Considering an alfa as my next car. Need advice.

SteveH wrote:

> Pete M > wrote:
>
>> > 75 with leather. Never made one. If you find one it'll be an
>> > aftermarket retrim.
>>
>> ********. the Anniversary, for one, had leather. In fact the manager of
>> the Stag pub in Warrington was selling one not so long ago for about
>> £1500..
>
> I'm sure you're mistaken about this one. Even the LE only came with
> Recaro cloth.

Jamie has told me that there are 75 rear benches with leather, but they are
rare.
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SteveH wrote:

> Catman > wrote:
>
>> > Hmm, got me thinking now.
>>
>> Think away. You *could* get a Giulietta, or a Sprint, but that way
>> madness lies, DAMHIKIJDOK
>
> Now.... I wonder if that place in High Wycombe still has that monster of
> a Giulietta? ;-)

Stop, stop *now*

/me sobs quietly
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Catman > wrote:

> SteveH wrote:
>
> > Pete M > wrote:
> >
> >> > 75 with leather. Never made one. If you find one it'll be an
> >> > aftermarket retrim.
> >>
> >> ********. the Anniversary, for one, had leather. In fact the manager of
> >> the Stag pub in Warrington was selling one not so long ago for about
> >> £1500..
> >
> > I'm sure you're mistaken about this one. Even the LE only came with
> > Recaro cloth.
>
> Jamie has told me that there are 75 rear benches with leather, but they are
> rare.

That explains why I've never seen one, then. If someone like him rarely
sees one, then the rest of us have no chance.

I'm surprised it was available, but that's mainly based on the fact that
I've never seen one, IYSWIM.

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SteveH wrote:

> Catman > wrote:
>
>> > Remember, Catman found an exceptional case. I reckon he could punt that
>> > out for £1500 easily in AutoItalia or the club magazine.
>>
>> True, but that still leaves him with 500 change
>
> Well, yes. But this £2k has grown from £500 in the space of a few
> days....

I wish I had his savings account

>> > You can get cheap 75s, but you need to budget for some work in the
>> > first 12 months of ownership to get it 'right'. Mine's had a clutch and
>> > gearbox refurb - just needs a bit of bodywork now to make it an
>> > exceptionally good example. Total outlay so far is around £1200.
>>
>> So that leaves him 800 out of his 2k budget
>
> Heh. Just making a point....
>>
>> And anyway, if you'd spend a bit more on cars in the first place
>
> Well, I could. But there again, I'd prefer to have bought something
> fairly cheap and spent the cash on it - at least I now know I have a
> clutch and gearbox that will last for the next 100k miles. Buying a
> £1500 75 that's supposedly in immaculate condition could still have
> needed work to get it to the same standard mine is now, IYSWIM.
>

Yep, fair point. I always advise those poor, misguided fools that ask for
advice to spend under budget, then leave the money in the bank for when it
goes to the service

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Pete M wrote:

> In k,
> SteveH > decided to enlighten our sheltered souls
> with a rant as follows
>
>>> What are the chances of finding a 75 or a 155 with Leather (working
>>> aircon if possible) mint condition (or good useable in the case of
>>> the 75) with a 2 litre for under £2k?
>>
>> 75 with leather. Never made one. If you find one it'll be an
>> aftermarket retrim.
>
> ********. the Anniversary, for one, had leather. In fact the manager of
> the Stag pub in Warrington was selling one not so long ago for about
> £1500..
>
>>
>> 155s only came with leather on the V6. Trust me, you can't run a V6
>> on a budget. 15mpg. Suits you, sir ;-)
>
> Nah, you can get more than that from a V6, unless you thrash it

But they are soooo thrashable

</homer>

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Catman > wrote:

> SteveH wrote:
>
> > Catman > wrote:
> >
> >> > Hmm, got me thinking now.
> >>
> >> Think away. You *could* get a Giulietta, or a Sprint, but that way
> >> madness lies, DAMHIKIJDOK
> >
> > Now.... I wonder if that place in High Wycombe still has that monster of
> > a Giulietta? ;-)
>
> Stop, stop *now*
>
> /me sobs quietly

If it helps, it's no longer on Autotrader, and I can't remember who was
selling it.

Probably sold now, and most likely for peanuts, 'cos it was a bit too
'out of the box' for most people, and he'd had it for months.

I'm kicking myself for not waving £500 at him now....
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Catman > wrote:

> >> And anyway, if you'd spend a bit more on cars in the first place
> >
> > Well, I could. But there again, I'd prefer to have bought something
> > fairly cheap and spent the cash on it - at least I now know I have a
> > clutch and gearbox that will last for the next 100k miles. Buying a
> > £1500 75 that's supposedly in immaculate condition could still have
> > needed work to get it to the same standard mine is now, IYSWIM.
> >
>
> Yep, fair point. I always advise those poor, misguided fools that ask for
> advice to spend under budget, then leave the money in the bank for when it
> goes to the service

It's working for me now - having paid a pittance for a reasonably tidy
75, I still had money to sort out the major known hassles - clutch and
'box. Mechanically, mine is now superb, but needs some minor bodywork
doing to make it perfect.

I plan to sort this sometime this year, though.
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Catman > wrote:

> Pete M wrote:
>
> > In k,
> > SteveH > decided to enlighten our sheltered souls
> > with a rant as follows
> >
> >>> What are the chances of finding a 75 or a 155 with Leather (working
> >>> aircon if possible) mint condition (or good useable in the case of
> >>> the 75) with a 2 litre for under £2k?
> >>
> >> 75 with leather. Never made one. If you find one it'll be an
> >> aftermarket retrim.
> >
> > ********. the Anniversary, for one, had leather. In fact the manager of
> > the Stag pub in Warrington was selling one not so long ago for about
> > £1500..
> >
> >>
> >> 155s only came with leather on the V6. Trust me, you can't run a V6
> >> on a budget. 15mpg. Suits you, sir ;-)
> >
> > Nah, you can get more than that from a V6, unless you thrash it
>
> But they are soooo thrashable
>
> </homer>

Heh.

I'm sure that if I drove a V6 the way I drive my TS, then I'd be
bankrupt within a few months ;-)

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"SteveH" > wrote in message
k...
> MarkK > wrote:
>
> > > I'm sure you're mistaken about this one. Even the LE only came with
> > > Recaro cloth.
> >
> > Wrong yet again Mr H! According to the 75 brochure I have just checked,
> > leather most certainly WAS an option, both on the TS and the V6.
> >
> > Mark :-)
>
> I'd like to see one, as I trawled through tens of ads for 75s before
> buying mine, and didn't see a single leather one.

Just because you didn't see one, doesn't mean it wasn't an option, and that
no-one ordered it (to state the obvious).

> However, if it was available, it was as a dealer-fit retrim, not
> factory,

Was it? How did you work that one out? Looks factory-fit in the pics in my
brochure...

Other options we

-Air con
-Elec sunroof (standard in the 3.0)
-Metallic paint

The LE only came with Recaro cloth, as you say, but some previous model
years had these options - I think from the time when they stopped offering
the 1.8 and (in the UK at least) only offered the 2.0TS and 3.0 Cloverleaf.
The LE was sold around in 1992, so I guess the brochure I have was from
around 1990.

HTH

Mark

MarkK > wrote:

> > However, if it was available, it was as a dealer-fit retrim, not
> > factory,
>
> Was it? How did you work that one out? Looks factory-fit in the pics in my
> brochure...

I worked it out as I know someone who did a lot of dealer-fit leather
trims at one point.

It's is / was quite common to do this, especially with Japanese stuff,
rather than take a leather option from the factory (if it existed).
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