Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio - Anyone Ordering One

Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio - Anyone Ordering One

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Joehow

569 posts

114 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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Ares said:
I've done the two car thing before, I spent 90% of my time in both cars wishing I was in the other one. Depends if the 10% is worth it.
I currently have a 981 spyder and a Lupo.

Spyder is more comfortable than the Lupo hence I end up using it. Which sometimes can be a waste. It is however a truly special car.

I am lucky enough to have access to a 997.2 GT3 which is about as close to perfection as you get. So the Alfa compliments that perfectly

Ares

11,000 posts

119 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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Joehow said:
Ares said:
I've done the two car thing before, I spent 90% of my time in both cars wishing I was in the other one. Depends if the 10% is worth it.
I currently have a 981 spyder and a Lupo.

Spyder is more comfortable than the Lupo hence I end up using it. Which sometimes can be a waste. It is however a truly special car.

I am lucky enough to have access to a 997.2 GT3 which is about as close to perfection as you get. So the Alfa compliments that perfectly
On that basis, not sure why you are even considering a Cayman AND a Golf??

Joehow

569 posts

114 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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Ares said:
On that basis, not sure why you are even considering a Cayman AND a Golf??
Golf would do motorways miles whereas the Lupo doesnt. However I cant just buy a new little car without selling the Spyder to free up funds.

Probably just go for the Alfa. Matches the 147 GTA track car!

urquattroGus

1,845 posts

189 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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I agree exactly with your comments above, 10,500 miles in mine now.

Love it!

Ares

11,000 posts

119 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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Joehow said:
Ares said:
On that basis, not sure why you are even considering a Cayman AND a Golf??
Golf would do motorways miles whereas the Lupo doesnt. However I cant just buy a new little car without selling the Spyder to free up funds.

Probably just go for the Alfa. Matches the 147 GTA track car!
The Alfa is great at motorway miles.....then simply bloody awesome once you turn off the motorway wink

windymissile

276 posts

128 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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200Plus Club said:
There's been cars below 50k since early December. I've seen 2/3 up to now. None in a spec I would have but below 50k all the same.


Squadrone Rosso

2,740 posts

146 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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RSK21 said:
Ref how good are these cars;

The fact that my first one was a basket case and I am now very much considering coming back for a second should tell you how intoxicating these cars are.
Or how intoxicated you are mate....lol

windymissile

276 posts

128 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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For anyone interested.
Celtic tuning will have a stand. Looks like they will be showing their GQV.





Edited by windymissile on Monday 8th January 18:30

ecain63

10,588 posts

174 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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windymissile said:


For anyone interested.
Celtic tuning will have a stand. Looks like they will be showing their GQV.





Edited by windymissile on Monday 8th January 18:30
Highly likely they'll have their Giulia Quadrifoglio there too. wink

windymissile

276 posts

128 months

Friday 12th January 2018
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Just put the feelers out to Chris Variava to see what they can offer on lease for 2 years. I have a feeling the car I want wont be available as pre-reg / low mileage when I come to get one.
I see this dealer has been mentioned a few times in this thread. Hopefully they can sort me with a good deal.

smarty156

372 posts

85 months

Friday 12th January 2018
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Beechdale in Derby seem good dealers from what others say on the forums. Not used them myself but may be worth a try.

windymissile

276 posts

128 months

Friday 12th January 2018
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smarty156 said:
Beechdale in Derby seem good dealers from what others say on the forums. Not used them myself but may be worth a try.
Cheers!


Ares

11,000 posts

119 months

Saturday 13th January 2018
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windymissile said:
Just put the feelers out to Chris Variava to see what they can offer on lease for 2 years. I have a feeling the car I want wont be available as pre-reg / low mileage when I come to get one.
I see this dealer has been mentioned a few times in this thread. Hopefully they can sort me with a good deal.
Ask for Ben St John there!

Also worth speaking to Rob Southern at DSG (broker), they put some awesome deals together.

ecain63

10,588 posts

174 months

Saturday 13th January 2018
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To clarify..... Epic car!


MellowshipSlinky

14,673 posts

188 months

Saturday 13th January 2018
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windymissile said:
Just put the feelers out to Chris Variava to see what they can offer on lease for 2 years. I have a feeling the car I want wont be available as pre-reg / low mileage when I come to get one.
I see this dealer has been mentioned a few times in this thread. Hopefully they can sort me with a good deal.
Have you seen this?

https://www.alfaromeo.co.uk/promotions/Giulia-Quad...

I assume that's for a basic car.

kith

562 posts

244 months

Saturday 13th January 2018
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ecain63 said:
To clarify..... Epic car!

Blimey, that's some mpg you got there. Was that on one trip?


velocemitch

3,795 posts

219 months

Saturday 13th January 2018
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MellowshipSlinky said:
windymissile said:
Just put the feelers out to Chris Variava to see what they can offer on lease for 2 years. I have a feeling the car I want wont be available as pre-reg / low mileage when I come to get one.
I see this dealer has been mentioned a few times in this thread. Hopefully they can sort me with a good deal.
Have you seen this?

https://www.alfaromeo.co.uk/promotions/Giulia-Quad...

I assume that's for a basic car.
To be honest those deals are crap compared to what was out there three months ago. The deals AR advertised themselves at that time were no better either. If you shop around on the net or use Carwow you can track down who are offering the best deals. Beachdale and Unity were tops when I was doing the deal.

ecain63

10,588 posts

174 months

Saturday 13th January 2018
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kith said:
ecain63 said:
To clarify..... Epic car!

Blimey, that's some mpg you got there. Was that on one trip?
Yeah, last night from Dorset to west of Glasgow. Amazing machine.

BeefyBanker

5 posts

75 months

Saturday 13th January 2018
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Just on stock levels discussed above. I picked up my QV today, having ordered in early Dec and accepted one that was just at the end of the production line. My experience of stock levels was very mixed. I would phone one dealer and be told there was nothing in stock on the alfa system across the UK, however, I'd then phone another and find that they had half a dozen cars either in stock or on the way from the factory. So having been told there was nothing available at first, in the end by phoning half a dozen dealers I ended up with a choice of virtually every colour with multiple specs in each. There were at least 20 new cars to choose from in early December that were either with dealers or had been allocated to them and were either in transit or at the end of production. Often I'd be told at first there was nothing available by a dealer but when I made it clear I was going to buy one that week there suddenly appeared a load of stock.

The factory keeps chugging them out, there will never be a shortage whilst it does. However, alfa works different from other manufacturers I've bought from before in that it clearly allocates cars to dealers rather than leave them on a central database for any dealer to grab.

Spend the time phoning around is my advice.





windymissile

276 posts

128 months

Sunday 14th January 2018
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MellowshipSlinky said:
Have you seen this?

https://www.alfaromeo.co.uk/promotions/Giulia-Quad...

I assume that's for a basic car.
Yep.
That was the basis of my initial approach to the dealer. I'm seeing what they can do with the options I want.