Rusting Alfasud the Owner Replies

July 7th 2014

Sir,

I think that Alfa Romeo (013) Ltd.’s reply in your October issue to my letter in your September issue is rather unsatisfactory. Mr. Needham states that “no business organisation wishes to pay bills, however small, for work carried out without their knowledge.” In my case I chose to have work carried out to my own satisfaction which I considered needed doing urgently. I told Alfa Romeo (GB) Ltd. that I was perfectly happy for them to make any investigations they felt necessary with the firm which carried out the work but they chose not to do so. I really do not see why the game should always be played according to the manufacturer’s or importer’s rules in the ease of an unsatisfactory product. I should clearly have sued the suppliers as I threatened to do but did not. I thought that Alfa Romeo would be keen to protect their reputation but it seems that I was wrong. I nspite of my dissatisfaction with the bodywork/paintwork of my 75SE, because the Stud is such a delight to drive I have-just changed the SE for a 5M. I take heart from Mr. Needham’s assurance that “cars manufactured today have had the problems of yesterday corrected”. I shall certainly look to Mr. Needham

and Alfa Romeo lad. to honour that assurance if I have any bodywork/paintwork problems with my 5M Similar to those encountered with my SE. Great Raveley ROBIN M. CHAPMAN