Hi all, Just back from a ten-week stay in Europe. It was a pleasure to see Alfas everywhere on the road. Oddly, though, it was almost exclusively 146s, 147s, 157s and 159s (I think). I saw only two Mitos on the entire trip and only one vintage Alfa, a bright red early 70s Spider with a few anachronistic additions sitting on the street in Florence. Interestingly, it drew an admiring crowd. I was not the only person to snap a few photos of it.
The rental car I got for the duration was a Mercedes B Class--perhaps the stupidest gear shift placement I've ever seen in my life: There is a big hump (a storage compartment) in the console right where your elbow needs to be in order to shift. What were they thinking? Colin Talcroft 1978 Chocolate Brown Spider -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
