There's lots of things that can wear out in 11 years and 175000 miles, but
Alfa's have an abysmal resale value - would have difficulty selling. Case of
`driving it into the ground'?

I gather from this ng that bodywork deterioration is a typical reason for
selling an Alfa in UK - mine spent the 1st 8 years of its life in our
Johannesburg area, at altitude and low humidity. Thus the bodywork is still
in good nick.


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regards,
Malcolm Osborne
Sedgefield, South Africa
156TS - 1999 - 279655Km

"Dave Savage" > wrote in message
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>
> "Malcolm Osborne" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 156 2.0TS - driving along, revs go up briefly, then engine dies. Turning
>> ignition key causes starter motor to go `whirr', but no effect on engine.
>> Doesn't sound like cambelt - that would be more dramatic?
>>
>> Any suggestions on root cause, before car is towed to agent? Was due to
>> go there in near future for service, inc cambelt change.
>>
>> --
>> regards,
>> Malcolm Osborne
>> Sedgefield, South Africa
>> 156TS - 1999 - 279655Km
>>
>
> I don't suppose it's trying to tell you something after "279655Km" - poor
> thing must be knackered !
>
> I expect a friendly expert will be along shortly with good advice /
> suggestions.
>
> While we wait, I must congratulate you on achieving 279655Km, which I
> think equates to about 175000 Miles in real money. Makes my 1998 156 2.0
> TS look like a beginner on 83k miles - methinks I'll hang on to it for a
> while.
>
> Dave S.... :>))
>