Re: Advice needed regarding 156 Selespeed....

"Zathras" <webnewsgroup@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:16:33 -0800 (PST), Ted Tofield
> <ted.tofield@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>Occasionally when in manual gearchange mode it get's stuck in 2nd
>>gear. up or down doesn't work, the only way to unstick is to
>
> Run away *RIGHT NOW*!
>
>>enter
>>city mode (which is never affected by the problem) It doesn't happen
>>very often and otherwise the car is perfect. Should I buy or should I
>>run away?
>
> Well that depends. If you've got, say, about 3500UKP you'd happily
> burn then keep it. Otherwise leave well alone.
>
>>ps: it's a Veloce, pearlescent paint, leather, climate control
>>etc.......and dear god it's fast! ;) .....and I love the throttle blip
>>on downchange as well....
>
> Do you like big (as in vast) repair bills too?
>
>>The real question I guess is, it it a known tiny problem?,
>
> It's a well known 'big' problem. The Selespeeds had infamously poor
> gearbox reliability. Much later models seem to be slightly better but
> some here (including me) would advise avoiding Selespeeds even if the
> gearboxes were working properly.

But if it works in 'city' mode (whatever that is), then it sounds like a 
software problem, rather than something physical in the gearbox??