Re : £35k Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio | Spotted

[gtechrob]

FocusRS3 said:

Good to hear. Did the brakes hold up ok ?

yup - although I wasn't doing more than about 5 laps at a time.

fly by wire brakes are very weird but they seem to work very very well.

[ZesPak]

Will do some serious man maths when these drop below 30k EUR.
They'll never be cheap to own, but they will serve as a second car anyway.

The Veloce's are available for half the Quadri's, but it has to be that V6. I've been in love with it since the first day I've heard one.

[baconsarney]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN4uYXW1DQw

6 Underground...... Great film..... Great car chase at the start............

[MrG]

Ran one for 20 months and really enjoyed it. Dealers were poor but the car itself was great.

[ZesPak]

baconsarney said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN4uYXW1DQw

6 Underground...... Great film..... Great car chase at the start............

Enjoyable film. Would have never gone for a Hi-Viz Green Quadrofglio you can hear and see from about two miles away as a getaway vehicle though .

[Gus265]

I bought my competitzione red one nearly a year ago. I adore it and have a smile on my face practically every time I drive it. I moved to the QF after three M3s of different vintages. I accepted that I was buying an Alfa (you have to!) and I have had all of the standard issues mentioned above but my service centre have been really helpful! Battersea one - Motor Village. The other issue to be wary of are the Pirelli Corsa tyres. Amazing in the dry and horrific come September/October. So I have put Michelin Pilot S4S on all around (slightly wider at the back) and this has transformed the car into an all year rounder. Went ploughing through the rain over christmas as if I was in my Disco!

I had some very nice M3s but so have most people! Everyone loves this car (even my car hating mate admits he lusts after it!). Came out to the supermarket car park on Sunday to see a kid photographing it and the amount of thumbs up you get is hilarious. B pillar is annoying but you get used to that pretty quick.

At the moment, I can't see me getting rid for quite some time.

[anonymous-user]

This is the one with my name on it, kinda, maybe, urgh, stop!... 5k miles Competizione $50k !

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehiclede...

[Jimmy Recard]

thegreenhell said:

Jimmy Recard said:

I should probably keep checking how much manual ones are now. I would like the auto if it was the only version available, but knowing a manual had been made, I would have to have that

You'll need a LHD one for that. They didn't make any QFs with manual in RHD.

I know, but I'd put up with LHD for that. I've just found one on mobile.de that I love quite a lot

https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id...

[thelostboy]

Great thread; really interesting to get proper owner feedback about the niggles, differences in model years, etc.

For whatever reason, assisted by their comparative rarity, they are so much cooler than an M3.

[james6546]

This thread has helped me decide that I'm defo getting one of these after winter. Or a stelvio qf.

The problem is that the stelvio is more useful in every way, with dogs, bikes and the fact that my parents live on a farm, but I just think the giulia looks so much more badass.

If you go on the alfa forum there isn't an owner who doesn't like their giulia.

Things to note as prev mentioned, the ones sold after march 2018 are the ones to go for, as they have 5 year warranty, folding rear seats, 5 seats rather than 4 and are slightly raised, which means you don't muller your £2000 carbon fibre front splitter as easily. You can also get a kit which turns on the loud exhaust mode all of the time.

I've also heard people get up to 40mpg as it turns off half its cylinders between 73 and 83 mph.

[The rapid detailer]

[quote=ITP]

Really?
I presume you never owned one. I’ve had 4, still got 2 now.

First bought £2100, 3 years 45k miles more sold 1500
Next bought 10k, sold 8 months later, 10k
Next bought for 4K in 2012, still got it added 30k now worth 11k
Next bought 18 months ago for 5k, worth 4.5k now.

Bought a BMW330i once for 23k, had it 6 years and got 7.5k back.

Think I’ll stick with Alfa’s.
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Go Alfa.

[The rapid detailer]

nickfrog said:

There is one in my road. It sounds incredible. Is it louder than the saloon??

No the same very loud. Lol.

[mustdash]

Arsecati said:

First of all, I have to apologise to you!

The moment I scrolled down and saw the length of your post, my immediate thought was: 'oh god, it's one of 'them' people again, spouting dribble like they are an authority and that anyone cares'.

And then I started reading, and was transfixed till the end! Excellent real life report there my man, very refreshing to read such a detailed and honest 'review', and heartening to hear too, being a fan of Alfas myself (even if none of them fit my needs: my daily workhorse is a 3 litre diesel A6 Avant, and it REALLY is a workhorse - 208,000 miles and counting, so you can see I don't really have a choice! ).

So I apologise once again for my immediate reaction to seeing the length of it...... it's still very early in the morning, but yes, I do feel like a bit of a tit now!!!

No need to apologise - no car is perfect, and everyone has a different perspective on them. I tried to remove any form of emotion from my post to try and keep it factual. That being said, the car is the best I've ever owned (I may not be of the same opinion 12 months down the line!)

Court_S said:

Your car looked great when a few of us met up a headed down to Sunday Service at MINI. Agree re the interior, it certainly looked / felt more than acceptable when I had a poke about your car.

Thanks! I think in the blue it looks stunning, but then I may be a tad biased! I had to have a look at your garage to remind myself which car was yours (my memory is awful!). I think that the reviewers perhaps scrabbled a little bit for a 'negative' to try and balance the positives they kept giving it, and that was the best they could get!?


To add to my earlier post (I forgot to add these bits) - the seats are not as comfortable as the Volvos were (I liken it to sitting on a padded pub seat in the Alfa compared to a luxury sofa in the Volvo). I've become used to them though and find them fine now. They're also really supportive on the bolster, with minimal wear.
Also - I've seen people mention the press cars kept breaking / needing to be fixed, and reporters comments about this. Again - I took these with a pinch of salt - the UK motoring press had about 3 press cars shared between them, and in every review they were driven hard, with little mechanical sympathy. Again, perhaps it's a case of the press trying to find something negative about the cars?

[windymissile]

I've had mine almost 2 years now and it's been faultless.
There have been a lot crashed due to inexperienced drivers and race tyres from the factory. Couple this with loud exhaust in "race" only, with all the nannies off and it's a recipe for disaster. So I guess of the ~850 registered, only ~650 survive.
The carbon seats are lovely but so are the stock, heated, electric ones. Superbly comfortable and make cross-continental trips a breeze.
The cabin is wonderfully simple and ergonomic. A pure drivers environment. It feels very well put together and although it may lack the expensive appearance of some of the modern competition, it has its own, almost elegant charm.
As a 4 door family saloon with the ability to embarras all but the hardest of track focussed machinery, but float down to Tesco the next day, it's irreplaceable. The ride is silky smooth (for a sports saloon with low profile tyres. Everything's relative) in N or A mode. And the gearbox has to be experienced to be appreciated.

Dealer network is flakey, at best. Early cars had teething problems, as anyone would expect. But the lack of dealer knowledge to correct simple, early issues is the reason the early mag tests reflected the cars in a minor negative mannor.
Find a good dealer ( I use Stoneacre Chesterfield ) there are some about. And now the cars have been about for 3 years the dealers know how to correct the issues that come up.
Battery issues are the most common. I can only imagine caused by short trips as I have never seen this problem despite the car being garaged for some long periods. Easily fixed with a "service recharge" I think they call it. Or a replacement. If it's kept outside and it rains, the alarm will go off. This won't help your battery in winter either.

The driving experience of these cars will astonish you. Especially on the factory Corsa tyres on a warm, dry road. The grip is astounding. The front will just grab and pull you in as the race differential squeezes you round the corner at seemingly impossible speeds. There is no requirement for 4wd at all. Unless you like launching from the lights outside Halfords, in the rain. FWIW. My best 0-60 is 3.65.

At this money they are a bargain. And if anyone in this thread is contemplating it, don't worry about the further losses, just get on with enjoying it while you can.

[Helicopter123]

ITP said:

Helicopter123 said:

Typical Alfa.

Lovely car, financial suicide.

Really?
I presume you never owned one. I’ve had 4, still got 2 now.

First bought £2100, 3 years 45k miles more sold 1500
Next bought 10k, sold 8 months later, 10k
Next bought for 4K in 2012, still got it added 30k now worth 11k
Next bought 18 months ago for 5k, worth 4.5k now.

Bought a BMW330i once for 23k, had it 6 years and got 7.5k back.

Think I’ll stick with Alfa’s.

Try buying a new one.

[SidewaysSi]

Helicopter123 said:

ITP said:

Helicopter123 said:

Typical Alfa.

Lovely car, financial suicide.

Really?
I presume you never owned one. I’ve had 4, still got 2 now.

First bought £2100, 3 years 45k miles more sold 1500
Next bought 10k, sold 8 months later, 10k
Next bought for 4K in 2012, still got it added 30k now worth 11k
Next bought 18 months ago for 5k, worth 4.5k now.

Bought a BMW330i once for 23k, had it 6 years and got 7.5k back.

Think I’ll stick with Alfa’s.

Try buying a new one.

Doesn't look like you have had one at all..

[DonkeyApple]

julian64 said:

I really wanted one of these. Then I went for a test drive.

Its was perfect apart from the fact that I couldn't see anything when I looked right or left. I dunno whether I was the wrong size for the car or what but every time I looked either way, instead of a window I just saw a dirty great big door pillar. Lifesavers were non-existent for the whole trip and pulling out into traffic meant I had to lean right forward to peer around it.

Bizzare problem especially as no one else seems to have had this problem with the car.

Nice car to drive but I couldn't live with that. Obviously I'm an odd shape

I found that. Amazing wagon but if you need to have the seat back you might as well wear a burka. A coupe would probably resolve that slight issue but not being able to naturally see anything to your left or right made it unworkable. Startlingly good otherwise.

[Helicopter123]

SidewaysSi said:

Helicopter123 said:

ITP said:

Helicopter123 said:

Typical Alfa.

Lovely car, financial suicide.

Really?
I presume you never owned one. I’ve had 4, still got 2 now.

First bought £2100, 3 years 45k miles more sold 1500
Next bought 10k, sold 8 months later, 10k
Next bought for 4K in 2012, still got it added 30k now worth 11k
Next bought 18 months ago for 5k, worth 4.5k now.

Bought a BMW330i once for 23k, had it 6 years and got 7.5k back.

Think I’ll stick with Alfa’s.

Try buying a new one.

Doesn't look like you have had one at all..

True, they are lovely cars, but financial suicide for the first owner hence I tend to look elsewhere. If this changed, I would have one in a flash.

[DonkeyApple]

I don’t think people were paying anywhere near lost for these so the depreciation doesn’t seem that bad at all as most are still over £40k. Most cars drop around 30% by the third year so is this car particularly out of line?

[ZesPak]

As above, I think they are quite in line. Does show how much of a bh depreciation is though, but nothing out of the ordinary on this car.