Help with something a bit sporty

Tilt

s_b wrote: »

road tax group ......£475 per year

Fuel consumption (urban).........16.8 mpg
Fuel consumption (extra urban)......32.5 mpg
Fuel consumption (combined)...24.1 mpg

the water bottle i referred to in the advert is empty it has nothing in it
anyone who knows anything about cars knows this is down to a poor servicing regime or the car has a leak
even a dodgy part time motor trader selling off the back of his caravan site would at least have a wee in this bottle to give it some substance and colour

it should be red by the way

this is to tilt i who should know better

Err, we had moved on from the 10 year old GT in case you missed it... we were talking about the ones that pg 'owned'. And how you can tell the expansion bottle is empty from that picture is beyond me. Bit early in the day to be taking a sniff at the old hip flask isn't it?

mikey72

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201219469052434/sort/default/usedcars/fuel-type/diesel/price-to/6000/model/159/make/alfa_romeo/postcode/sw1a2aa/radius/1500/page/2?logcode=p 47 combined mpg, £140 a year road tax, 0 - 60 9.4s.

Tilt

No good Mikey... probably not sporty enough, not quick enough, too old, high mileage, wrong shape, Italian, empty expansion bottle...

movilogo

Avoid Alfa Romeos - they have horrible reliabilities (check any reliability survey results).

Buy a FWD car even if Top/FifthGear fans make you believe RWDs are cool. You'll regret buying RWD in winter (unless you shell out extra for proper tyres).

If you have £5000 budget don't buy any car which costs over £20,000 new. Because when something goes wrong, the price it takes to fixed usually reflects the original price of the car and not how much you bought it for.

Go with a 4/5 door car - trendy and practically usually do not go well together.

Good luck with whatever you finally choose.

mikey72

movilogo wrote: »

Avoid Alfa Romeos - they have horrible reliabilities (check any reliability survey results).

Buy a FWD car even if Top/FifthGear fans make you believe RWDs are cool. You'll regret buying RWD in winter (unless you shell out extra for proper tyres).

If you have £5000 budget don't buy any car which costs over £20,000 new. Because when something goes wrong, the price it takes to fixed usually reflects the original price of the car and not how much you bought it for.

Go with a 4/5 door car - trendy and practically usually do not go well together.

Good luck with whatever you finally choose.

The op was asking what to buy, not what to avoid. I guess you're another one that never owned anything Italian, yet alone an Alfa?

s_b

Tilt wrote: »

Err, we had moved on from the 10 year old GT in case you missed it... we were talking about the ones that pg 'owned'. And how you can tell the expansion bottle is empty from that picture is beyond me. Bit early in the day to be taking a sniff at the old hip flask isn't it?

i do it for a living looking at photographs of cars
you dont seriously think i go to car auctions all day do you

Mexico1

Hi OP

I'd completely forget about Alfa Romeo, you either love them or hate them. Why not have something easy & economical like a 207 CC, a 1.6 petrol gets good miles to the gallon & looks sporty with the top down without the added hassle of leaking like some of the soft tops?

s_b

Tilt wrote: »

No good Mikey... probably not sporty enough, not quick enough, too old, high mileage, wrong shape, Italian, empty expansion bottle...

why dont you both admit a v6 3 litre in these austere times is whistling in the wind with your flies down
Tilt
and
mikey72

mikey72

s_b wrote: »

............... whistling in the wind with your flies down.........

I've told you before, you need to get a better passtime.

verityboo

Mexico1 wrote: »

Hi OP

I'd completely forget about Alfa Romeo......

Why not have something easy & economical like a 207 CC?

From the frying pan into the fire:rotfl: