lol i think im gonna stay Italian for now but tbh im getting pretty bored of my punto and fancy a change and the 147's are same insurance group as my punto but its a 1.6 engine
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lol i think im gonna stay Italian for now but tbh im getting pretty bored of my punto and fancy a change and the 147's are same insurance group as my punto but its a 1.6 engine
Always wanted a 147, a lot i find second hand seem to have higher mileage than i want though.. so, guess theyre good?
The one im looking at only has 62500 miles on it on an 03 plate so thats not bad at all. Gonna get it HPI checked i think to see how many owners etc and probably go have a look at it
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Pretty nice. It's like a classy / posh punto with more luxury. Don't expect it to be overly quick although it will be plenty quick enough although not overly economical 
Pretty nice. It's like a classy / posh punto with more luxury. Don't expect it to be overly quick although it will be plenty quick enough although not overly economical
Yeah im not expecting like super speed or anything, just something with a bit more poke than my punto. Ive always liked 147's and this one is for a reasonable price too so im gonna give him a ring after/if the HPI check clears and go take a look. Need to find out about any problems they have or anything first so im gonna go trawl through the alfa forums
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They are normally pretty solid cars IMO. No major common problems. IIRC they have MAF sensor issues so check on test drive. Also have variators like the HGT Punto engine so listen at cold on start-up. Also have a good listen to the bottom end (although it's the 2.0's that seem to go rather than the 1.6/1.8).
And always check belt change history!
And always check belt change history!
Ah right, well ill get my girlfriends dad to come with me and so he can test drive it for me because i cant (insurance wont let me drive other cars) and hes a trained mechanic so he will probably know about the problems more than likely. Its got a full service history too so hopefully belts will have been changed too and if not ill ask them to do it and then id probably buy it if everything else checks out. Cheers Chris
Have you looked at a bigger engined punto? Guessing it'll be more than the alfa though
Have you looked at a bigger engined punto? Guessing it'll be more than the alfa though
Yeah i was looking at the hgt's but the insurance is more for them by a few hundred quid so cant really afford to do that plus the fuel economy would be worse with the 1.8 instead of the 1.6
Ah right, well ill get my girlfriends dad to come with me and so he can test drive it for me because i cant (insurance wont let me drive other cars) and hes a trained mechanic so he will probably know about the problems more than likely. Its got a full service history too so hopefully belts will have been changed too and if not ill ask them to do it and then id probably buy it if everything else checks out. Cheers Chris
Why buy a car if you're not going to TD it? It may be fine mechanically but you might not like it, seems a not so good way to buy a car IMO.
I would like to test drive it but the only way i can do that is to get myself insured on it which would cost money to do that just for the test drive then if i dont like it then have to take the insurance off the car unless theres another way to legally drive it?
you get a cooling off period on insurance, so if you take out insurance and dont like it you can get all the money back
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Have a look at garages, see if they have a similar one that you can take for a test drive, they should be able to cover you on their insurance.
Cheers dave, never knew that. Im gonna give my insurance a call and ask how much it would be to put that on instead of my punto too just to make sure so ill ask about it then.
Thats a good idea, ill have a hunt round because i wont be able to afford it for a couple of weeks anyway yet so ive got time to find one to test drive to see if i like it or not
With a prorata deduction for the time insured
14 day cooling off period = no admin fee
a quick google says its the other way around, they refund in full but are allowed to charge an admin fee, but if you argue with them they often drop the admin charge
if a word is plural and possesive is it spelt like this students'
for example
Being a StAR at the University of Worcester means that I represent the students at meetings throughout the year and make sure that the students’ views and opinions are put across.
the first students is like that becuase its plural but not possesive but the second is students' because its possesive and plural
just possesive would be student's
am i right?
for example
Being a StAR at the University of Worcester means that I represent the students at meetings throughout the year and make sure that the students’ views and opinions are put across.
the first students is like that becuase its plural but not possesive but the second is students' because its possesive and plural
just possesive would be student's
am i right?
Sounds perfectly logical to me.
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