Quiz Of The Week

(prompted by following a 156 recently)

Hands up anyone who's ever opened the boot of their 156 with the key and
forgotten to swivel the badge back into place?

<raises hand, many times>

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Halmyre wrote:

> (prompted by following a 156 recently)
>
> Hands up anyone who's ever opened the boot of their 156 with the key and
> forgotten to swivel the badge back into place?
>
> <raises hand, many times>
>
I have only two hands. Assume they are both raised repeatedly.
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Halmyre > wrote:

> (prompted by following a 156 recently)
>
> Hands up anyone who's ever opened the boot of their 156 with the key and
> forgotten to swivel the badge back into place?
>
> <raises hand, many times>

Seconded.

Bloody irritating design, actually.

Best car I've had for stuff like that recently was the Passat - the
central locking opened all the doors and the boot, meaning you only had
to pull a lever next to the numberplate lights to open the boot. You
could also lock the boot from the inside using a button on the driver's
door.
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Halmyre wrote in
>

> (prompted by following a 156 recently)
>
> Hands up anyone who's ever opened the boot of their 156 with the key
> and forgotten to swivel the badge back into place?
>
> <raises hand, many times>

And isn't it annoying? It's like finding you've been walking around with
your shirt hanging out.

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SteveH wrote:

>> Hands up anyone who's ever opened the boot of their 156 with the key and
>> forgotten to swivel the badge back into place?
>>
>> <raises hand, many times>
>
> Seconded.
>
> Bloody irritating design, actually.

Maybe but I included it in the nice touches on my GTV (the later 156s
don't have a key option - only remote button or lever by seat operation)

I think it looks neat not to see a lock for some reason.

Compared with the internal boot release in the GTV being in the glovebox
- now that was odd!

On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 14:15:24 GMT, Halmyre > wrote:

>(prompted by following a 156 recently)
>
>Hands up anyone who's ever opened the boot of their 156 with the key and
>forgotten to swivel the badge back into place?
>
><raises hand, many times>

?? Why would you do this..other than curiosity. If I've got the key,
I've got the button to open it automatically - this is less hassle so
I've never used my key.

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Z
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Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
'Oil' be seeing you..
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"Zathras" > wrote in message
news
> On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 14:15:24 GMT, Halmyre > wrote:
>
>>(prompted by following a 156 recently)
>>
>>Hands up anyone who's ever opened the boot of their 156 with the key and
>>forgotten to swivel the badge back into place?
>>
>><raises hand, many times>
>
> ?? Why would you do this..other than curiosity. If I've got the key,
> I've got the button to open it automatically - this is less hassle so
> I've never used my key.

I own an 147 and I don't have a manual option of opening the boot. Just
electronically.
Silly, isn't it? At least I don't have to bother about the swivelling logo.

Kind regards,
Robert

Zathras wrote:

> On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 14:15:24 GMT, Halmyre > wrote:
>
>>(prompted by following a 156 recently)
>>
>>Hands up anyone who's ever opened the boot of their 156 with the key and
>>forgotten to swivel the badge back into place?
>>
>><raises hand, many times>
>
> ?? Why would you do this..other than curiosity. If I've got the key,
> I've got the button to open it automatically - this is less hassle so
> I've never used my key.
>

Some of us don't have a button to open the boot.....
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Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
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Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 15:28:56 +0100, (SteveH)
wrote:

>Halmyre > wrote:
>
>> (prompted by following a 156 recently)
>>
>> Hands up anyone who's ever opened the boot of their 156 with the key and
>> forgotten to swivel the badge back into place?

Just occasionally. Not often.

>> <raises hand, many times>
>
>Seconded.
>
>Bloody irritating design, actually.

I thought it was rather nice, actually. But tastes differ.

--
Stephen Poley

On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:08:42 GMT, Catman
> wrote:

>Some of us don't have a button to open the boot.....

Ahh..didn't know that. I presume that upgrade came with the dual black
key fobs in 2000 ish?

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Z
Scotland
Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
'Oil' be seeing you..
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