Re: Is selling a car on ebay such a good idea.

Signal wrote:
" cupra" <NOcupra.sSPAM@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Who's whining? I'm quite happy with mine, and Steve with his. A
large number of whiners are people who use anecdotal evidence to
bemoan the marque.

What you and Steve have to say is not anecdotal? Fact is, Alfa Romeo
give very poor results in reliability surveys. Here's a bit from
HonestJohn... link is at the bottom. Don't shoot the messenger.. :-)

"Poor score in 2001 NCAP crash tests. Problems with Selaspeed gearbox
actuator on 156 models and long wait for replacement parts reported by
two readers. Could be repeated with 147. Paddle shift arrangement for
Selaspeed on 147 doesn't work very well. Not a great drive. Paint
problems with solid lacquered black. Bosch 'hot film' Mass Airflow
Sensors seem to be failing regularly. FIAT/Alfa joint worst for
breakdowns attended by German ADAC during 2001. Alfa Romeo 2nd least
reliable of 31 makes of car in 2002 'Which?' reliability survey cars
2000 - 2002; 3rd least reliable cars 1997 - 1999. Several reports of
2.0 litre engine failures in 156s due to oil starvation when engines
were full of oil points a finger at oil pump failure. Timing belts,
tensioners and toothed/non toothed plastic rollers need changing way
before scheduled 72k miles. See TSB to change them at 36k. Alfa Romeo
had fourth highest warranty repair costs in 2003 Warranty Direct
Reliability index (index 155.10 v/s lowest 31.93). Average for
breakdowns and faults and poor for problems in 2003 Which survey. 22nd
from bottom out of 137 models in 2003 Top Gear survey. 147 joint 10th
bottom model and Alfa Romeo bottom marque in 2004 JD Power Customer
Satisfaction Survey. Alfa Romeo 5th bottom of Reliability Index for
2004 combining average cost of repair of £392.88 with high 39.55
failures per 100 Warranty Direct policies. Link:-
www.reliabilityindex.co.uk Came 6th from bottom in 2005 JD Power/What
Car Survey of 23,000 cars reg Sep 2002 to Aug 2003 with satisfaction
score of 72.5%."


http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/index.htm?p_make=ALF&h_make=ALF&p_model=%205

Which goes back to another point I've made; who fills in these surveys?


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