Alfa 159 as a daily commuter?
Discussion
g'day all.
mulling over what cheaper car to get as my daily commuter (80miles a day, so a diesel it needs to be)... we've been looking at a focus, it was a 60plate 1.6 tdci titanium. nice spec car, but my god slow!
so then last night i had an idea! an alfa 159! lovely cars, wanted one before I got what I got now. it's a good car, with plenty of spec and look like cheap cars but great looking! winner!
anyone got as a daily commute? how is it for fuel? is it fun? worth a re map? much difference in economy between the 1.9 and 2.4? budget of around 6k-7k.
mulling over what cheaper car to get as my daily commuter (80miles a day, so a diesel it needs to be)... we've been looking at a focus, it was a 60plate 1.6 tdci titanium. nice spec car, but my god slow!
so then last night i had an idea! an alfa 159! lovely cars, wanted one before I got what I got now. it's a good car, with plenty of spec and look like cheap cars but great looking! winner!
anyone got as a daily commute? how is it for fuel? is it fun? worth a re map? much difference in economy between the 1.9 and 2.4? budget of around 6k-7k.
Got rid of my 1.9jtdm, as I just couldn't get the mpg needed.
At a push got 43mpg, mostly 39mpg on 110mile round trip to the office,
Had mine remapped at red dot, got 200bhp and a few extra mpg, but had lots of DPF issues, so got it removed in the end.
Don't get me wrong, lovely car, but heavy. It even had better interior build quality than an a4 of similar age. Didn't drive as well as the 156
At a push got 43mpg, mostly 39mpg on 110mile round trip to the office,
Had mine remapped at red dot, got 200bhp and a few extra mpg, but had lots of DPF issues, so got it removed in the end.
Don't get me wrong, lovely car, but heavy. It even had better interior build quality than an a4 of similar age. Didn't drive as well as the 156
Edited by jamieandthemagic on Saturday 22 February 20:13
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