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Old July 26th 10, 08:20 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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"TonyB" > wrote in message
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> Got the 156 today, chuffed to bits with it.
> It's been serviced but the service indicator has not been re-set. Does
> anyone know how to do that?
>
> Otherwise it's fine, I found £1 and 5p together with a box of Tictacs and
> some sweets and girly bits behind the rear seat. Just need to figure out
> the radio and climate control instructions now!


They aren't tictacs. What girl parts did you find?


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Old July 26th 10, 09:14 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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TonyB > wrote:

> Got the 156 today, chuffed to bits with it.
> It's been serviced but the service indicator has not been re-set. Does
> anyone know how to do that?
>
> Otherwise it's fine, I found £1 and 5p together with a box of Tictacs and
> some sweets and girly bits behind the rear seat. Just need to figure out the
> radio and climate control instructions now!


Just have a fiddle - my manual is in Malaysian, so learned by trial and
error.


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Old July 26th 10, 10:26 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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>> Otherwise it's fine, I found £1 and 5p together with a box of Tictacs and
>> some sweets and girly bits behind the rear seat. Just need to figure out
>> the radio and climate control instructions now!

>
> They aren't tictacs. What girl parts did you find?


:-)) Hair clips, a small deodorant spray, a hair band
and some sticky sugary sweets. No girly body parts though.

The box said they were Tictacs. Glad I didn't
eat any.

TonyB

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Old July 28th 10, 12:44 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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"GT" > wrote in message
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> "Jim" > wrote in message
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>> On 24/07/2010 23:21, TonyB wrote:
>>> Got the 156 today, chuffed to bits with it.
>>> It's been serviced but the service indicator has not been re-set. Does
>>> anyone know how to do that?
>>>
>>> Otherwise it's fine, I found £1 and 5p together with a box of Tictacs
>>> and
>>> some sweets and girly bits behind the rear seat. Just need to figure out
>>> the radio and climate control instructions now!
>>>
>>> TonyB

>> Well done on the new wheels. Hope it's as good as it sounds.
>>
>> Here's how I reset my service schedule:
>>
>> When stationary, press Info, scroll through to service, enter it and then
>> hold the + & - keys for 10 secs to re-set the indicator.

>
> Really? I've a 2002 (new interior) 156 out there and my service warning
> message has been on for months. Car is all serviced, but the garage didn't
> reset the thingy.


Well, I'll be damned - it only bloody worked! Reset it to 12,244 (or
something like that). Strange service interval!


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Old July 28th 10, 12:58 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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GT wrote:
> "GT" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Jim" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 24/07/2010 23:21, TonyB wrote:
>>>> Got the 156 today, chuffed to bits with it.
>>>> It's been serviced but the service indicator has not been re-set. Does
>>>> anyone know how to do that?
>>>>
>>>> Otherwise it's fine, I found £1 and 5p together with a box of Tictacs
>>>> and
>>>> some sweets and girly bits behind the rear seat. Just need to figure out
>>>> the radio and climate control instructions now!
>>>>
>>>> TonyB
>>> Well done on the new wheels. Hope it's as good as it sounds.
>>>
>>> Here's how I reset my service schedule:
>>>
>>> When stationary, press Info, scroll through to service, enter it and then
>>> hold the + & - keys for 10 secs to re-set the indicator.

>> Really? I've a 2002 (new interior) 156 out there and my service warning
>> message has been on for months. Car is all serviced, but the garage didn't
>> reset the thingy.

>
> Well, I'll be damned - it only bloody worked! Reset it to 12,244 (or
> something like that). Strange service interval!
>
>


It tries to work it out based on driving style and so on AIUI.

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Old July 28th 10, 01:17 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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"Catman" > wrote in message
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> GT wrote:
>> "GT" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> "Jim" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 24/07/2010 23:21, TonyB wrote:
>>>>> Got the 156 today, chuffed to bits with it.
>>>>> It's been serviced but the service indicator has not been re-set. Does
>>>>> anyone know how to do that?
>>>>>
>>>>> Otherwise it's fine, I found £1 and 5p together with a box of Tictacs
>>>>> and
>>>>> some sweets and girly bits behind the rear seat. Just need to figure
>>>>> out
>>>>> the radio and climate control instructions now!
>>>>>
>>>>> TonyB
>>>> Well done on the new wheels. Hope it's as good as it sounds.
>>>>
>>>> Here's how I reset my service schedule:
>>>>
>>>> When stationary, press Info, scroll through to service, enter it and
>>>> then hold the + & - keys for 10 secs to re-set the indicator.
>>> Really? I've a 2002 (new interior) 156 out there and my service warning
>>> message has been on for months. Car is all serviced, but the garage
>>> didn't reset the thingy.

>>
>> Well, I'll be damned - it only bloody worked! Reset it to 12,244 (or
>> something like that). Strange service interval!

>
> It tries to work it out based on driving style and so on AIUI.


Clever - I just assumed it was a KM distance converted to miles and not
rounded - I didn't bother reaching for the calculator though!


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Old July 28th 10, 07:37 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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GT > wrote:

> >> Well, I'll be damned - it only bloody worked! Reset it to 12,244 (or
> >> something like that). Strange service interval!

> >
> > It tries to work it out based on driving style and so on AIUI.

>
> Clever - I just assumed it was a KM distance converted to miles and not
> rounded - I didn't bother reaching for the calculator though!


The 156 computer is nowhere near as clever as that.

It's based on 20,000km, converted to 12427 miles.

Note sure if the 147 based cars, like the GT, are different, though.

(My Passat TDI had variable service lengths - I once got it down to
around 6k miles, but I'd also seen it hit as much as 24k miles between
services, which is a tad scary)
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Old July 28th 10, 09:43 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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SteveH wrote:
> GT > wrote:
>
>>>> Well, I'll be damned - it only bloody worked! Reset it to 12,244 (or
>>>> something like that). Strange service interval!
>>> It tries to work it out based on driving style and so on AIUI.

>> Clever - I just assumed it was a KM distance converted to miles and not
>> rounded - I didn't bother reaching for the calculator though!

>
> The 156 computer is nowhere near as clever as that.


Spoilsport



> It's based on 20,000km, converted to 12427 miles.
>


> Note sure if the 147 based cars, like the GT, are different, though.
>


Meh. I'll let you know when mine ever comes on.

> (My Passat TDI had variable service lengths - I once got it down to
> around 6k miles, but I'd also seen it hit as much as 24k miles between
> services, which is a tad scary)



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  #19  
Old July 28th 10, 10:09 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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"Catman" > wrote in message
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> SteveH wrote:
>> GT > wrote:
>>
>>>>> Well, I'll be damned - it only bloody worked! Reset it to 12,244 (or
>>>>> something like that). Strange service interval!
>>>> It tries to work it out based on driving style and so on AIUI.
>>> Clever - I just assumed it was a KM distance converted to miles and not
>>> rounded - I didn't bother reaching for the calculator though!

>>
>> The 156 computer is nowhere near as clever as that.

>
> Spoilsport



It won't work on mine though, so I agree, it's not a clever computer!
TonyB

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Old July 29th 10, 11:55 AM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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"TonyB" > wrote in message
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>
> "Catman" > wrote in message
> ...
>> SteveH wrote:
>>> GT > wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Well, I'll be damned - it only bloody worked! Reset it to 12,244 (or
>>>>>> something like that). Strange service interval!
>>>>> It tries to work it out based on driving style and so on AIUI.
>>>> Clever - I just assumed it was a KM distance converted to miles and not
>>>> rounded - I didn't bother reaching for the calculator though!
>>>
>>> The 156 computer is nowhere near as clever as that.

>>
>> Spoilsport

>
> It won't work on mine though, so I agree, it's not a clever computer!


You have to hold down the - and + buttons together for quite a while before
it says 'reset'. You have the newer interior version, right? With the silver
facings and the computer in the middle, above the radio?


 




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