I totally share your dilemma. I have my 156 up for sale and had the same quandary. My car is not dis-similar to yours in the respect its a low mileage 156, which is in top condition.

My attitude to the sale of mine, is that I can sell it to someone who just wants 'a car' in good condition for a grand. Or I can price it at what i think its worth, and wait until you find someone who wants a mint low mileage 156 specifically.

Heres mine:

http://www.alfaowner.com/Forum/alfa-147-156-andamp-gt/920754-2006-156-jts-selespeed-for-sale.html

FWIW - I've priced mine at 1600 looking to get 1500 for it. Yours IMO is worth about the same. Slightly less miles, manual with Ti interior (a bonus IMO), but older. Just my opinion and the proof will be in the sale.

Would appreciate what you think of my advert/price also?

 

Trade in price from £101.00 to £180.00
Private sale price from £580.00 to £650.00
Dealer retail price from £1,135.00 to £1,275.00

Now given the ultra low mileage which will help sell it. Maybe you could squeeze another £500 out of it. So maybe £1600

Can always start it at the higher price and work down should there be no interest.
Quite hard though as you can pick up a 156 for the cost of a night out it seems.

It's also a none face lift with the older interior and textile seats.

Try it. People can only say no.


When's its last cambelt change?

 

My parents have a 156 2.0 in absolute pristine condition - always kept in heated garage, not a scratch, regular services and stamps... and around 60K KM on the clock.

My dad thought of selling it and he got offered 800 euros for it from a garage - without even looking into the car or the engine bay.

My dad said "f*** it, I'm keeping it" and now intends to drive it until the scrapyard, which hopefully (and probably, looking at its current condition) will take quite a few years.

Maybe just keep it if you don't need anything newer/faster/bigger? I still drive the 156 of my parents sometimes and really enjoy it.

 

You should put it up for at least 1.5k - my reasoning being that it's a good spec, 147's sell at similar prices and it's a cracking car for a not a lot of money so unless you're desperate you shouldn't let it go for any less. I know I wouldn't hesitate at buying it for that if I needed a car, or if my wife would want to drive a 156 - she has a 147 already and I have a GTA so no need for another car. I'm sure someone will snap it up at that price if you have a bit of patience. Good luck with it all.:thumbup:

 

Thanks for the advice guys. I would love to keep it myself but have a company car now and we just dont have the space for two cars.

It is now up for £1,595 on Auto Traider - http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201511168744511

Lets hope someone fancies buying themself an early Christmas treat!

Cheers,
James

 

Hmmm, Difficult one.

TS 156s are worth 2/5ths of sod all at the moment. Yours has exceptionally low mileage, but at the end of the day is still an X reg 156. Regardless of the mileage, if it has been outside all its life, I would assume that the floor pans have all of the problems of an X reg 156 until I had had the interior out and checked. Mileage is no guarantee of floor pan integrity, indeed if a car has been standing outside for several years, it might be a contra indicator.

Unless someone really wants a 2.0 with cloth seats, then I think you'll struggle to shift this for more than a grand. If you can find the one person who really wants to preserve a 2.0 for posterity, then you might get up to 2K for it. But you may be waiting a long time.

 

I agree, all depends on how long you're willing to wait. I recently faced the same dilemma for getting rid of one of my 306 cabriolets. They're quite a similar car in some ways - pretty and fun to drive, but not quite a classic yet. And they're shown as being worth the price of a pair of trainers in Glass' Guide too.

Someone sold one in a similar condition to mine for £1300 after waiting for almost two months for a buyer to turn up, but I needed to get rid of mine quickly to make room for the GTA, and then got messed around by a 306 club member, leaving me under a week to sell it in. I got £350ish in the end.

 

Still no mention of a cambelt change anywhere.....

 

That was my point David C.
Might well be low mileage but its on borrowed time if that belt hasn't been changed...

 

Cambelt was replaced in 2007 at 9,000 miles and again in 2013 at 24,500 miles. Will have to double check those figures when i get home. I am optimistic that some one will come along and have it.

 

Cambelt was replaced in 2007 at 9,000 miles and again in 2013 at 24,500 miles.

You need to put that info in your advert.

Anyone reading it at the moment will be thinking it is low milage but on a 14-year old cambelt...

 

I wish I needed the car but I don't, I feel for you, it's worth 1500 quid all day long with the history, and if there are no advisories unless the mot guy was blind the floorpan I imagine is not terrible. There might be cheaper 156's but I imagine they are dogs with lot's of cash needed on them, Good luck.

 

did this sell in the end?

How much did it go for?

 

I would be interested to know. I am in a similar situation with my beloved 99 1.8. She's worth more to me than I would get for her.

 

I am looking for a second car as a family run about, and thinking about a 156 as I really miss having an Alfa on the driveway. Not looking to spend more than a grand but if anyone has a fairly tidy well loved example they are looking to re-home let me know. Not to bothered about engine size or spec at the moment just looking for good motor.
Thanks