Not sure what to get instead.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 6 Aug 2013, 12:38, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

Just get the Alfa.
As yet there haven't been many reliability issues. Just a bunch of "ooh, it's an Alfa, probably going to break!" shit.
( Kroney, Tue 6 Aug 2013, 12:40, Reply)

Or I might get an old 635 CSi.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 6 Aug 2013, 12:41, Reply)

Lovely cars.
Seriously heavy on fuel.
( Kroney, Tue 6 Aug 2013, 12:45, Reply)

I don't do a lot of mileage. Plus classic car insurance.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 6 Aug 2013, 12:46, Reply)

If you don't do a lot of mileage, you don't really need to be worrying about reliability.

( Kroney, Tue 6 Aug 2013, 12:52, Reply)

I do when I'm driving my daughter.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 6 Aug 2013, 12:56, Reply)

OK, well it sounds like you're trying to talk yourself out of anything interesting
so I'd suggest a diesel 3 series. Bullet-proof, powerful, good on fuel.
( Kroney, Tue 6 Aug 2013, 12:58, Reply)

If you don't do the mileage
don't bother with the diesel. You'll pay several grand more for, say, a 335D than for a 335 petrol. You'll take decades to save that back in fuel unless you're doing 5 figure mileages a year.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 6 Aug 2013, 13:17, Reply)