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    #32
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    ninty9er wrote: »
    Alfa Romeo 147 1.9 JTD DUCATI SS 170BHP
    31k apparently. but I'm sure any Alfa dealers that are left at this stage would do a straight deal for €28k..

    eh? what's a Ducati Alfa ??

    Ode To The Motorist

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    #33
    Jimbo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭Jimbo


    Tony Broke wrote: »
    Mitsubishi Lancer 2.0 DI-D

    Class looking car, fast, reliable, quite cheap.

    They are cheap and look good, but there seems to be no diesel in the new range


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    #34
    ninty9er
    Registered Users Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭ninty9er


    galwaytt wrote: »
    Oh really.........?? I don't think so !! I've a 5k bill for one of those engines sitting in my garage, so you couldn't give me one of those for free.

    Actually, you could. But only to take the engine out and put it in my own yoke !:D

    A 140 engine??? It's only been available since the introduction of the MKII. The previous one was 145, surely they managed to fix the fault at production.


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    #35
    Tony Broke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 495 ✭✭Tony Broke


    ninty9er wrote: »
    Not available here yet though.

    Really

    Thats incredible.We really do get shafted here :o


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    #36
    Tony Broke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 495 ✭✭Tony Broke


    Fabulous looking car too, especially the Ralliart

    tn_AS08Mitsubishi%20Lancer%201.jpg


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    #37
    ninty9er
    Registered Users Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭ninty9er


    Tony Broke wrote: »
    Really

    Thats incredible.We really do get shafted here :o

    They have a 1.8 MIVEC Auto in the UK and a hatch that looks like an Chevy Lacetti:eek::eek:


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    #38
    PaulKK
    Registered Users Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭PaulKK


    SomeDude wrote: »
    groupb wrote:
    Try following a focus on a bad road in your "rocket".
    OP , I would definitly test the focus diesel as well.

    Here we go again....is there anyone out there that dislikes VAG cars more than this guy :D

    I seriously doubt it, I don't know anyone who hates VAG cars so much or who loves Ford more.


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    #39
    dome22
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭dome22


    New Megane Coupe 1,9 130bhp due this month, looks good on paper anyway, may be worth a look, tax bracket B I believe, just hope it's better than the last heart breaker


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    #40
    VolvoMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,309 ✭✭✭VolvoMan


    galwaytt wrote: »
    eh? what's a Ducati Alfa ??

    They're a special edition currently available: http://www.carzone.ie/search/Alfa-Romeo/147/DUCATI-L/200840190247272/advert

    Quite nice they are too.


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    #41
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users Posts: 7,741 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    You will get an Alfa 147 with a savage spec for that money.Full leather etc...


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    #42
    E92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,147 ✭✭✭E92


    dome22 wrote: »
    New Megane Coupe 1,9 130bhp due this month, looks good on paper anyway, may be worth a look, tax bracket B I believe, just hope it's better than the last heart breaker

    I could be wrong, but I don't think we will be offered that engine.

    Just the 1.5 dCi in 90 bhp and 110 bhp are all we're meant to be getting, along with the 1.6 petrol(the new Mégane won't have a naturally aspirated 1.4, instead a 1.4 TCE is coming next year with 130 bhp).
    Tony Broke wrote: »
    Really

    Thats incredible.We really do get shafted here :o

    We will be getting it, first deliveries in January.

    It is rather inefficient though, with CO2 values of 165 g/km(minimum, some do 173 g/km) putting it firmly in band D, while the 1.5 petrol is in band C, so I don't really know what the point of it is.

    Oh and the diesel is actually a VAG unit, and one of those rattly PD units at that.

    There will be a new 1.8 DI-D(at least I think it's a 1.8) engine next year which is Mitsubishi's own design, and presumably will be greener and therefore cheaper.
    ninty9er wrote: »
    A 140 engine??? It's only been available since the introduction of the MKII. The previous one was 145, surely they managed to fix the fault at production.

    They're actually the same engine, just different power outputs IIRC. Presumably there have been technical improvements though so that the newer engines won't go belly up like the older ones, I'm sure Mazda doesn't want to lose its reputation for reliability.

    For 2009 this engine will be withdrawn, and replaced by a 2.2 in 120, 163 and 185 bhp guises. Which is heavily related to the 2.0 by the way.
    ninty9er wrote: »
    Honda Civic 2.2 I-CTDI SE-S.

    +1.

    I think it's the best option, loads of power gadgets, great looks(I think the outside and inside are terriffic) and Honda reliability. What more do you need really?


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    #43
    VolvoMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,309 ✭✭✭VolvoMan


    E92 wrote: »

    I think it's the best option, loads of power gadgets, great looks(I think the outside and inside are terriffic) and Honda reliability. What more do you need really?

    But at 27k+ it's a feckin' fortune!:eek:


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    #44
    E92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,147 ✭✭✭E92


    VolvoMan wrote: »
    But at 27k+ it's a feckin' fortune!:eek:

    The OP's budget is €27-28k, so the Civic diesel is within budget for the OP, and even more so after a discount which should be easily obtainable given the state of the market at present.


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    #45
    ninty9er
    Registered Users Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭ninty9er


    E92 wrote: »
    The OP's budget is €27-28k, so the Civic diesel is within budget for the OP, and even more so after a discount which should be easily obtainable given the state of the market at present.

    On a special order Civic??? It's not like there's going to be one hanging around somewhere gathering rain.

    I'd say there's more chance of pigs flying than a substantial discount on that particular car.


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    #46
    VolvoMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,309 ✭✭✭VolvoMan


    ninty9er wrote: »
    On a special order Civic??? It's not like there's going to be one hanging around somewhere gathering rain.

    I'd say there's more chance of pigs flying than a substantial discount on that particular car.

    They aren't that great a car either. The rear three quarter view is quite frankly shocking and it uses a very unsophisticated 'cheap to make' type of suspension. Apparently early cars haven't been that reliable by Honda standards either.


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    #47
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users Posts: 7,741 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    How did this turn into a discussion on Honda Civics?

    Please keep it on topic: Alfa 149 ;)


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    #48
    VolvoMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,309 ✭✭✭VolvoMan


    Bluefoam wrote: »
    How did this turn into a discussion on Honda Civics?

    Please keep it on topic: Alfa 149 ;)

    That car is about a year away yet, it can't come soon enough.


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