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Old 28-03-2024, 08:39 AM   #490
FTE217
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Default Re: Good value second hand cars - COVID times, Falcon/Commodore tax

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Sometime back we needed to update the old man’s next ride and after many BM MB some good some not we decided getting an Alfa V6 169 even though we thought it may bite us for it was too good a car to say no.
The seating was superb !
Cabin was brilliantly appointed.
Had all the bells and whistles.
To hear that V6 was typical screaming Italian nice sound.
Handling great it was a pleasure driving it.
Till one day we noticed water on the floor the heater core was leaking.
Omg what outcome that was and having to replace it twice that involves dropping the whole dash.
Just had to get rid of it by then was costing way too much.
Sorry to see it go but had to cut your loss’s.
GTV’s V6 were a passion of mine - came close to rebuild one but knew what I was getting into and thought not in the end.
A mate is an Alfa devotee through and through but only buys new and rolls over each lease.


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Correction typo it was a 166.


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