Buying Advice GT

Back in 1999 when I bought my 146 Junior I seem to remember spending
some time
haggling to get the price right.
Now 93000 miles later I am being sorely tempted by the special edition
GT Cloverleaf.
Although there is nothing major wrong with my 146 and it is in daily use
it seems to be worth
only around £500 as a trade in.
I have cash available to purchase GT and my local independent has
offered to sell my 146 from his forecourt
so am looking at ways of getting best cash discount.

Am focussing on GT Cloverleaf 1.8 TS list price £19k.

Have looked at Broadspeed .com and their price is 17.3k and their fee is
£300 so car costs 17.6k.
It looks like they have nothing in stock so one has to wait 12 weeks for
delivery.
Then tried Askaprice.com who allegedly have sellers lining up for my custom.
This turned out to be Perrys of Aylesbury who phoned me and asked what
price I wanted to pay.
I said as near to £17k as poss to which they replied that they did not
have nearly enough commission
in the sale to do that.
When some months ago I looked at the GT Blackline and asked for a cash
discount I was advised
that special editions did not have enough commission to offer a discount.

Is there anyone who can advise me what price I might achieve for this
intended purchase ?
How much does an Alfa dealer make on a vehicle sale ?
Can anyone recommend Broadspeed or another broker ?

All advice gratefully received with thanks.

John Chapman

John Chapman wrote:

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> All advice gratefully received with thanks.
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http://www.parklaneuk.com/vehicle-de...=618551&popup=

or

http://tinyurl.com/6y6s36

Thank SteveH

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Catman > wrote:

> John Chapman wrote:
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> > All advice gratefully received with thanks.
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> http://tinyurl.com/6y6s36
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> Thank SteveH

<bows>

Thank you....

Still not convinced by the Sillyspeed box, though.
--
SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
www.italiancar.co.uk - Ducati 750SS - Hongdou GY200
Alfa 75 TSpark - Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE

SteveH wrote:
> Catman > wrote:
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>> John Chapman wrote:
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>> <snip>
>>> All advice gratefully received with thanks.
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>> http://tinyurl.com/6y6s36
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>> Thank SteveH
>
> <bows>
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> Thank you....
>
> Still not convinced by the Sillyspeed box, though.

Frankly at that price I wouldn't care.

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Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156 V6 2.5 S2
Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

Catman > wrote:

> SteveH wrote:
> > Catman > wrote:
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> >> John Chapman wrote:
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> >> <snip>
> >>> All advice gratefully received with thanks.
> >>>
> >> http://tinyurl.com/6y6s36
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> >> Thank SteveH
> >
> > <bows>
> >
> > Thank you....
> >
> > Still not convinced by the Sillyspeed box, though.
>
> Frankly at that price I wouldn't care.

Heh. Depends on the mileage you're doing and how much you rely on the
car, I suppose.

I'm looking at coming out of a nice cuddly company car scheme where I
can thrap the car to death and just chuck it at a dealer to fix it when
it breaks. Which it has, admittedly, only done once.

Doing 35k miles / year and *needing* my car, the fragility of the
Sillyspeed does worry me.

The GT is a bit over my budget, too - but I could possibly stick it on a
4 year finance deal and trade it after 2 or 3 years.
--
SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
www.italiancar.co.uk - Ducati 750SS - Hongdou GY200
Alfa 75 TSpark - Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE

"SteveH" > wrote in message
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> Catman > wrote:
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>> John Chapman wrote:
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>> <snip>
>> >
>> > All advice gratefully received with thanks.
>> >
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/6y6s36
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>> Thank SteveH
>
> <bows>
>
> Thank you....
>
> Still not convinced by the Sillyspeed box, though.

Are they as bad as they used to be?

"GT" > wrote in message
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>> Still not convinced by the Sillyspeed box, though.

> Are they as bad as they used to be?

Alfa don't seem to list the Selespeed 'box as available on their official
web site anymore...perhaps that tells you something!

By the way, anybody know when/what is going to replace the GT? I'm
underwhelmed with my Audi and am thinking of changing early next year.

Regards
Ross