On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:58:39 +0100, "Alan Rogers"
<alan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Oh what a can of worms this is.
>
>UKcentric post.
>
>AIUI all Diesel 1.9 GTs are 16v M-Jet JTD, there is a later variant with
the
>'m' suffix (modificato, or something close) which has lower CO2 emissions
>and falls into a lower VED band. Performance wise I understand both to
be
>150bhp although the 'm' returns slightly better mpg.
>
>Now then, how does one spot a JTDm? Seems that anything '06' registered
>will be JTDm, '05' JTD, 55 could be either. Is the only way to be sure
to
>look at the V5?
>
>Many thanks
>
>Alan
Frankly, as a longer term Alfa owner, any VED saving is going to look
like pennies compared to the cost of maintaining the beast! A review
of my car pointed out that it costs the same as a ****sche Boxter to
maintain. After 7 years, I've no reason to doubt it. :-(
--
Z
Scotland
Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
'Oil' be seeing you..
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