Author	Message
33bits	Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:35 pm    Post subject: I love my 155 & it's zorst note is lovely, but it doesn't (quite) put as bigger smile on my face as the 33's do. They seem to have that "driver satisfaction" thing going on.
Ian M	Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:18 pm    Post subject: Very good as always Paul
john 33_16v	Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:08 pm    Post subject: Cool. In any alfa the actual journey is always a core part of any day out or holiday. Got to drive my brothers 155 v6 yesterday It's not especially quick (about 165hp?) but the engine noise is superb. Chris has had it a couple of months now, but says he hasn't switched the radio/cd on yet. John
paulhide	Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:23 pm    Post subject: Here is the core of the article: Why do you own an Alfa Romeo? For me it is about aesthetics. It is the immediacy of the effect of my actions and the feelings returned by the car that makes me feel in tune with the machine. It is the sound of heart of the machine racing to achieve your commands; in my case, the wonderful sound of the flat four boxer engine. It is about deriving pleasure from what would normally be regarded as a menial task of driving from A to B. Never was that more relevant to me than when driving across the North York Moors as part of our holiday, centred around National Alfa Day. The roads there were spectacular and particularly suitable for a nimble driver’s car as opposed to a modern ‘bulkmobile’. We spent about three days traversing the moors on different roads and probably covered more than half the total there. The roads turned and twisted everywhere with all sorts of gradients up to one-in-three. Sue said it was like a fairground ride and her neck was beginning to ache. The journeys were interspersed with fords, straight Roman roads, the odd lake and viewpoints. The viewpoint at Sutton Bank in the southwestern corner of the area was particularly impressive. Okay I’m sure there may be better places on Earth to drive, including racetracks, but to me it was certainly an enjoyable mixture of tourist exploration and driving heaven. I look forward to the next time I am in the area and can explore some of the roads that we didn’t have time for and to return over some of the ones that we did. It is interesting to note that I now have further confirmation that this element of pleasure was missing from our holiday in Scotland when we used a Ford Focus as our means of transport, a car that is supposedly deemed to be one of the best of its class.
33bits	Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:34 am    Post subject: Dont be so modest Paul, Im sure there is a copy/paste method you can get it on here.
paulhide	Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:55 am    Post subject: Don't worry John, it's not that good!
john 33_16v	Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:49 am    Post subject: Hi, Any chance of posting the column here. Some of us aren't members of AROC John
paulhide	Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:50 pm    Post subject: hear, hear,
33bits	Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:29 pm    Post subject: Paul's 33 Register Column I think Paul deserves a well done for his latest column, a very well written piece of work that made for a decent read. Keep it up sir.