The engine not up there in the faves? I had an Alfa Mito as a hire car in Italy last week, it was the 1.4T and I was very very impressed. So tempted to take a Punto test drive so see what the GPA is like.

Quote from: AndyW on October 22, 2008, 11:11:21 pm

The engine not up there in the faves?

That bit kinda went without saying!  The sheer degree of initial acceleration they've managed to squeeze out of a 1.4 still surprises me every time so far.

I think its more impressive the way it goes from 60-90 in 6th gear 

How many miles has yours done now? The brakes on our first demo squeeked up till 1000 miles, and then stopped. I've also heard the same from a customer.

Oh, and I'm loving having a reverse gear collar, too.  Haven't had one of those for years...

Sun visors are getting on my nerves, though - you can have them at 90 degrees to the windscreen, or flat against it, but nothing in between. 

Fave bits:

Price of the standard car
Styling
Seats
Throttle response when in Sport
Peddle heights.  Nice for heal and toe
Brakes - the one thing that really exceeded my expectations
Stereo - actually the second thing that exceeds my expectations
Blue & Me - bollox, that's three things now

Worst bits:

Steering feel and responsiveness - especially bad in Sport
Handling - especially when the rear steps out when encountering a bump mid corner
Suspension set up - jiggly and not very planted
Cheap build quality and finish on some bits (hardly any paint on the passenger door inside, front bumper parts seem to be made from the same quality plastic bacon comes in)

I'm so hoping the Esseesse kit solves the steering / handling.  If it does, and gives a bit more umph, it will be one cracking car. 

Glad you added the last line, sounded like you had bought the wrong car for a minute

After doing 100 miles or so, I would say that my favorite bits are:-

The looks
Performance, (not given it 100% in mine yet, but gave the demo which had 2,000 miles on it a good drive back to my work yesterday).
Brakes

The worst bits:-

The steering. I think that Gofra has it spot on. I might get used to this though and I am comparing it to older cars that will always have better steering feel.
The joke sun visors
Lack of storage spaces
Hazard lights coming on when braking hard, (probably a good idea, but annoying).

Unsure:-

The seats don't feel as big as some similar Recaro high back seats that I have had in the past. I'm only 12-13st and 6ft, but they feel made for someone who is 5ft 6". They seem comfortable enough, hold you in place and they look great, I'll just have to see how I get on with them on a long journey.