Hi all,
I joined here a while back when I had a mk1 LCR. Since then I've had quite a far different cars. Currently I'm driving an Alfa Romeo GT 1.9 JTD. I'm now after a decent comfy saloon auto, I drive 80+ miles a day and hatchbacks aren't for me anymore. I've ogled 159's for a few weeks now, they are beautiful cars and I'm still open to getting one if the right one pops up. I'd buy a 159 with my heart but not with my head. The exeo seems like the blander, but smarter choice.
The exeo's look like a bargain second hand, really good spec cars but much cheaper then audi and bmw. They look very comfortable as well, and I like to be different (haven't seen one on the roads for weeks). My budget is around 10k but I will probably get a bit for my alfa as PX. So I guess anything up to 11k is sensible.
Is there anything I should look out for? I'm after an automatic diesel, preferably the 170, although the 170's I've seen don't have the sat nav which for me is more important than 20bhp. I'll probably get it remapped anyway.
How many miles have you got out of your exeos? What is considered high mileage for these cars? I don't really want to buy any higher than 50k miles. Are the auto gearboxes nice to drive or frustrating? I hate driving a manual in traffic, but if the auto is poor I will choose manual.
Grateful for any help or pointers, cheers.
I joined here a while back when I had a mk1 LCR. Since then I've had quite a far different cars. Currently I'm driving an Alfa Romeo GT 1.9 JTD. I'm now after a decent comfy saloon auto, I drive 80+ miles a day and hatchbacks aren't for me anymore. I've ogled 159's for a few weeks now, they are beautiful cars and I'm still open to getting one if the right one pops up. I'd buy a 159 with my heart but not with my head. The exeo seems like the blander, but smarter choice.
The exeo's look like a bargain second hand, really good spec cars but much cheaper then audi and bmw. They look very comfortable as well, and I like to be different (haven't seen one on the roads for weeks). My budget is around 10k but I will probably get a bit for my alfa as PX. So I guess anything up to 11k is sensible.
Is there anything I should look out for? I'm after an automatic diesel, preferably the 170, although the 170's I've seen don't have the sat nav which for me is more important than 20bhp. I'll probably get it remapped anyway.
How many miles have you got out of your exeos? What is considered high mileage for these cars? I don't really want to buy any higher than 50k miles. Are the auto gearboxes nice to drive or frustrating? I hate driving a manual in traffic, but if the auto is poor I will choose manual.
Grateful for any help or pointers, cheers.