Heart / head!

Whatwicklow

Any thoughts!




https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-romeo-147-ducati-corse/21423893

Irishcrx

When I seen the thread title I knew this would be a post asking about an Alfa Romeo

147 is a fine car , build on the same platform as the GT and 156...the 1.9 JTDM engine is a good one with decent power and NM to keep you entertained , no real reliability issues bar the standard check lists for any car of that mileage.

Timing belt has just been done which is great , interior and exterior condition look good from the pictures and it's got a decent amount of extras plus it's rare ducati model , good price.

Yep I'd go for it.

ShadowHearth

I knew that car will pop up here sooner or later.

I personally love it. Very rare and cool looking car. I wonder if it looks as clean in person as on pictures.
Mileage is high and they say Alfas can't last at all. One way or another, it's a car, that you will buy now and I doubt you will be able to sell it again, unless you will find another Alfa junky.

Whatwicklow

ShadowHearth wrote: »

I knew that car will pop up here sooner or later.

I personally love it. Very rare and cool looking car. I wonder if it looks as clean in person as on pictures.
Mileage is high and they say Alfas can't last at all. One way or another, it's a car, that you will buy now and I doubt you will be able to sell it again, unless you will find another Alfa junky.

Yeah, looks like Its worth a viewing allright. Had a 159 a few years back abcd it never skipped a beat. I'll update after viewing.

Irishcrx

Thing is in terms of re-sale value , it's a rare model and an Alfa petrol head may take her on again even at high miles and you'd only lose a few hundred quid...

Like any car they do need TLC at high mileage , my 166 is at 135k and has gone strong but needed funding at times. My 159 is 95k and hasn't skipped a beat bar routine maintenance.

For 1500 (I reckon you'd get it for) and for that rare model if she was as clean in person I'd take a shot at it for sure. The Alfa Diesel engines are very solid and good for high mileage , I've seen plenty of examples on AOUK well over 200k mark.

terrydel

Ducati are such brand whores they put their name on cars now! That is the epitome of jumping the shark.

Whatwicklow

Ffs... Can't even get an insurance quote..

Whatwicklow

Whatwicklow wrote: »

Ffs... Can't even get an insurance quote..

Went down to look at this car, I'll just say the pictures were very kind and I didn't buy it.