Alfa Romeo Giulietta Speciale
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Thought I would do a thread on my daily driver a 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Speciale 1.4 150 petrol.
I'd been looking at all sorts of cars as daily drivers for a while and had settled on a Abarth 595 Competzione, but the car will occasionally have my nearly 2 year old son in it and wife and decided the 595 wasn't going to be practical, I still fancied an Italian motor though so looked at the Alfa Mito Quadrifoglio but decided that was also still quite small so moved on to the Giulietta. Initially I looked at the 1.7 240ps Quadrifoglio Verde & Launch Edition but I really wanted a manual car and they all come in Auto, you can get the pre-facelift in manual but I wanted facelift.
I found a Giulietta QV-line local for sale that was perfect but it had sold within minutes so I went about an hour away to look at this Speciale which is a 150 rather than 170, apparently they map the same anyway!
Most important bit was it had the bucket seats
I will get some more pictures in a bit.
The car needs a good mopping with a machine polisher its not perfect, the wheels need refurbing (thinking anthracite). Its also got a warranty on it that I dont think is going to be worth the paper its written on, so I've booked it into Autolusso on Friday for them to have a look over to see if we can claim on warranty. If not going to ask for my warranty money back!
The car has a squeaky front suspension and rumble (suspect wheel bearing) at 60-70 so hopefully them bits can be sorted.
I think a remap will also be in order in a few weeks once I'm used to it! Oh and another child seat! either Recaro or Ferrari.
I'd been looking at all sorts of cars as daily drivers for a while and had settled on a Abarth 595 Competzione, but the car will occasionally have my nearly 2 year old son in it and wife and decided the 595 wasn't going to be practical, I still fancied an Italian motor though so looked at the Alfa Mito Quadrifoglio but decided that was also still quite small so moved on to the Giulietta. Initially I looked at the 1.7 240ps Quadrifoglio Verde & Launch Edition but I really wanted a manual car and they all come in Auto, you can get the pre-facelift in manual but I wanted facelift.
I found a Giulietta QV-line local for sale that was perfect but it had sold within minutes so I went about an hour away to look at this Speciale which is a 150 rather than 170, apparently they map the same anyway!
Most important bit was it had the bucket seats
I will get some more pictures in a bit.
The car needs a good mopping with a machine polisher its not perfect, the wheels need refurbing (thinking anthracite). Its also got a warranty on it that I dont think is going to be worth the paper its written on, so I've booked it into Autolusso on Friday for them to have a look over to see if we can claim on warranty. If not going to ask for my warranty money back!
The car has a squeaky front suspension and rumble (suspect wheel bearing) at 60-70 so hopefully them bits can be sorted.
I think a remap will also be in order in a few weeks once I'm used to it! Oh and another child seat! either Recaro or Ferrari.
So I have a few issues haha, hopefully between Autolusso, the dealer and warrant they can be sorted.
1 handbrake warning light comes on when driving along, noticed the handbrake leaver doesn't sit flat when its off, its very springy.
2 squeaky/creaky front drivers side suspension
3 service light still on , I checked the oil yesterday it has definitely had new oil
I have the yellow cable for the service light but it doesn't want to play ball yet.
1 handbrake warning light comes on when driving along, noticed the handbrake leaver doesn't sit flat when its off, its very springy.
2 squeaky/creaky front drivers side suspension
3 service light still on , I checked the oil yesterday it has definitely had new oil
I have the yellow cable for the service light but it doesn't want to play ball yet.
Car is going to Autolusso today for them to look over a few bits hopefully its all easily sorted! Thought I would post some more pics in the meantime, been a little busy so not really been out in the car.
Here she is the morning after wahey
As you can see the wheels need some attention, I also want to get the wheels off and clean up the calipers
The car feels quality compared to other hatches I've had of this era, things like the carbon fibre lookalike headlights are nice details
I need to get a cotton bud on this and clean out the gunk, thinking of dropping some red paint in there to highlight the numbers/R
DNA switch for Sport, Eco and all weather
Dash is quite nice, shame this doesn't have Android Auto built in
I've always been very anti putting badges on cars that dont belong, but I have purchased a set of Quadrifoglio Verde side badges, I'm a life long Scuderia Ferrari fan and understand the importance of Alfa Romeo in the Enzo Ferrari story, with the car being red I thought it was only right as a nod to the early F1 activities to have the badges on the side. They also sent me a Sportiva badge which I'm going to cut the little Quadrifoglio Verdge badge off and might put the little badge onto the boot.
The next post will either be, little bits getting sorted under warranty or I'm arguing with the place I bought the car!
Here she is the morning after wahey
As you can see the wheels need some attention, I also want to get the wheels off and clean up the calipers
The car feels quality compared to other hatches I've had of this era, things like the carbon fibre lookalike headlights are nice details
I need to get a cotton bud on this and clean out the gunk, thinking of dropping some red paint in there to highlight the numbers/R
DNA switch for Sport, Eco and all weather
Dash is quite nice, shame this doesn't have Android Auto built in
I've always been very anti putting badges on cars that dont belong, but I have purchased a set of Quadrifoglio Verde side badges, I'm a life long Scuderia Ferrari fan and understand the importance of Alfa Romeo in the Enzo Ferrari story, with the car being red I thought it was only right as a nod to the early F1 activities to have the badges on the side. They also sent me a Sportiva badge which I'm going to cut the little Quadrifoglio Verdge badge off and might put the little badge onto the boot.
The next post will either be, little bits getting sorted under warranty or I'm arguing with the place I bought the car!
Hope you get the bits all sorted under warranty
It does look great though, that style of wheel looks brilliant with a Red car, and it will look great with the cloverleaf badges
I did see somewhere on the Facebook group, you can add Android auto, with a module, but it involves removing the radio unit.
As I found out in mine, the sat nav really is terrible in these! When your used to Google maps/apple maps.
It does look great though, that style of wheel looks brilliant with a Red car, and it will look great with the cloverleaf badges
I did see somewhere on the Facebook group, you can add Android auto, with a module, but it involves removing the radio unit.
As I found out in mine, the sat nav really is terrible in these! When your used to Google maps/apple maps.
So the car has the following issues;
rear brake caliper drivers side sticking which is resulting in the handbrake light coming on and the discs/pads cooked.
DAB aerial not working.
leak from manifold.
front top mounts need replacing.
all rear suspension bushes are shot - this is apparently very common and a 10 hour job to replace, this is what Auto Lusso have told me, however they have said that they aren't shot enough that they would fail an MOT.
The warranty is unlikely to cover/wriggle out of most of these issues so I have given the dealer I bought the car from an ultimatum, either they sort the issues or I reject it.
I've had a look for other speciale/QV/Veloce in red with the seats in manual and there isn't any more for sale, so I kinda want to keep the car. I could just get an auto but then id want a Quadrifoglio Verde and they are more money.
The dealer has said they will sort the issues, however they are 1.5 hours from me and I'm on 12 hour shifts till Tuesday now so they are going to have to come and get it.
rear brake caliper drivers side sticking which is resulting in the handbrake light coming on and the discs/pads cooked.
DAB aerial not working.
leak from manifold.
front top mounts need replacing.
all rear suspension bushes are shot - this is apparently very common and a 10 hour job to replace, this is what Auto Lusso have told me, however they have said that they aren't shot enough that they would fail an MOT.
The warranty is unlikely to cover/wriggle out of most of these issues so I have given the dealer I bought the car from an ultimatum, either they sort the issues or I reject it.
I've had a look for other speciale/QV/Veloce in red with the seats in manual and there isn't any more for sale, so I kinda want to keep the car. I could just get an auto but then id want a Quadrifoglio Verde and they are more money.
The dealer has said they will sort the issues, however they are 1.5 hours from me and I'm on 12 hour shifts till Tuesday now so they are going to have to come and get it.
the-norseman said:
DAB aerial not working.
all rear suspension bushes are shot - this is apparently very common and a 10 hour job to replace, this is what Auto Lusso have told me, however they have said that they aren't shot enough that they would fail an MOT.
The DAB is a common thing. all rear suspension bushes are shot - this is apparently very common and a 10 hour job to replace, this is what Auto Lusso have told me, however they have said that they aren't shot enough that they would fail an MOT.
On the bushes, I had mine checked last year at Alfatech on Huddersfield. They said they could now replace the rear suspension arms rather than the bushes, it made it a much easier and quicker job.
Killer2005 said:
The DAB is a common thing.
On the bushes, I had mine checked last year at Alfatech on Huddersfield. They said they could now replace the rear suspension arms rather than the bushes, it made it a much easier and quicker job.
I'l look into this as they have said they wouldn't be an MOT failure at the moment I'm not too bothered about that. its the other issues that need sorting now. On the bushes, I had mine checked last year at Alfatech on Huddersfield. They said they could now replace the rear suspension arms rather than the bushes, it made it a much easier and quicker job.
I have noticed, on the few journeys I've made, people looking at it when I go past, Alfa aren't that common but suppose the red draws the eye even more.
the-norseman said:
I'l look into this as they have said they wouldn't be an MOT failure at the moment I'm not too bothered about that. its the other issues that need sorting now.
I have noticed, on the few journeys I've made, people looking at it when I go past, Alfa aren't that common but suppose the red draws the eye even more.
Mine also has a hit and miss DAB, some trips it lets me have it, some, there's no option for the DAB I have noticed, on the few journeys I've made, people looking at it when I go past, Alfa aren't that common but suppose the red draws the eye even more.
I may change the DAB arial at some point.
They are quite a head turning car, I've had quite a few chats with people about mine.
My son has just bought a Mito Speciale as his first car and like your’s the little details such as the headlight surrounds really make it stand out.
We’ve had 5, now 6, Alfa’s over the years and driving my son’s has got me looking at V6 GTV’s to possibly replace my Z4 e86 Coupe.
There is just something about an Alfa and their character.
I hope you get it all sorted.
We’ve had 5, now 6, Alfa’s over the years and driving my son’s has got me looking at V6 GTV’s to possibly replace my Z4 e86 Coupe.
There is just something about an Alfa and their character.
I hope you get it all sorted.
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