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Message: <blockquote data-quote="selespeed" data-source="post: 212222" data-attributes="member: 1388">wrong! i wll shoot you. 156 is very reliable and LESS expensive to maintain! throughout my 4 years, there has not been a single time it would not start. there's only once the selespeed failed to engage! 2nd had price of a car is determined more by demand or want rather than reliability. a nd had bmw is not without problems but because of the brand that commands higher value.  2nd hand price of 156 is not due to reliability but rather due to BAD reputation of Alfa in the past, ence affecting its resale value. so, even though 156 is better it too suffers from bad resale value because generally buyers would not even want to find out. bad reputation is sure difficult to improve. therefore, buyers will not want to give alfa 156 a chance a second look!low demand results in low resale value.  i drove one for 4 years and before that a 33. and so i know the reliability and its maintenance.  have you driven one? or yours is based on hearsay?</blockquote>