Model: Alfa Romeo 166 2.0 Twin Spark
Year: 1999
Mileage: 120k
Tax: Nope
MOT: March 2012
Location: Norwich
Price: £650
Much as I like my Alfa, I can't keep 'em all, and impending redundancy means that I'm going to have to try and be sensible for a wee while. I've already forked out to tax two cars this month, and I can't afford to tax the Alfa as well, so it's sat about doing nothing at the moment.
It's got 12 months' MoT as of yesterday (it was MoT'd a couple of weeks back but the old MoT was still valid so the extra got added on), and it drives fine. Of the two problems it had when I bought it, one seems to have sorted itself out (non-functioning heater fan - appears to have been due to the relay on the bulkhead as it's been working fine since I fiddled with that), and the other one (noisy OSF wheel bearing) doesn't seem to be a problem after all - there's certainly a noise there, but neither myself nor the MoT tester could detect any play or roughness in the bearing. The tester reckons it could be the tyre as the inside edge is feathered - I was going to swap the front & rear tyres round to see if that would cure the problem but some plonker had rattle-gunned the wheel bolts in far too hard and the locking wheel bolt key disintegrated when I tried to undo the bolt so I haven't been able to try it.
Only other problems I can think of (apart from normal wear and tear) are a small dent in the boot lid & rear bumper and the ashtray on the centre console is missing its cover. Oh, and one of the front foglight glasses is smashed, but I never use them anyway. Mileage is about 120K; it's had a fair bit of money spent on it including a new clutch a year ago. It also has a private plate on it which sort of looks like it reads "TI Alfa" if you squint a bit, and which has apparently been valued at £500, not that I'm into the whole platerape thing.
Here's a couple of pics - they're the only ones I have at the moment, I really should take some when the car's clean as it does clean up pretty well.
I can tax the car at cost if need be so it's ready to be driven away. PM or reply to this thread for any further info.
Year: 1999
Mileage: 120k
Tax: Nope
MOT: March 2012
Location: Norwich
Price: £650
Much as I like my Alfa, I can't keep 'em all, and impending redundancy means that I'm going to have to try and be sensible for a wee while. I've already forked out to tax two cars this month, and I can't afford to tax the Alfa as well, so it's sat about doing nothing at the moment.
It's got 12 months' MoT as of yesterday (it was MoT'd a couple of weeks back but the old MoT was still valid so the extra got added on), and it drives fine. Of the two problems it had when I bought it, one seems to have sorted itself out (non-functioning heater fan - appears to have been due to the relay on the bulkhead as it's been working fine since I fiddled with that), and the other one (noisy OSF wheel bearing) doesn't seem to be a problem after all - there's certainly a noise there, but neither myself nor the MoT tester could detect any play or roughness in the bearing. The tester reckons it could be the tyre as the inside edge is feathered - I was going to swap the front & rear tyres round to see if that would cure the problem but some plonker had rattle-gunned the wheel bolts in far too hard and the locking wheel bolt key disintegrated when I tried to undo the bolt so I haven't been able to try it.
Only other problems I can think of (apart from normal wear and tear) are a small dent in the boot lid & rear bumper and the ashtray on the centre console is missing its cover. Oh, and one of the front foglight glasses is smashed, but I never use them anyway. Mileage is about 120K; it's had a fair bit of money spent on it including a new clutch a year ago. It also has a private plate on it which sort of looks like it reads "TI Alfa" if you squint a bit, and which has apparently been valued at £500, not that I'm into the whole platerape thing.
Here's a couple of pics - they're the only ones I have at the moment, I really should take some when the car's clean as it does clean up pretty well.
I can tax the car at cost if need be so it's ready to be driven away. PM or reply to this thread for any further info.
