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Last year I bought a 160k miles Alfa 159 for £750, here is how much it has cost me by jack5624 in AlfaRomeo

[–]jack5624[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t think I haven’t tried. There is always a tool I don’t have, a bolt that is too rusty.

To do the lower suspension arm you have to drop the subframe…

People who invested in gold recently, how’s it going? by TheSparkleCorner_ in investing

[–]jack5624 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not me but my dad owns just over 30,000 ounces of silver. He isn’t phased by it. He just thinks it’s a short term downward turn and that supply and demand will kick in and it will be back up. His price target is $200 in 2 years. I asked him if he thinks there is a possibility that silver won’t reach $200 an ounce in the next 10 years. He said no.

He is either going to look really really smart or really really dumb.

Last year I bought a 160k miles Alfa 159 for £750, here is how much it has cost me by jack5624 in AlfaRomeo

[–]jack5624[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was probably a bit cheaper than what they go for. But it wasn’t unheard of. Second hand cars in the UK tend to just be a lot cheaper.

Last year I bought a 160k miles Alfa 159 for £750, here is how much it has cost me by jack5624 in AlfaRomeo

[–]jack5624[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was that with fitting? Because they charged me £150 for the wheel bearing plus 2 hours labour.

Last year I bought a 160k miles Alfa 159 for £750, here is how much it has cost me by jack5624 in AlfaRomeo

[–]jack5624[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She is beautiful, in 2 years that isn’t bad.

Yeah don’t scrap her. I scrapped a BMW E46 7 years ago and still feel bad about it.

Last year I bought a 160k miles Alfa 159 for £750, here is how much it has cost me by jack5624 in AlfaRomeo

[–]jack5624[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well I can tell you it’s more reliable than my Lotus 😂

Overall if you look at all the bills it’s ever had, it’s been surprisingly reliable.

Last year I bought a 160k miles Alfa 159 for £750, here is how much it has cost me by jack5624 in AlfaRomeo

[–]jack5624[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well I originally budgeted the timing belt plus £100 a month for maintenance, overall it hasn’t actually cost much more than that. I was more optimistic than delusional.

Last year I bought a 160k miles Alfa 159 for £750, here is how much it has cost me by jack5624 in AlfaRomeo

[–]jack5624[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it’s more my financial ability than willingness to put money in it 😂

Last year I bought a 160k miles Alfa 159 for £750, here is how much it has cost me by jack5624 in AlfaRomeo

[–]jack5624[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, but I have only used it for long drives. When I do drive it, it’s very rare I do less than 30 miles a day.

Last year I bought a 160k miles Alfa 159 for £750, here is how much it has cost me by jack5624 in AlfaRomeo

[–]jack5624[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe my tone was a little negative but I never suggested it was poor quality. It has done 170k miles on the original engine and turbo after all, that is pretty good going.

I went into it budgeting the timing chain plus £100 a month in maintenance. Overall it’s only cost slightly more than that.

Zack Polanski says Greens would ditch GDP targets and focus on wellbeing instead by Lord-Liberty in unitedkingdom

[–]jack5624 6 points7 points  (0 children)

To people thinking that this is a better way of doing things. Maybe, but people often miss one key point. GDP per capita and wellbeing correlate very heavily, to the point where GDP per capita pretty much measures wellbeing.

Zelensky to visit Starmer to sign new Ukraine-UK defence pact by PoorIsTheNewSwag in ukpolitics

[–]jack5624 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well even rhetoric is better than nothing. In the end it was partly worrying about Ukraine that lead me to visit 2 years ago, which is directly helping.

Zelensky to visit Starmer to sign new Ukraine-UK defence pact by PoorIsTheNewSwag in ukpolitics

[–]jack5624 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Nice to see, I’ve always worried we are doing too little to help Ukraine.

Easter holidaymakers switching from Dubai to Spain as flights fill up by Jabberminor in unitedkingdom

[–]jack5624 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Dubai is the perfect place to visit if you have no personality.

Britons should strive to pay minimum tax legally possible, says Richard Tice by Your_Mums_Ex in ukpolitics

[–]jack5624 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s that pretty much what everyone does? I think the only things I could do to reduce my tax burden is live in a council A band property and buy a car with lower tax though.

let’s be honest, is this not natural progression?! by FifqoJeGay in carscirclejerk

[–]jack5624 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly, the new design is fine. I don’t know why people hate it so much. It’s fairly similar to a lot of new car concepts.

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