Sigh... the end of an Alfa Romeo episode

Hi all,

This morning I delivered my lease-car back to the company after 4 years
and 80k kms of grinning. My new employee does not supply me a lease car so
this episode has ended for me.. for now... :/

I will buy me a Volvo 850 2.5 20V for lots of space and some pk's for now..

Ah well.. I will be back, some time! :-)

Cheerz

Roel.

Sorry to hear that.
How about a nice 166 from www.milano.nl of www.alfavedo.nl
Mostly ex-lease cars (so full maintenance) and cheap!
And an Alfa in stead of a cartruck!!
--
Ciao from Holland
AlfistaGJ (Gert-Jan)
Alfa red 156 SW 1.8 Madeno tuned (2000) (from 19 October: GT 2.0JTS)
Golden Montreal 1428700 (1973/4)

"Roel van der Made" > schreef in bericht
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> Hi all,
>
> This morning I delivered my lease-car back to the company after 4 years
> and 80k kms of grinning. My new employee does not supply me a lease car so
> this episode has ended for me.. for now... :/
>
> I will buy me a Volvo 850 2.5 20V for lots of space and some pk's for
> now..
>
> Ah well.. I will be back, some time! :-)
>
> Cheerz
>
> Roel.
>

"Roel van der Made" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This morning I delivered my lease-car back to the company after 4 years
> and 80k kms of grinning. My new employee does not supply me a lease car so
> this episode has ended for me.. for now... :/
>
> I will buy me a Volvo 850 2.5 20V for lots of space and some pk's for
> now..
>
> Ah well.. I will be back, some time! :-)

Out of curiosity what is stopping you buying an Alfa?

On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 20:57:36 +0200, Alfistagj wrote:

> Sorry to hear that.
> How about a nice 166 from www.milano.nl of www.alfavedo.nl
> Mostly ex-lease cars (so full maintenance) and cheap!
> And an Alfa in stead of a cartruck!!

Too small.... ever sat in the back of an 166 ? It's the same
or even smaller then the 156. Let's not start on the trunk even..

I have to be practical at the moment, 2nd kid on it's way.. I'm targetting
on getting the next alfa as a second car :-)

R.

On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 19:16:25 +0000, Tony Rickard wrote:

> "Roel van der Made" wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This morning I delivered my lease-car back to the company after 4 years
>> and 80k kms of grinning. My new employee does not supply me a lease car so
>> this episode has ended for me.. for now... :/
>>
>> I will buy me a Volvo 850 2.5 20V for lots of space and some pk's for
>> now..
>>
>> Ah well.. I will be back, some time! :-)
>
> Out of curiosity what is stopping you buying an Alfa?

Space and budget :-)

R.

Roel,
I can't beat "realism"!!
Anyway, I hope the second kid will be a healthy one and that the second Alfa
will be there soon.
--
Ciao from Holland
AlfistaGJ (Gert-Jan)
Alfa red 156 SW 1.8 Madeno tuned (2000) (from 19 October: GT 2.0JTS)
Golden Montreal 1428700 (1973/4)

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> On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 20:57:36 +0200, Alfistagj wrote:
>
>> Sorry to hear that.
>> How about a nice 166 from www.milano.nl of www.alfavedo.nl
>> Mostly ex-lease cars (so full maintenance) and cheap!
>> And an Alfa in stead of a cartruck!!
>
> Too small.... ever sat in the back of an 166 ? It's the same
> or even smaller then the 156. Let's not start on the trunk even..
>
> I have to be practical at the moment, 2nd kid on it's way.. I'm targetting
> on getting the next alfa as a second car :-)
>
> R.
>
>

"Roel van der Made" wrote:

> On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 20:57:36 +0200, Alfistagj wrote:
>
>> Sorry to hear that.
>> How about a nice 166 from www.milano.nl of www.alfavedo.nl
>> Mostly ex-lease cars (so full maintenance) and cheap!
>> And an Alfa in stead of a cartruck!!
>
> Too small.... ever sat in the back of an 166 ? It's the same
> or even smaller then the 156. Let's not start on the trunk even..

Blah! My craziest year car wise was a Mini Cooper as the only car with two
young kids. In fairness it was probably the only time to do it with kids
(past the pram & puschair stage, before long enough legs to care). Cured the
wife of her desire to relive her Mini days

My biggest mistake was a VW Sharan as a family car - Alfa 33 as the second
car Nothing wrong with the VW but with teenage kids I probably did more
local miles than the taxis!

Going from a Sharan to a 156 has meant less taxi rides, less trips to Ikea
and all the upsides of a sports saloon. Its just win win

Cheers
Tony

You must have very big kids if you think they don't fit in the back of
an alfa166 or ... your eyesight is going backwards.

A Volvo 850 is certainly not bigger in the back. Believe me because I
owned one.

Regards.

Roel van der Made wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 20:57:36 +0200, Alfistagj wrote:
>
>
>>Sorry to hear that.
>>How about a nice 166 from www.milano.nl of www.alfavedo.nl
>>Mostly ex-lease cars (so full maintenance) and cheap!
>>And an Alfa in stead of a cartruck!!
>
>
> Too small.... ever sat in the back of an 166 ? It's the same
> or even smaller then the 156. Let's not start on the trunk even..
>
> I have to be practical at the moment, 2nd kid on it's way.. I'm targetting
> on getting the next alfa as a second car :-)
>
> R.
>
>

> From: be037446 >
> Organization: Tiscali bv
> Newsgroups: alt.autos.alfa-romeo
> Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 17:11:48 +0200
> Subject: Sigh... the end of an Alfa Romeo episode
>
> You must have very big kids if you think they don't fit in the back of
> an alfa166 or ... your eyesight is going backwards.
>
> A Volvo 850 is certainly not bigger in the back. Believe me because I
> owned one.
>
> Regards.
>
And if it's a similar size to the 164, which I imagine it must be, the boot
is pretty cavernous too.

Tom Boltwood wrote:
>
>>From: be037446 >
>>Organization: Tiscali bv
>>Newsgroups: alt.autos.alfa-romeo
>>Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 17:11:48 +0200
>>Subject: Sigh... the end of an Alfa Romeo episode
>>
>>You must have very big kids if you think they don't fit in the back of
>>an alfa166 or ... your eyesight is going backwards.
>>
>>A Volvo 850 is certainly not bigger in the back. Believe me because I
>>owned one.
>>
>>Regards.
>>
>
> And if it's a similar size to the 164, which I imagine it must be, the boot
> is pretty cavernous too.
>


It's indeed similar. A bit deeper but I believe the 164's boot was a bit
higher. Anyway, spacious enough for 3 adults and 2 kids to leave on
holiday to Spain or Italy for 5 to 6.000 km. Power is no problem and
consumption (diesels) is very reasonable.