Mr Firth to the Jaguar phone, please

See my reply a couple of post up.

80k miles, but only =A38k, black, black leather 3.0 v6 Sportronic Lusso 05= =20 Reg.

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2nd link is dead here, but that first one - that looks PERFECT. Surely, even though it's a 156, it's only £5k - that'd just be paid off in a year then the rest would be straight in the back pocket.

See my reply. Something incredibly iffy about that car's history.

Surely that's cheap to the point of being suspiciously cheap? 12k miles on something nearly 2 years old, and "part service history" ???

And a pre-facelift model, which were discontinued in 2002/3....

It isn't pretty - it looks like it's trying to be pretty. Think: Pontefract of an evening with the skanks wearing make up.

No, you're thinking Audi TT now.

Besides, the 159 was never meant to be 'pretty', brutal and agressive, yes, but never pretty.

I don't think it's that either, it's just uglier than the car it replaced, which is a shame.

Tick the right box on the HFM? page and you get 4-way electrical lumbar support.

Indeed - £475 just to put comfy seats in it. Then find a foot-rest for your clutch foot (especially important in an auto) and add on cruise.

I'll have spent £800 on the 'HFM' page quite easily - and this is before I've added an iPod kit.

Sod that.

The seats in mine are an £800 option on the normal 197 (standard on the R27). You should find some less pikey seats.

Heh, these are just the 'sports' seats, not even electric S-Line seats....

There was a serious point in there somewhere too hehe, upgrades seats are always megabucks, £475 seems bloody reasonable!

Well, either / or, it still looks like it's trying to be pretty. Alfa Romeo missed the spot with it looking brutal or aggressive too. It looks like an Alfa Romeo at least.

The 156 had some really, really nice features and even though most magazines reckoned the then-current BMW 3-series or Audi A4 were better bets, they conceded that the 156 had some really strong points.

Admissions like this make me crack up whenever you accuse Dervy of being a boring, anally retentive geek.

In defence of SteveH, if he's spending all day in the car, comfy, supportive seats are IMO one of the most important things when buying a motor. I really liked the Cherokee, but the seats were shit

I get your point though

Mike

I've had a bad back for years, so I choose cars by the quality of their seats and in particular the lumbar support. Which is why I kept on the

4xFord. The best seats for long distance driving that I've encountered, the Jag seats are as good, but the low down driving position and the associated limbo to get into place are a negative. Much easier to step up into the vehicle.

And cup holders. And the covers over it. Or 3p on the tax bill. Or something.