Fw: Alfetta Power Mirror Switch

["N & M Kirkham" <neviam@bell.dialix.com.au>]

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> From: N & M Kirkham <neviam@bell.dialix.com.au>
> To: alfa-digest@digest.net
> Subject: Alfetta Power Mirror Switch
> Date: Friday, 20 February 1998 23:31
> 
> Does any one have a spare power mirror switch that will fit the centre
> console in a 1984 Alfetta sedan GCL?  After much confusion in trying to
> work out adjust my mirrors, it turns out they are power and the hole in
the
> centre console is where the switch should (but is not) be.
> 	My car also has two fog light switches, is one for the rear lights
(above
> the reversing lights) or is one for left and one for right?  At present
> only the front left is working.  
> 	For the last 12 months I've been driving my wife's GMHolden Commodore
and
> now that I've moved into my own car, I've noticed a big difference in the
> way the two go around corners.  The Alfetta has more body roll than the
> Commodore. I was under the impression that the whole idea of the
transaxle
> was to distribute weight and hence reduce role.  Is this correct and the
> Alfetta has just been set up badly by the previous owner or is the more
to
> the transaxle than meets the untrained (uninitiated) eye?
> 	Last but not least, the car is going thru a tank of fuel every 275km. 
Is
> this normal, is it out of tune or would it be that someone has tried to
get
> a few extra HP from larger jets in the carbs.  I think the car is running
> lean (bit of white smoke when accelerating and light coloured plugs).  As
> my wife says "you wanted something to tinker with so start tinkering" :-)
> 
> Nev
> 
> 84 Alfetta Saloon Gold Cloverleaf