In article , MM
wrote:
On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 20:21:34 +0100, charles
wrote:

In article , MM
wrote:
On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 07:31:35 +0000 (UTC), Adrian
wrote:

On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:08:55 +0100, MM wrote:

It has to have _something_ in its favour...

It has a heck of a lot more than just fuel economy to offer. First,
it's cheap. The OTR price in March was £5999. Plus, the dealer gave
me £3000 for my old Alto (three years old). For my purposes it's
all I need as a runabout. I'm retired so I don't drive much.

So why on earth buy a new car? What did your last one have on it -
20k miles?

Peace of mind. New cars tend not to go wrong.

I've had 2 that have failed early in their life: Cortina III
alternator died when the car was about 9 months old leaving wife
stranded on the M1.

Not an Alto, then!

Current Mazda 6 - exhaust gas sensor failure leaving me stranded on the
M6/

Not an Alto, then!

By the way, re the Cortina, when I worked at Ford-Werke, customers always
wanted a Capri built in Germany, not the UK. (You could tell from the
vehicle information plate.)

I doubt if it was because of the build quality - more likely the electrical
componenst which were locally supplied. I had a Lucas headlight relay burn
out. The FoMoCo spare was made by Bosch.

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