Morgan

You're both right. KISS FM is shite!

Bodywork looks a bit ropey on the grey 159, but most of it will buff out. Also, he seats and steering wheel look a bit more worn than 98k on the clock would suggest, so double-check the history if you can. Other than that, it looks OK.

G'day Jim. Welcome to the mad house!

Bearing in mind it's from an Alfa Specialist. They don't see many perfect cars in the workshop!

Wassamatter with you?

All 159s have notoriously weak steering racks. If you're buying anything with more than about 50-70k miles on the clock, look for evidence that work has been done on it, or for higher mileage motors, replaced entirely. For a bit of light bedtime reading, you can't beat this write-up from Jamie Porter: http://www.alfaworkshop.co.uk/alfa_159_guide.shtml Bon chance, NB!

Moving to correct section of the forum (from "Non-Alfa Chat").

We can all play at mod silly buggers, eh?

Really?

Just for you, Biggy, I lovingly re-typed every word.

Found it! Here we go... 1971 Mini Clubman 1000cc 1988 Fiat Panda 1000cc 1985 Vauxhall Astra 1.3 Antibes 1982 Opel Kadett 1.3 1988 Fiat 126 Brown 1986 Austin Maestro 1.3 HLE 1990 Ford Escort Bonus 90 1985 Rover 213 S 1984 Ford Escort XR3i 1983 Ford Escort XR3 1985 Ford Capri 2.0 Laser 1985 Ford Capri 2.8 Injection 1985 Vauxhall Carlton 1.8i 1996 Citroen Xantia 1.9d (company) 1996 Peugeot 106 XND van (company) 1989 Rover 213 SE 1986 Ford Sierra 2.0i Ghia 1982 Ford Escort 1.6 Ghia 1990 Rover 213 SX 1989 BMW 525i SE 1988 Jaguar XJ6 2.9 1985 Nissan Micra 1.0 L 1993 Rover 827 SLi 1990 Rover 213 S 1994 Ford Granada Scorpio 2.9i 1994 Ford Mondeo 1.8i LX 1990 BMW 530i 1989 Ford Granada Scorpio 2.9i 1987 Ford Sierra XR4x4 1994 Rover 800 Vitesse Fastback 1993 Vauxhall Astra SRi 1983 BMW 316 1989 BMW 730i SE 1988 Audi 80 1.8 Coupe 1989 Honda Legend 2.7 V6 1991 Ford Fiesta 1.6 S 1991 Volvo 440 1.7 LE 1987 Rover 213 S 1995 Ford Mondeo 1.8i GLX 1990 BMW 730i SE 1988 Audi 100 2.0 E (shared ownership) 1999 Rover 416 SLi 1995 Nissan Primera 2.0 eGT 1996 BMW 740i 1999 Alfa Romeo 166 2.5 24v V6 Lusso Sportronic 2004 VW Golf GT TDi 140 DSG 1999 BMW 528i Touring

I'm sure I wrote a list of all the cars I've ever owned, for another forum... I'll see if I can dig it out.

Absolutely spot on, I have slowed down recently. I used to have multiple cars at once, and get through cars in a matter of months. These days, I tend to keep motors for a bit longer.

That's just the BMWs. I've owned nearly 50 cars, in total. And I'm not even joking.

Yes. Yes they are.

Fairly sure this is dirty.

Come on sunshine, you know my E39 528i Touring is the best motor around. Here's the sig pic I use on the BMW forum: Seems to be popular to list the Bimmers you've had with that lot, so I thought I'd join in.

Oh poo... I think I might have just accidentally deleted Fox Hat's last post. For the record, he was asking if "some dude soaping it up" was a euphemism. Sadly not. It was actually just a bloke washing a car.

Yeah, the car's lovely, but I didn't need the slow-mo of some dude soaping it up.

Anyone else think that video is a little, er, homo-erotic?

Dude, you got it BAD!

The inside of my Bimmer started rattling the other day. Although annoying, I thought it's to be expected with a 14 year old car, and resigned myself to the fact it would be a bit creaky at that age. Turns out the locking wheel nut socket was rattling around in the glovebox. Normal (quiet) service has been restored inside the old girl.

Blimey! My BMW 5-Series Touring cost £950 to buy outright... And I get to keep it forever. Like Biggy, I put some oil in mine recently. Actually, I'm lying. There are still three green service lights on the dash, so I'm leaving it until the lights go orange.

Can it, Biggy.