Hello, Alfa forum! am absolutely new here – no wonder my first alfa may be imminent. and as long as I didn’t buy it, wanted to ask a few questions if I should do it at all. I don’t want to ask anything in general I just introduce my situation: it should be: an alfa 166 3.0 V6 24V with about 140,000km Bj ’99. whether the running power is too much? driving I do very little – about 15,000 a year but still I have to worry about the consumption – because these 15,000 are pure stad tkilometres (berlin) – and the 166 3.0 has a “dry” call even in this forum. if I buy it then with my competent money, i.e. if there is something serious in 3 days (and the dealer is suddenly insolvent) – I’m fired up. should I take this risk with the alfa? another point that makes me thoughtful is the automatic transmission-has it really only 4 gears? how does it affect BAB-drives? where is the consumption or V-MAX? or is it total qu atsch and it is not noticeable whether there are now 4 or 5 gears? only for the Bj 99 or 2000 it seems to me to be no longer on the road with a 4-speed transmission. and as last: as alternative comes a bmw 523 with 170ps or 528 automatic with 192ps. Bj 96-97. in. maybe someone could compare these cars? what would you recommend? for your answers I would be very grateful. volchik