"SteveH" > wrote in message
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>R D S > wrote:
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>> "SteveH" > wrote in message
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>> >R D S > wrote:
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>> >> I have just bought this and im mildly excited!
>> >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=4636244067
>> >>
>> >> However, before buying an Alfa 156 I went on confused.com and decided
>> >> insurance would be about 500 quid per year.
>> >> Now I have the reg number it is coming out at 1100 quid, is it because
>> >> this
>> >> is a Veloce model? Are they that much more expensive to insure?
>> >
>> > As Pete says, it's not a Veloce. It's a Lusso. Can't see why it would
>> > be
>> > that pricey to insure, my wife insures hers for £250 / year.
>> >
>> > You got a cracker there - I looked at it myself, but it was more than I
>> > wanted to spend ;-)
>>
>> What is that link where you can check what a car is from its reg?
>> It comes up as a Veloce on the car insurance site.
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> http://www.rac.co.uk/web/carbuying/vehicle_data_search/
>
> Shows it as a Lusso.

Indeed it does, that is odd.

Beautiful though innit, cant wait to put the dog on the back seat and fill
it full of McD's wrappers