A Few rattles when its cold outside, bad fitment on panels, especially where the bumper joins the boot (as mentioned in other reviews) a creaking from the front of the car when going over speed bumps, seems worse in the wet for some reason. Petrol Cap has been fiddly and never been able to get it to lock since I have had it!
Bough the car from a Car Supermarket saving around 4k, went to a dealer who asked my budget then smirked and said "oh you will be looking for a f***ing demonstrator then" (Sidwell Street Motors, Exeter) so my decision was made for me. Drove to Mansfield for it, and was worth every penny.
Inside is fantastic, make sure you have the winter pack & leather, the stereo is great (even the none bose one) although I prefer to drive with the window open listening to the engine (yeah' sad I know)
The chicks love it because it looks great, my granny loves it for its heated seats, and I love it for the noise & the effortless coolness even for a 5 door!
Could do with a bit more poke for me, going to see the guys at autodleta for some tweaking!
Likewise my front suspension has creaked from new. If you visit www.alfaowner.com (if you haven't already) you'll find its common and the general answer (which worked for me) is a liberal dose of WD40 on the front suspension bushes!
Do NOT use WD40 on the bushes. Generally, WD40 attacks plastic or elastic parts in the long term. Use some silicon spray instead (STP silicon spray, for instance), which gives the same result, while in the same time, it preserves the elastic parts. It can also be used to calm down the interior creaks. I have just sprayed my 120TS front bushes, it works fine.
I was actually looking for info on my R reg 156 1.8. Drove it this morning and noticed the usual occasional slight creaking noise from the suspension had got a bit louder over the speed bumps. Looked it up and thank goodness you guys have noticed the same - and there was a heavy rain last night. Thought this was going to be an expensive trip to an Alfa dealer, but just a can of Silicon spray from your advice required! So a big thank you all for sending in the comments.
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