Full black (dark grey) leather
interior. Incl. Embroidered Alfa badge on rear of front seats. Seats are not
worn. Alfa Romeo say its dark grey, I'd say it was black, a blind man
would be happy to see the difference.
Interior is very tidy. No real
marks (In so far as I have found, little bit of carpet wear near where
the drivers right foot goes.)
New mats for drivers, passenger
and rear passengers.
Rear seats look like new. I have
no kids, no pets and no friends, I'm also a none smoker, so no nasty
burn marks or smells.
Kenwood
CD/ AM/FM stereo: It is a flip face model when the ignition is turned
the stereo front plate flips over to see you. When the ignition is off
the face plate flips back. This is the only modification from standard
the car has had made and that is because it came with a tape player as
standard. (What ever one of those are :)
Interior includes the leather clad
drivers (or passenger) arm rest.
The seats are not heated.
Air conditioning (or climate
control) works fine has variable temperature control and can blow nice and
chilly or hot depending on requirements. Note: The dash board light the
illuminates the dial that controls the air-con however seems to be dead.
Exterior.
Silver metallic paint.
Full Alfa Romeo body kit incl.
High tail.
Some stone chips on the nose.
A small scratch on the driver side
front panel (nothing to worry about, see picture [right) and a rub mark (?) on
the drivers side front wheel. (not done by me ]so not sure what the hell
happened, some idiot turned too close to the car I guess while it was
parked, but other than that I don't know.) Again, partly thanks to the
colour and partly thanks to it being really small, you can't see it.
Out of view under the front bumper
is where I discovered that the Alfa Romeo 156 Selespeed with full Alfa
body-kit cannot go over speed bumps any faster that 17 miles per
hour. (You have been warned.)
Alloys are in great condition one
has a minor blemish. No scuffing, no rattling, no rolling.
Mechanical.
Replacements incl.
- New radiator *
- New water pump*
- New thermometer*
- Cam-belt was changed at 49,000
miles should be good for another 30,000
- Part service history (see
below.)
- Oil only knows the stuff the
dealer puts in and Mobil 1.
- All tyres i very good condition.
Front two have been replaced recently and have less than 2,000 miles on
them. Back ones are in excellent condition.
- Brakes seem sharp and responsive
and the break fluid levels have been check frequently.
OK, the hard sell.
Mileage: 77,000 miles.
First reaction is "Yea gads, its
an Alfa that has been to the moon."
OK, Firstly the moon is
238,857 miles away.
Secondly, these are motorway
miles. I drove these miles before my new job. Basically I to three
locations, very very frequently.
Manchester (Warrington)
Reading (Theale)
London (Heathrow)
As a technical account manager.
Depending on who you ask, motorway
miles are worth somewhere between 10 miles and 3 miles compared to a
city drive. Why? Because of all the starts from cold. Cold starts kill
cars. My car drove from Cambridgeshire to the three above locations a
minimum of once a week. (sometimes more, sometimes less.) but as far as
the wear and tear on the car is concerned I might have well been been
doing a 20mile commute home and back everyday. This detail is backed up
by the condition of the car. It looks and feels unused, even though its
high mileage.
Remember: A car thats been used as a glorified shopping trolley will
fall apart long before this trojan
The reason it has a part
service history is because of the number of miles. Its a little unfair
that I have to service a car every 3 - 4 months and depending on the
season (ho ho ho) I found it a little pricy if you follow my drift, add
to that a wife that mutters those immortal 7 little words "You've never
bought me a diamond ring" and I think you know what I'm talking about.
I have a new job now where the
journey is by train to London and back everyday and the car, sadly, no
longer plays steed to my travels.
I'll be sorry to see her go,
perhaps for some people it is difficult to believe but you spend 4 - 6
hours almost every working day in a car, you get attached to the thing.
Stupid, yeah I know. Miss the damn thing yes. We've been scurried down
the A14 together when others have had to abandon their cars in the snow, we
went to Torquay on holiday together, went to stone henge and some trips
to the east coast, carried the Christmas tree home and I've spent hours
detailing and cleaning the exterior. (Still prettier than those ugly Japanese
body-kitted carbuncles.)
Difference between Lusso and
Veloce? Apparently, Lusso = luxury, Veloce = sport. What that equates to
is slightly (very slightly) stiffer suspension, a better exhaust,
(better Alfa Tone, so my Alfa Club member dad tells me) and graphite
dash (as opposed to wood in the Lusso) SO I AM TOLD.
I've driven my dads S Reg Lusso
156 Estate and other than my dads car being longer I couldn't tell the
difference. Many people can't tell the difference apparently.
Another fact. It's a Selespeed,
semi-automatic. I generally leave it in fully
automatic mode but semi-automatic gear shifting is better for overtaking
than waiting around for the kick-down to think about what it is supposed to
be doing. In my opinion the novelty value is high, useability?
like practicality, for me not much, if you like overtaking, well each to
their own. 20 odd thousand miles a year and you learn that the slow
steady driver is less stressed and less sleepy when he gets home, than
the 7,000 mile a year nutter who thinks he is playing a racing game.
ohh, nearly forgot! Taxed and
tested (mot'd) until July '05.
Aren't ALFA's rubbish and
unreliable? Not if they are well maintained and driven regularly. Some
that rolled off the production line had, shall we call them, "qwirks".
The interior isn't as flush for example, problems with the gearbox,
etc., these problem were some 70,000 miles ago for this car. This one's
alright!
Has it ever been crashed. Nope.
Not even bumper hard, I think I've done about 2 emergency stops in it.
(in 70,000 miles) nothing else like that.
Price £5,000.00 (or nearest sensible offer)
email
will2097@hotmail.com
I will not ship abroad.
I don't care if you have customer simply dying to
have it. They can buy one anywhere.
It won't leave my drive until the money is really
(really) in the bank.
:^)
