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September 20th 07, 07:32 PM
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a better than average coutesy car...
Was lucky enough to drop for a 3.2L brera today, as a courtesy car, whilst
my 156 was in for a service... What a motor.. it made the drive from Chelmsford to Peterborough - for a 4 hour long meeting - totally worthwhile... Absolutely gorgeous to drive - Fantastic engine note at about 2500 revs as you pull away... Fuel consumption was hideous (but to be expected) ... accelerating hard in 3rd gear - down as low as 4 mpg.. (Obviously you're not going to be driving round in 3rd all day though..) I averaged about 22 to the gallon on the trip there and back.. cost about £32 for the round trip... Only 1 thing wrong with it .... great interior, apart from a hideously cheap looking (and feeling) switch panel for the sliding roof shade... God knows how that made it into the car.. Could I live one.... not if I wanted to keep my license... SS -- www.srsteel.co.uk http://www.srsteel.co.uk/Panorama http://www.srsteel.co.uk/landscape http://www.srsteel.co.uk/Peru 
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September 23rd 07, 10:14 PM
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a better than average coutesy car...
The other amazing thing was quite how a 2.1/2 year old car (my '05 156 1.9 JTD Veloce) with 60K miles on the clock could run up a bill for £1800 on top of the service cost. New undertray New upper wishbones New brake pads all round New handbrake cable New pushbutton for handbrake New foglight Refit boot seal Replace siezed waterpump. Kerching... £1831. plus whatever the service cost. Thank god it's a lease car... SS
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September 25th 07, 04:52 PM
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a better than average coutesy car...
Isn't the waterpump a warranty issue?
Mike
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September 25th 07, 10:07 PM
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a better than average coutesy car...
Most of it was done under warranty I think...
Thats for the lease company to argue over. Interestingly the car broke down tonight with something turbo related (I think) It's on an AA wagon heading for the dealers.. SS -- www.srsteel.co.uk http://www.srsteel.co.uk/Panorama http://www.srsteel.co.uk/landscape http://www.srsteel.co.uk/Peru "di9it8" > wrote in message ups.com... > Isn't the waterpump a warranty issue? > Mike > >
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October 15th 07, 09:28 AM
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a better than average coutesy car...
"simon" > wrote in message ... > > The other amazing thing was quite how a 2.1/2 year old car (my '05 156 1.9 > JTD Veloce) with 60K miles on the clock could run up a bill for £1800 on > top of the service cost. > New undertray > New upper wishbones > New brake pads all round > New handbrake cable > New pushbutton for handbrake > New foglight > Refit boot seal > Replace siezed waterpump. > > Kerching... £1831. plus whatever the service cost. Reminds me of Mangoletsi..
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October 16th 07, 08:25 AM
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a better than average coutesy car...
They saw you coming - presumably this was a main dealer and a leased
car. On 23 Sep, 22:14, "simon" > wrote: > The other amazing thing was quite how a 2.1/2 year old car (my '05 156 1.9 > JTD Veloce) with 60K miles on the clock could run up a bill for £1800 on top > of the service cost. > Kerching... £1831. plus whatever the service cost. > Thank god it's a lease car... > > SS
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October 17th 07, 06:50 AM
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a better than average coutesy car...
Yeah, AMC in Chemsford.
It is a lease car.... However quite a bit of the work was stuff I'd asked them to look at - creaking suspension and undertray in particular. ss -- www.srsteel.co.uk http://www.srsteel.co.uk/Panorama http://www.srsteel.co.uk/landscape http://www.srsteel.co.uk/Peru "savamac" > wrote in message oups.com... They saw you coming - presumably this was a main dealer and a leased car. On 23 Sep, 22:14, "simon" > wrote: > The other amazing thing was quite how a 2.1/2 year old car (my '05 156 1.9 > JTD Veloce) with 60K miles on the clock could run up a bill for £1800 on > top > of the service cost. > Kerching... £1831. plus whatever the service cost. > Thank god it's a lease car... > > SS
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