r/AlfaRomeoGiulia

I did search the sub to see if this had been brought up before but didn't see anything.

I live in the midwest (Cincinatti area) and the Guilia is going to be my wifes car/family car. We intend on keeping her Ford Escape AWD as a backup car but 3 of the 4 cars I am looking at are RWD and not AWD. This is advantageous in they they are non salt belt cars (Carfax shows them all from FL) but then when we do get snow here, I'm debating if holding out for AWD is worth it.

Do any owners here live in northern states and get on ok with RWD?

I live in Canada, drive four seasons, including snowy winters, I typically keep a car 10 years, end up around 180,000 km (~110,000 miles). With any brand, I find something major (3k to 5k unexpected bill) usually comes up in those 10 years, and I address it.

So I guess I'm asking, if you take good care of these cars (ie, all recommended maintenance), can you expect to get that kind of life out of them, and again, let's say assuming one major issue during that time?

Just bought a new 2023 Giulia Veloce and you guys have been absolutely fantastic I have looked through some threads and the Owners Group forums on Alfa Romeo sites. This is the what i have come up with from all the information that i have collected for maintenance and keep the car going for as long as possible atleast 5 Years with hopefully no major issues since I drives 120kms a day. Assuming I am doing the same for next 5 years the car would have approximately 250,000KM on it.

Service every 10k
At every 80k- 100k (180k-200k, 280k-300k) —-

1. Timing Belt
2. Transmission oil
3. Diff oil
4. Spark Plugs
5. Cabin filter
6. Air filter
   7.Battery

Last 3 are mainly if needed.
I am planning to change the Plastic bleeder screws as soon as i receive the car. I have heard the battery gets a lt of issues, Hopefully I won’t be needing to change it atleast for a while.

Hey folks

I've decided I want a Giulia QV. I'll be buying new and there are a few builds coming up that still allow for some tweaks.

Things I want:

Carbon roof

Akrapovic exhaust

Red calipers

Standard seats

Things I'm half stuck on/not that worried about:

Teledial wheels Vs "lightweight" (I'm leaning towards Teledial)

The most important one I'm stuck on:

Etna Red or Verde Montreal?!

Both are wonderful colours, I've seen both in the flesh and they both pop fantastically in the sun. My heart says that Etna red looks better and is classic Alfa, but then I wonder if that's a bit too "generic" and the green comes to the fore.

Help me out a bit, post some pics, tell me what you'd go for and why.

PS: I fully accept that this is very much a first world problem!

(Cruise Control) is driving me nuts, it was randomly on and off for a while, just got a brand new battery and the CCA was off for about a day and now it’s on again, help!

Today my car started the weird stuff with the parking sensors going off randomly, suspect it’s probably the battery. I checked the battery age and it’s from mid 2018. Pretty good considering 8yrs + old. How long did your battery last?

Water was leaking from a firewall grommet into the carpets and the dealership technician said that the entirety of the dashboard would have to be removed in order to access it. Is that true how accurate is that? My car has been written off as a total loss as a result and I feel like there could’ve been another way to fix the issue.

What’s the difference between Veloce and Ti other than the Sports seats?