Is it possible? Year 1998. How much power should it get? Now it has
120HP. Would that dramaticly shorten the life of engine?
What about fuel consumption? Not it's 9-10 liters/100km.
And finally: the price?

Is the 48,000 mile service for the 156 1.8TS a major service? I've
already had the cambelt changed, and the variator (although it is a bit
noisy again).  I would look up the hand-book but it's in the car and,
er, it's dark outside...

UK
Alfa 147 1.6TS Lusso
Monday 3rd January 2005
Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan ---> Imperial College, S.Kensington --->

Does anyone know whether Alfa produce a regular magazine dedicated to
their cars?
We have had a BMW (great car), AUDI (Great car too) and SAAB (ahem ...
next ...) and they all have regular magazines that have the a mix of

I have just purchased some 16" speedline (5 hole) alloys for my 156
(from ebay) and would appreciate a bit of advice. Basically the wheels
didn't come with bolts and my existing bolts (my car currently has some
fairly nasty 15" non-alfa alloys) are slightly longer (by about 5mm)

Hi!  Noticed to my slight horror yesterday the inside of the n/s
A-pillar was damp.  Not sure if this has wicked up or bled in from
outside.  Anyone had this?
Am I looking at replacing all the rubber seals? :(

Anyone know anything about dampers? Meed to change mine as I replaced the
springs a while ago and the higher spring rate seems to have lead to the
car being underdamped. I have seen a Bilstein kit (monotube) from Balance
Motorsport (www.balancemotorsport.co.uk) for about ?600 but I ...