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Post by WallOfCars on Jan 6, 2024 1:09:47 GMT -5
2016 Alfa Romeo Giulia 952 Quadrifoglio 2.9 Turbo Solido Late to the party here Martin, but just want to bump this beautiful green Giulia! If I didn't need and SUV, a used CPO Giulia would be on my shortlist for my next vehicle. Such a distinctive look and sound in a sea of sameness. Just look at this design next to the very latest from BMW, have the mighty really fallen that far?
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Post by Alfaholic on Jan 6, 2024 1:54:38 GMT -5
2016 Alfa Romeo Giulia 952 Quadrifoglio 2.9 Turbo Solido Late to the party here Martin, but just want to bump this beautiful green Giulia! If I didn't need and SUV, a used CPO Giulia would be on my shortlist for my next vehicle. Such a distinctive look and sound in a sea of sameness. Just look at this design next to the very latest from BMW, have the mighty really fallen that far? You and me both Brooks, I'm starting to think a Giulia might be my retirement gift when that happens sometime in the future - probably not a QV though, more's the pity.
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Post by JSB33 on Jan 6, 2024 8:39:19 GMT -5
Late to the party here Martin, but just want to bump this beautiful green Giulia! If I didn't need and SUV, a used CPO Giulia would be on my shortlist for my next vehicle. Such a distinctive look and sound in a sea of sameness. Just look at this design next to the very latest from BMW, have the mighty really fallen that far? You and me both Brooks, I'm starting to think a Giulia might be my retirement gift when that happens sometime in the future - probably not a QV though, more's the pity. You might need to keep working to pay the repair bills. Not sure about the rest of the world but over here the reliability of the brand is very suspect.
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Post by WallOfCars on Jan 6, 2024 10:20:36 GMT -5
You and me both Brooks, I'm starting to think a Giulia might be my retirement gift when that happens sometime in the future - probably not a QV though, more's the pity. You might need to keep working to pay the repair bills. Not sure about the rest of the world but over here the reliability of the brand is very suspect. CPO Jeff - that's the key. The only why I will buy ANY brand, be it a sketchy Alfa to a vault-like Lexus. That and pay at least 75% cash and keep it until just out of warranty.
I have never paid a for a anything beyond maintenance items in almost 40 years of driving, fingers crossed that continues
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Post by Alfaholic on Jan 7, 2024 0:22:57 GMT -5
You might need to keep working to pay the repair bills. Not sure about the rest of the world but over here the reliability of the brand is very suspect. CPO Jeff - that's the key. The only why I will buy ANY brand, be it a sketchy Alfa to a vault-like Lexus. That and pay at least 75% cash and keep it until just out of warranty.
I have never paid a for a anything beyond maintenance items in almost 40 years of driving, fingers crossed that continues In all seriousness, I don't think the new ones are any worse than any other car makes, and are probably better than a fair few - and the old ones aren't as bad as everyone makes out, a few pieces of bad publicity in the early '70s and everyone that drives a "sensible" car jumps on the band wagon. Most Europeans from that era rust like crazy, not just the Italian ones. The problem with Alfas is the same as it's always been, the cost of replacement parts when compared to Japanese or Korean rivals these days. Although I will again mention my parent's Kia Sportage - 8 years old and 54,000km and it needs a new engine - it is sitting at the Dealer's alongside another one in the same boat. The engines are not available anymore so they have to rebuild one from parts - a $22,000 job for a car that's worth $14-15,000 at best. After 2 months of arguing and threatening all sorts of things, Kia Australia finally said they will pay for the repairs (after they had already knocked it back once, as had Kia Slovakia where the car was made) - I think they finally realised that publicity from a frail 86 and 84 year old being denied any service might not have looked too good!! It will take another 2-3 months for them to get the parts and put it back together - and this form a volume selling brand. On the other hand, I have had two new Alfas, and apart from routine items the only issues I have had is a new radiator on my current car at 75,000km - a known issue that my mechanic has attended to and provided a "fix" so it doesn't happen again. As soon as you get in and drive one, any thought of concerns about reliability fade away anyway - yes, I'll play the stereotypical Alfa-owner and quote the oft-used phrase "You can't call yourself a true motoring enthusiast until you've owned an Alfa Romeo" - it has not more cachet than the keyboard warriors and their "All Italian cars are trouble" quotes . Having owned a few Alfas and Peugeots, I will be recommending these brands over the Kia/Hyundai twins based on my experiences. Rant over, I'm off to post some more Italian cars in by Sports Car thread - at least there's no reliability with 1:43 vehicles from any marque .
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Post by Alfaholic on Apr 13, 2024 19:35:28 GMT -5
Updates to 1956 (Superflows) and 1968 (1750 Berlina) - recent additions.
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