So long my dear Cadillac, you will be missed...

[ianjpage]

Jeeps are great fun - really enjoyed having the Sahara version we had - loads of power and so nice to drive

[Roadkill]

Jeeps are really, really not my bag.  

Still.  If it floats yer boat - it's better than a Eurobox !

[HardRockCamaro]

I wondered when and where it would reappear...

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[art b]

well spotted 3k eh.....

i wonder if the gearbox has been sorted,,,,

[HardRockCamaro]

It's up for 3.5 on their site...

As for the transmission, given the specialist nature of them, I highly doubt it...

[FUBAR]

quite a considerable markup from what they paid you for it

[HardRockCamaro]

I image in was bought at auction for £1,500 - £1,900 (probably the former) and then matey is marking it up by £1,500 or so.

[Motorama]

and if he makes £1500 profit on it he has to pay the VAT man out of that figure and then the tax man out of whats left, then there's prep(although to be fair it was already a minter) and overheads. He wont be getting rich on it.

[Roadkill]

He may not be getting rich on it but it seems he'll be selling a car with a fooked 'box on to some poor innocent sap.

[Incursus]

[Motorama]

Just imagine if the original seller had been honest about the cars fault it could all be avoided, bit late for a concience(sp) now.

[Fieldy]

Maybe the gearbox issue has been fixed?

[HardRockCamaro]

Well, it's a $50 part, the problem is the labour to do it, so *if* a dealer can drop the front subframe, separate the engine and box and replace a valve in the box then it has cost him $50 plus time netting as nice profit.

On the other hand, if he's just bought it cheap and plans to flip it to make 2k (less costs) then he's out of luck.

What he could do is register it with an aftermarket warranty supplier and claim it...

[philoldsmobile]

this is the problem with buying a specialist car from a non specialist stealer.

I was looking at another alfa 166 before I bought the blue one, the guy wanted £3k for it (top money for a 2 liter, despite them originally asking £5k)  and mentioned it had a replacment engine. (odd at 50k miles)

when I quizzed them about the warranty, they revealed it was only for claims up to £300, but then really revealed their ignorance by claiming they can fix pretty much anything for £300

needless to say, i didn't bother with the drive to manchester... a year later it was still there!





dealers like that are best off sticking to Astras.

[Motorama]

it does make me smile how you can manage to bring Alfas into it whatever the subject

[Andy]

Quoting: Motorama

it does make me smile how you can manage to bring Alfas into it whatever the subject

[HardRockCamaro]

Quoting: Motorama

Just imagine if the original seller had been honest about the cars fault it could all be avoided, bit late for a concience(sp) now.

The fun thing will be to see if this car dealer will be a shining example of the breed having fixed it, or if he will fit the stereotype by trying to shift it without fixing it...  

[Motorama]

Ha Ha

who knows, most people are so unfamiliar with our type of cars they probably havent even realised there's a problem yet

[EDGE]

I rekon we should go test drive it and point out the problem to him. You know, just so he knows :)