Paging SteveH: Ebay 146 Ti Glasgow. Any good to you?

Currently £1,650.00 1day 7hours to go.

Looks to me like it needs a service, belts, and hasn't been serviced often enough so far...

It'll be one of those with 72k interval in the book, and 36k if you're sensible ones won't it?

Yep. Book says 72, a clever Alfa Dealer will recomend it early to avoid paperwork later through warrenty claim, and get extra from you in service charges.

Aye, overdue the belts, skipped service, and not quite the right spec. (Who orders the Momo Leather but is too cheap to order aircon, ffs!)

SteveH rambled:

A poseur of course!

Oh well, thought it might be useful to you.

he had a Saab 9000 Aero that I was interested in, but decided to leave it in the end.

Shame really

Looks nice. My kind of thing, almost. But I'd have the Alfa version :-)

I'm going back to Saab. I guess 4wd makes turbos too tame. I want an 9000 Aero. But would prefer a dark coloured one with dark coloured interior. Climate control can take car of the heat issues.

So it won't have been done then. Joe Public never changes belts early !

Get a TI !

They're modern, reliable, quick, comfortable, cheap - everything you want. You won't have to spend rillions fixing every little thing like you did with the SAAB and Celica. And when you do need stuff, parts cost nothing (Cambelt change £120 all-inc. Starter motor £60. Alternator £80. Exhaust £50-per-section. etc. etc.). Go and drive one - you'll like it plenty ! Infact, go and see my old one at fishman's house - he's just round the corner from you.

Do they have heated electricaly adjustable recaro recliners clad in=20 buffalo hide?

--=20 Carl Robson Car PC Build starts again.

You'd be surprised.

Alfa owners seem to fall into 2 camps. The 'Alfisti' and the company car driver.

Fleet / lease Alfas tend to have had a new engine before the 72k mile interval, though.

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Half-leather.

I fail to see how that's important though. Your primary needs are reliability and fuel-economy. The TI has both in spades, considering it's a

Becuase it is. All things being equal, the Saab 9000 Aero/Early 9-5 Aero, The Pug 406 in a decent spec, the Rover 600 (can't think what replaced it with similar spec, The Alfa 164/166 2.0 TS all come out similar. It's little details like exactley the right interior. It's all part of the look. I've always liked longer, slightly straighter edged cars, rather than curvier, apparently taller (not necessarily actually taller) ones.

Me too, I'm no fan at all of the "people-carrier" stylee. Civic Type-R ? Yuck !

Rover 600 is actually pretty long (about 3 foot longer than the 405 !), and the TI's overall height is less than most of it's peers.

What about a nice 406 2.2 HDi ? 136bhp as standard. ~180bhp after fettling. NICE mpg.

Or a V6 ? 197/210bhp as standard. mpg about the same as the 200bhp TI.

The 9000 is getting on a bit now. It'll be a Saab 900 / Toyota Celica all over again, and you'll spend a fortune fixing all the niggly old bits. Again. :)