The Alfa Romeo 4C lease thread

The Alfa Romeo 4C lease thread

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j4 mte

109 posts

198 months

Tuesday 20th February 2018
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It may be because I'm used to it or the exhaust has settled down a little, but I barely notice the noise on motorways anymore?

_Superleggera_

2,004 posts

197 months

Wednesday 21st February 2018
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The drone from the race exhaust is non existent in the spider and hardly an issue at all in the coupe as far as I'm concerned.

Stuart J

1,301 posts

257 months

Wednesday 21st February 2018
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j4 mte said:
It may be because I'm used to it or the exhaust has settled down a little, but I barely notice the noise on motorways anymore?
Maybe as they Carbon up they quieten down , possible I guess

Pulse00

511 posts

99 months

Friday 23rd February 2018
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Anyone been updated on the Thames Tonbridge cars yet?

Kananga

1,100 posts

156 months

Friday 23rd February 2018
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Am having an absolute nightmare with Leasys trying to novate a lease. The people dealing with the query seem to be totally incompetent.

Does anyone have a contact there that has been helpful ?

omniflow

2,575 posts

151 months

Friday 23rd February 2018
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It was a doddle when I did it. The person handling it was called Samira - this was with Leasys.

Kananga

1,100 posts

156 months

Friday 23rd February 2018
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Thanks!

Thankfully I had a call back, from the person who hung up on me. Samira is out of the office this week, which could explain the issues. She was very helpful whenever I’ve spoken to her.

They promised to come back Monday. Then when I called they could only take messages and have someone from the team call me back. Called today and the underwriters said no record of the request! Maybe when she is away it all falls apart - she was v helpful last time I tried.

So the person who called back said the credit score has failed, but the person wanting to novate says they have a perfect score. Not sure if perhaps just a glitch on the system ? All feels like a dark art to me!


Amateurish

7,738 posts

222 months

Saturday 24th February 2018
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According to the Facebook group, the 4C will shortly be discontinued with the order book closing in the next few weeks. Anyone hesitating, get your order in now!

Moley RUFC

3,615 posts

189 months

Monday 26th February 2018
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Ordered my Spider today. Sure I didn’t get the one of the cheap Coupe deals from earlier in this thread but as this was a 40th birthday treat I’m not too fussed.

Alfa Red
Race exhaust
Red calipers
Cruise
Rear sensors


Yipper

5,964 posts

90 months

Tuesday 27th February 2018
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Moley RUFC said:
Ordered my Spider today. Sure I didn’t get the one of the cheap Coupe deals from earlier in this thread but as this was a 40th birthday treat I’m not too fussed.

Alfa Red
Race exhaust
Red calipers
Cruise
Rear sensors
Don't think the current deals (like Beechdale) are a million miles from the old ones (like Unity). Most of the older deals in this thread were for the cheaper coupe (not the Spider) and many of them were fake or quietly withdrawn.

Pulse00

511 posts

99 months

Tuesday 27th February 2018
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Share the details!

Yipper

5,964 posts

90 months

Tuesday 27th February 2018
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94OD

1,075 posts

122 months

Tuesday 27th February 2018
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Yipper said:
Works out to be £12,576 amortised - believe the lucky few who snatched the cheap deals last year are paying a touch over £8k all in?

Yipper

5,964 posts

90 months

Tuesday 27th February 2018
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94OD said:
Yipper said:
Works out to be £12,576 amortised - believe the lucky few who snatched the cheap deals last year are paying a touch over £8k all in?
Works out around ~21% of the Spider RRP. There have been very few Spider personal-lease deals around that level since the car was launched.

The £8-11k deals in 2014 to 2017 were mostly for much-cheaper Coupe models (not Spiders), they worked out around 15-22% of the Coupe RRP, and some of the deals turned out quietly to be fake / fishing / errors / withdrawn.

The current Spider deal is in the top ~10% of all deals of all time for that particular model since it was launched. Given orders are stopping in 2-3 weeks, it's a case of "now or never" for anyone looking to park a brandnew carbon Alfa on the driveway.

Helicopter123

8,831 posts

156 months

Tuesday 27th February 2018
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Yipper said:
94OD said:
Yipper said:
it's a case of "now or never" for anyone looking to park a brandnew carbon Alfa on the driveway.
Or just wait for the revised model?

Yipper

5,964 posts

90 months

Tuesday 27th February 2018
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Helicopter123 said:
Yipper said:
94OD said:
Yipper said:
it's a case of "now or never" for anyone looking to park a brandnew carbon Alfa on the driveway.
Or just wait for the revised model?
The Internet rumour mill is suggesting the 4C has been canned, and it will not be replaced until 2019 or 2020 at the earliest, and it will be replaced with an aluminium 6C aimed at the (profitable) US market.

Stuart J

1,301 posts

257 months

Wednesday 28th February 2018
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Yipper said:
The Internet rumour mill is suggesting the 4C has been canned, and it will not be replaced until 2019 or 2020 at the earliest, and it will be replaced with an aluminium 6C aimed at the (profitable) US market.
Not sure about it being alluminium but I gather it will be circa 100K & possibly slightly more of a grand tourer. If its gets the 6 pot out of the Quadrifolioliolioloo it will be a quick car for sure but as that's destined for the new Dino its going to have to be a tadge slower than the Ferrari so the grand tourer may be true

Like most things to do with Alfa they probably haven't quite decided yet, needs a few more working lunches to get it sorted

Moley RUFC

3,615 posts

189 months

Wednesday 28th February 2018
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I think this is what pushed me over the line with my Spider order. Having driven one I felt I had too! Cross between a Lotus Exige and a Group B rally car.....

I’m pretty sure what will come next is a £90/£100k which to be fair may not only iron out some of the 4C issues like the 80’s interior or the floaty steering but also, and correctly in my opinion, start to pitch or against similar machinery.

In reality they need to steal of few of the Giulia engineers, power it correctly (but not lose the sound!) and then upgrade the Alpine stereo!

Amateurish

7,738 posts

222 months

Wednesday 28th February 2018
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94OD said:
Yipper said:
Works out to be £12,576 amortised - believe the lucky few who snatched the cheap deals last year are paying a touch over £8k all in?
I think the cheapest deals were with Thames. I got an earlier deal at £315 9+23, £10k all in, about 19% of list.

Moley RUFC

3,615 posts

189 months

Wednesday 28th February 2018
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That’s a cracking deal Amateurish.

Mine is more like £13.5k with a spider doing 8k a year with a few options.

As mentioned before though I still see this as good value given the car and the ownership experience in that time.