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What's going on with used values?
Started to have thoughts about replacing the 'wagon with something else.
Looked towards the 159 and GT.... But it appears that residuals are almost BMW-matching these days! The world has gone mad. -- SteveH |
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"SteveH" > wrote in message
... > Started to have thoughts about replacing the 'wagon with something else. > > Looked towards the 159 and GT.... > > But it appears that residuals are almost BMW-matching these days! > > The world has gone mad. I spotted this recently too on the 2nd hand 159 front - I can only assume its a supply and demand problem. There don't seem to be many 159s around, so their prices are therefore higher. Perhaps its because Alfa have closed all their dealerships, so people aren't buying alfas any more, so there are fewer second hand ones, so the prices get pushed up. Also, I think people now realise that alfa's don't fall apart and turn to oxide at the first sight of rain anymore. The electrics even work on most models! |
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What's going on with used values?
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:22:03 -0000, "GT"
> wrote: >Also, I think people now realise that alfa's don't fall apart Mine did..at 7 years old. If we're talking suspension then it started sounding like it was falling to bits from quite new. > and turn to oxide at the first sight of rain anymore. Mine did just outside the warranty. My local indy said the rust was quite bad which was highly worrying given the ancient rubbish he normally gets to service! > The electrics even work on most models! Sometimes you don't notice they've failed. On mine, the lamp failure indicator didn't work. On the whole, electrically, it was good though. -- Z Scotland Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather (sold) 'Oil' be seeing you.. (Email must have the word 'Alfa' in the subject line to get through auto-filtering) |
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What's going on with used values?
Gt spoke:
> Also, I think people now realise that alfa's don't fall apart and turn to > oxide at the first sight of rain anymore. The electrics even work on most > models! This very day I was thinking that my old 164 V6 was the only car I've had which had never seen the back of a recovery truck. Electrics weren't *too* bad - but with - count 'em - 126 buttons to play with, some of the electrics went a bit iffy - mainly the electric rear seat controls and some of the aircon, which was a known issue, parts (stepper motor) around £40, labour around £400. Oh, and the passenger door mechanism went AWOL for a while. But overall not bad for a motor bought with 50k on it, and chopped in > 3 yrs later with around 150k on it, with in it's later year a cavalier attitude to servicing. -- Rob Pearson 156 1.9jtd sportwagon (now) 164 V6 Lusso (gone) |
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