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Did you take that at Silverstone ?

That's probably really funny, but I'm not getting a picture

Had my first proper drive in the bimmer today, it wasn't the best of starts, found the car deep frozen this morning and then discovered that the rear screen heater doesn't work and the blower for the screen seems to have asthma , it works ok for the centre vents but sod all comes out for the screen. On to the driving, so far I'm distinctly underwhelmed, its very German does what it should do in a competent way but devoid of any fun. Plus the seating position is weird, my arms are too long and my legs too short. Can't see why they sell by the bucket load

I still have the 147, well sort of, Kathy tends to hog it.

My 156 made its last journey yesterday, well with me driving at least, I feels kind of sad about it, just hope the Bimmer is as good to drive. Worst case scenario is I don't like the Bimmer and I sell it and buy another Alfa

Sounds good to me, a quick trip along the 303 then.

Where is it ?

Seems like your enjoying it

Best brakes I've experienced in a car were a Citroen C5, that had ABS, EBD and EBA it would stop on a sixpence, shame the rest of it wasn't so good. The first 146 I had was terrible, if you braked hard from 80 the brakes had faded to nothing by 30, but it was such a fun car I didn't care.

Sounds I wondered why you were lifting off so early, but the brakes bit makes sense now. I've never really been that confident in Alfa brakes, they always seem to be an afterthought

Even better than some of us from England Welcome aboard Genca

Fair enough then, I've neglected mine a bit because I've had other projects.

Better than my 13 year old, 200k 156 SW then. 2 x CV Boots, brake pipe, 4 x tyres (I knew this would be the case), exhaust hanger and some rust issues. If it wasn't for the rust I would fix it, but now I have a replacement its going the spares/repairs route.

Just put the 3 series and the 156 in for MOT. 156 4 x tyres, 2 CV boots, corrosion at seat belt anchorage floor to sill, rear suspension mounting floor to sill and rear outer sill suspension mounting all offside, plus front brake hose excessively deteriorated. Plus advisories for front discs. Apart from the welding, which I can't do, its nothing too major, but I'm not going to fix it. Will sell it as spares/repairs. BMW 3 x tyres (will get all 4 changed), headlamp aim too low, indicator bulbs wrong colour, some front suspension issues and rear brake pipe, will get both changed and handbrake not efficient, this could be down to the fact its been sat around for a bit. The handbrake may just need a clean up. Advisories on suspension bushes, will get them done too. Even with that lot the beemer works out at a good price.

Yep it will do, mines 150 brake but you won't have turbo lag.

You free to do some filming ?

Ouch The annoying thing is I went for a diesel because my daily trip to and from work is 32 miles, but the day after I bought it things changed and its gone down to 14 miles. If I had known that before I would probably have gone for a petrol

Yep

But I want to !

Both the Beemer and the Alfa are booked in for MOT next Tuesday, I'm interested to see how they fare.

Probably not But I'm still gonna press it

I've spotted that button

Give it time

Picked the 3 series up last week and have driven it a few times. It drives fine, corners well, brakes brilliantly, doesn't rattle, the lights light up the road ahead of me, the key fobs work, it seems economical and the minging interior has cleaned up nicely, so why am I having second thoughts and wanting to keep my 156 ?

We (I) need pictures of the polished bits.