Was following a red 1.8 156 on the way home tonight, watched as the driver casually flicked it through a couple of twisties on the B road I haunt on the way home. He was positioning himself well, using the slack in the road to see further around the corner, and gunning it on the exit when he could see
We come to a nice big wide open roundabout, plenty of visibility leading to some dual carriageway, but he's held up on the approach, we're not. We're tackling it with a good ten miles per hour overhaul. We're clear of the roundabout, and slice past with a decisive boot of the throttle. :)
Oh, yeah, the Alfa V6. Just under 28 mpg on the motorway, with me driving, and just over 18 mpg on the B roads, again me driving. Sticking to 80 indicated on the motorway, sticking to the speed limit on the B-roads, but "aggressive acceleration."
The above incident involving the 1.8 TS 156 was in the Ka...