I drove from Kettering to Leeds this morning in my 159sw A14/M1 and only spotted 1 other 159 - Spotting them is like golddust. Anyway it was a fellow 159 sw 60 plate in Ti guise with roofrails - a beautiful looking thing. Although not as beautiful as the young blonde driving a maserati quartoporte that passed me on my journey!
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Daily wave now from a red 159 Ti on the A435 Studley-Alcester road in Warwickshire - took a little persuading 
There's another black Brera and the odd 159 en route too, some do, some don't...keep it up, they'll come round eventually, or change their route to work :cheese:
There's another black Brera and the odd 159 en route too, some do, some don't...keep it up, they'll come round eventually, or change their route to work :cheese:
A pair of black Brera's drive past on Tuesday near Straford-Upon-Avon
Yes!! That's (most likely) me. I've seen (possibly) you about a few times - if you have 18” horseshoes, it was you, or if you followed me though the city near Halfords a few weeks ago (couldn't see the wheels). As you say, you do need to be quicker to respond
When the silver SW followed me for a little bit through the city, I think I spent more time looking in the rear view mirror than on the road, tut tut, just so I could see how 'I' looked to other people (menacing lol!). In fairness, other 159's just seem to jump out at me from my peripheral vision or a stupidly far distance away. I've had a wave back from a black SW and a red TI in and around the Norwich/Hellesdon area. Got a good look (and wave) at a black TI on the 'being dualled' part of the A11 last week while we crawled past each other at walking pace. Cracking vehicle!
The topic of waving and similar acknowledgement to fellow drivers of the same marque takes me back to the days when I ran a couple of Porsche 944s in the nineties
We all seemed to do it back then, but this was before every man and his dog bought a Porsche Boxster, and Porsche's were quite rare beasts.
To be honest, it'd never entered my head to do it with an Alfa.
Breras and especially Spiders are incredibly rare where I am, so I might just start flashing my lights the next time I see one. Probably not for the Mito & Giulietta though - the lights would never be off! :cheese:
We all seemed to do it back then, but this was before every man and his dog bought a Porsche Boxster, and Porsche's were quite rare beasts.
To be honest, it'd never entered my head to do it with an Alfa.
Breras and especially Spiders are incredibly rare where I am, so I might just start flashing my lights the next time I see one. Probably not for the Mito & Giulietta though - the lights would never be off! :cheese:
i have to chuckle at flashing your lights at cars of the same mark etc as i have a TR7 and by the time the lights pop up and thats an amazing feat in itself the lights flash 30 seconds later and the Triumph coming the other way is long gone lol but i still do it Thankfully the Brera doesn't have such issue's
Tailed by a silver GT on the M3 going down to Winchester today, and then followed by a black 159 on the A31 which I flashed after it overtook us and turned off. Both obviously stood out from anything else we saw on the road.
I work near the airport and visit most days
)Maybe this is the red TI I see around a lot.
This sounds great fun! I see a red Brera all the time think he works at Ageas at Gloucester Business Park and there's a grey 159ti who works near there too. Sadly I'm on my bike and rarely drive. Plus there's a black 159 in Abbeymead I sadly haven't waved
@tayo the anthracite wheels were standard on the LE:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-...AAAAD4/JAdtaZrt5cM/w1189-h892-no/IMG_0459.JPG
I think they look great on a black 159
When ever I'm on the motorway I go Brera or 159 spotting best I've ever counted was 5!
Thought I'd better add the missus drives the car more than me during the week, very much doubt she'll wave! lol
@tayo the anthracite wheels were standard on the LE:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-...AAAAD4/JAdtaZrt5cM/w1189-h892-no/IMG_0459.JPG
I think they look great on a black 159
When ever I'm on the motorway I go Brera or 159 spotting best I've ever counted was 5!
Thought I'd better add the missus drives the car more than me during the week, very much doubt she'll wave! lol
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