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  • 19-06-2008 1:31pm
    #1
    do you love it?
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    Ok, im lookin to sell an alpha romeo tspark 156, 2002, only a few scratches, has a small engine problem at the moment, something to do with a throttle motor thingy.
    i want to get rid of it and buy something thats more enviromentally friendly.
    however, the car has about 110,000 miles on it.

    could anyone tell me approx how much id get for it?

    Im not so good with cars, so dumb it down please??

    thanks guys!


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    Martron
    Registered Users Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭Martron


    20 euro for the can of petrol. and matches


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    #3
    do you love it?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 191 ✭✭do you love it?


    Martron wrote: »
    20 euro for the can of petrol. and matches

    not really the type of advice i was hoping for


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    Martron
    Registered Users Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭Martron


    was kidding go to www.carzone.ie . go to advanced search , then type in your car with all the details. leaving out the engine trouble!!!


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    Martron
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    http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=search&maxrows=100&MakeID=1&xMakeID=1&ModelID=5&xModelID=5&Year=2002&xYear=2002&submit=Find+cars+%3E%3E


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    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users Posts: 14,330 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    You'd nearly have to give it away: http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/Alfa-Romeo/156/1.6-T.Spark/1092572/


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    Martron
    Registered Users Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭Martron


    sorry about that. thing about alphas is they have horrendous resale. look sweet though


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    bazz26
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    I reckon that a 2002 Alfa (not Alpha) Romeo 156 with that mileage will fetch about €2.5k. If the timing belt needs changing (every 36k miles) you may have to factor that into the asking price too.


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    Anan1
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    I'd repair the engine fault first - nobody's going to pay much for the car if it's not running properly. Try Gerry at TI Autos if you're in Dublin, he's very good and not too expensive.


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    Lenny
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,389 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lenny


    The thing your looking for is proberly the throttle motor, we have it in stock here the kit fix, its 241.82 plus vat for the part!


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,389 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    1.6 models tend to make more than 1.8, and 1.8 more than 2.0. don't know where you're getting your figures Mike.


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    Martron
    Registered Users Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭Martron


    look everyone stop quoting what you read off autotrader and carzone to sound like you are all smart.

    i gave the link.
    end of.
    its not rocket science to find the price of a car.


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,389 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Martron wrote: »
    look everyone stop quoting what you read off autotrader and carzone to sound like you are all smart.

    i gave the link.
    end of.
    its not rocket science to find the price of a car.

    How does a linking to a carzone list of what people want for 2002 156 models ranging from €2,950 to €9,000 give a definitive answer? (granted, they're not worth anything near 9k!) and what's with the attitude?


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    Martron
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    no attitude you have read me wrong. just that people keep giving prices within the range of the prices displyed on the website which i have linked. that website displays a good broad range of prices from the best to the worst. thus giving the OP a good idea of price achievable for the car. now my point is that either people have not bother reading the link that i have bothered getting or have assumed the OP have not read that link.

    i apoligise for any projected attitude but its the way i saw it.


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,389 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    No worries,

    Bazz26's price is bang on, assuming it's a 1.6, (less for 1.8 or 2.0 models) the OP didn't specify. there was only 1 other post that mentioned specific (and completely unrealistic) prices.


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    #16
    Martron
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    Its an alpha...... you accelerate hard and 5 euro falls off the price. sweet lookin car but they have the resale value of an inflatable dart board. especially with such high mileage


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    Martron
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    But at the end of the day over price it.... there will always be an ass for that seat!!


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,389 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    not quite. the shine has gone off 156s, and there are plenty of them about. the only way to get calls is to advertise it cheaply. especially with 110000 miles on the clock!

    It's hard enough to get decent money for low mileage straight cars these days, a high miler Italian car is saleproof unless keenly priced.


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    Martron
    Registered Users Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭Martron


    yeah what i meant is price it at the higher end of your price bracket somone will buy it. 156 suffered from the fleet syndrome.


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    Anan1
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    Martron wrote: »
    look everyone stop quoting what you read off autotrader and carzone to sound like you are all smart.

    i gave the link.
    end of.
    its not rocket science to find the price of a car.
    It's not rocket science to spell the name of the car either, it's Alfa Romeo.;)


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    groupb
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    Martron wrote: »
    yeah what i meant is price it at the higher end of your price bracket somone will buy it. 156 suffered from the fleet syndrome.

    You don't really know anything about ALFA ROMEO!!


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