Sorry to say that I have had to let Bianca go after just 4 months (but 10,000 miles!) She was an impulse (and expensive) purchase; as a consequence I have blown my a** off to the tune of £3.5k.
Although I loved her style and how well equipped she was (for a 13 yr old) she was never going to be suitable for my needs (>100 miles a day). She drank fuel, guzzled oil, had the harshest ride I've ever had and she broke down twice.
Her unreliability made her stay with me untenable; in actual fact I offered her to 3 dealers, all of whom said that, despite her relatively low 49k miles, she would go straight to auction as they daren't retail a THP 156.
Lesson learned - should have done more research before purchasing a flawed beauty. Had she been a HDi maybe I would have learned to live with the back jarring ride on the rubbish streets round my locality.
So I wish you all farewell; thanks for the tips etc and if anyone is interested, Bianca will shortly be making an appearance at Rotherham Auction
Although I loved her style and how well equipped she was (for a 13 yr old) she was never going to be suitable for my needs (>100 miles a day). She drank fuel, guzzled oil, had the harshest ride I've ever had and she broke down twice.
Her unreliability made her stay with me untenable; in actual fact I offered her to 3 dealers, all of whom said that, despite her relatively low 49k miles, she would go straight to auction as they daren't retail a THP 156.
Lesson learned - should have done more research before purchasing a flawed beauty. Had she been a HDi maybe I would have learned to live with the back jarring ride on the rubbish streets round my locality.
So I wish you all farewell; thanks for the tips etc and if anyone is interested, Bianca will shortly be making an appearance at Rotherham Auction
