 2010.

 

No more 1 + 1 but 30% off. Kids below 5 eat for free. My 4 year old boy eats like 10 prawns ....

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new problem for today; realised after parking overnight, morning push in n start car n moment move off, large clanking sound heard underneath... like some cling clank sound. anyone knows? :( new problems everyday!

Ya, it's the hand brake. Not an issue. This will happen if the pad is wet when u park th car.

 

Had this in my 156 and now the 159.

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so i just park my car at gear 1 huh? hmm ok i try tmr n see wot happen. but even if it help and? so means brake problem? well switch to neutral and park should be normal and shouldn't have that kind of sound.. didnt happen to my previous alfas.. hmm *Disturbed*

 

anyway thanks for suggestion will try it out

 

If the sound goes away if you did not engage handbrake for long periods, then you need not fix anything. Just happened that your rear brake pads are sticky. After a while (very long while) it will go away and come back once a while.

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