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View Poll Results: Which One Should I Listen To, My Heart Or My Head?
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Heart - GTV V6
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Head - 147 2.0 Ti
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2.70% |
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08-11-2006
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#26 (Post Link)
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AO Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 842
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Re: Heart Versus Head
Get the V6, once you drive (and hear) one, you won't want anything else.
Do however prepare yourself for financial misery.
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08-11-2006
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#27 (Post Link)
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AO Silver Member
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Doonhame
Posts: 3,784
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Re: Heart Versus Head
Further to my recent post 
Do remember the V6 is a more robust engine than the 2.0L so there'll be some saving in maintenance to set against the additional fuel costs.
Oh aye, and you'll be able to cut back on the Stella consumption 'cos you'll be oot in the "Busso"  |
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08-11-2006
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#28 (Post Link)
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Club Member Number: 13
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: SE England
Posts: 13,492
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Re: Heart Versus Head
Originally Posted by Roswell
I wish.
I’ve always had ‘practical’ cars so I don’t really know whether I can manage without one or not. I tend to average a thousand miles a month but very rarely carry more than one passenger.
What about the 156 V6 that Chris has put up on the 4 Sale lounge - although its an S plate its only done 37k miles? |
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08-11-2006
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#29 (Post Link)
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Durham, United Kingdom
Posts: 17,444
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Re: Heart Versus Head
Originally Posted by Kevin Slegg
What about the 156 V6 that Chris has put up on the 4 Sale lounge - although its an S plate its only done 37k miles?
If I buy a V6 engined Alfa it must be a GTV. |
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08-11-2006
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#30 (Post Link)
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AO Platinum Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Aycliffe, Co.Durham
Posts: 13,927
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Re: Heart Versus Head
Sounds like you have made your mind up already Ros....go for the GTV, you know it makes sense  |
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08-11-2006
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#31 (Post Link)
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Club Member Number: 99
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Abu Dhabi
Posts: 2,040
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Re: Heart Versus Head
Then do it Ros'.... At least check one out |
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08-11-2006
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#32 (Post Link)
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Durham, United Kingdom
Posts: 17,444
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Re: Heart Versus Head
What I need is a friendly GTV V6 owning AOer to let me play with theirs for a while. |
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08-11-2006
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#33 (Post Link)
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AO Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Scottish Borders
Posts: 581
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Re: Heart Versus Head
Anyone near him got a V6??
Then he will look like his avatar until he gets one  |
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08-11-2006
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#34 (Post Link)
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Club Member
Club Member Number: 145
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Lancashire, UK
Posts: 1,619
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Re: Heart Versus Head
Originally Posted by James76
Anyone near him got a V6??
Then he will look like his avatar until he gets one
Fraid not - mine's parked around Alfa Centuri - Rigel is a bit of a long hop....
Simes. |
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08-11-2006
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#35 (Post Link)
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Club Member
Club Member Number: 160
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Posts: 6,664
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Re: Heart Versus Head
Go with the V6 assuming you can live with the costs/practicalities issues. You may never get another chance either for personal reasons or because anything like it may be forbidden by bureaucrats in future. Do it!
You could always sell it after a while and go back to normality and the depreciation wouldn't necessarily have cost a fortune if you buy right. |
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08-11-2006
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#36 (Post Link)
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Durham, United Kingdom
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Re: Heart Versus Head
I thinking about maybe spending about £5000 on a 2000 model and keeping it a year.
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09-11-2006
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#37 (Post Link)
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AO Platinum Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: North Wales
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Re: Heart Versus Head
Originally Posted by Roswell
I thinking about maybe spending about £5000 on a 2000 model and keeping it a year.
Keep it forever, its a classic |
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09-11-2006
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#38 (Post Link)
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Competition Manager
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Posts: 76,579
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Re: Heart Versus Head
Follow your heart brother |
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09-11-2006
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#39 (Post Link)
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AO Silver Member
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Doonhame
Posts: 3,784
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Re: Heart Versus Head
Originally Posted by Gary Slegg
Keep it forever, its a classic
What he said.
These cars are a bargain. Any faults/blemishes can be attended to over a long period. Any time you feel under pressure to sell it just open the bonnet, the sun will shine and your troubles melt away. |
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09-11-2006
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#40 (Post Link)
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Hampshire, UK
Posts: 6,744
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Re: Heart Versus Head
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09-11-2006
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#41 (Post Link)
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AO Silver Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 1,863
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Re: Heart Versus Head
don't drive the V6... it has a way of loosening purse strings or enabling you to sign anything put in front of you
hmmm, very true, I went into the dealership to buy a diesel 147, & came out with the GTA! |
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09-11-2006
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#42 (Post Link)
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Club Member
Club Member Number: 160
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Posts: 6,664
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Re: Heart Versus Head
Originally Posted by Roswell
I thinking about maybe spending about £5000 on a 2000 model and keeping it a year.
Is that all they cost now? For a tidy one? If so, it's a virtual no-brainer for at least a year. |
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