[Hamfisti]

Well, the sad day has come - I'm selling my Giulia!

First registered 1/3/2017
Optional extras:
Competizione Rosso Tri Coat Paint
Convenience Pack (keyless entry, exterior door handle lights, storage compartment)
19in dark 5 hole alloys
Harmon Kardon sound system (900W with 14 speakers plus ambient lighting)
Yellow painted brake calipers
Power seats pack (8 way powered front seats with memory and heating plus heated steering wheel)

41,000 miles
Fully main dealer serviced (Motorvogue, Northampton, who supplied it to mefrom new)
Last serviced 23/2/23
Last MOT 23/2/23 – no advisories
All 4 wheels refurbished last year – no marks, kerbing or corrosion – perfect condition
Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres with tread as follows: F O/S 4.4mm, F N/S 4.6mm, R O/S 5.2mm R N/S 5mm
Battery changed for an AGM battery last year

It had a professional new car detail with single stage machine polish and ceramic coat when new and this was repeated last year. It has been garaged overnight since new and only ever cleaned by myself, using the 2 bucket method. The paint is therefore in excellent condition. There are some stone chips to base coat on the front bumper and bonnet and one small scratch on the plastic rear bumper near the rear N/S wheel. It has never been in an accident or been on track.

It has never been modified, other than it has GTa style carbon wing mirrors by Koshi (£290) and remote control exhaust module supplied and fitted by HLM (£360).

Crucially has the balance of an Alfa Romeo extended warranty, ending end Feb 2024 and it has 2 services left of a 3 pack Service Care pack, again from Alfa (not from the dealer). This is crucial, because the final service in the pack is c£1300. The 2 services together would be worth around £1.7k. I also the Mopar map car, which provides map updates until 10/9/24 and maps are up to date. These are all transferable with the car.

I’ll be advertising on Autotrader in a week or so – price £34,000 (excl private plate). Near J15 of the M1 in Northamptonshire

Someone is going to get one of the best Quads on the market for under £35k, with the reassurance of 11 months of Alfa warranty and 2 free services. If anyone is interested, please DM me.

 

[Andy Bowden]

You'll be sad to see your Quadrifoglio go, @Hamfisti, I'm sure.
Yours and mine must be two of very few one-owner early '17 Quadifoglio's in UK. Mine was registered 3 weeks after yours.
What have you decided to get to replace it? Not an easy choice.
I'm keeping mine until I can get a facelifted Quadrifoglio. I'm hoping that will be September.

 

[Hamfisti]

Yes Andy, I will. It has been an awesome car and the first I've felt passionate about in a long time. I will definitely miss it and I'll miss everyone on the forum as well. Learnt loads of useful things over the years and all my 1500 posts on the site have been since just before I took delivery.

I was hoping for a thoroughly reworked Giulia by now. If I replaced mine with a new one right now, there really wouldn't be a great deal of difference - a slightly improved interior and infotainment, different tail lights. If they'd ever made it it a coupe, I'd have been giving them my money the next day, but they didn't. I've seen early images of the facelifted version and although the front lights look great, you'd have to be a car anorak like all of us to see the difference.

In anticipation of early retirement I'm trading down to an M240i Xdrive. It will probably be my last ICE and although it isn't hugely exciting, it does at least still have a nice straight six. Nobody is ever going to look enviously at it in the petrol station and nobody is going to randomly engage me in chat about it (not in a complimentary way anyway!) like they have the quad.

 

[bucketbot]

Yours and mine must be two of very few one-owner early '17 Quadifoglio's in UK. Mine was registered 3 weeks after yours.

I'm keeping mine until I can get a facelifted Quadrifoglio. I'm hoping that will be September.

Mine would be another one first reg July 2017.
Sadly much as I would like to I wont be able to afford to upgrade it like you.
However no plans to sell it either.
Like you I'm still on the original battery and have had no issues with the car whatsoever (touch wood!)
AHM remapped since 2020 and mileage still relatively low so should hopefully be good for quite a while yet.👍
When existing warranty expires in July will likely invest in a Motoreasy Warranty to replace it due to the Alfa one sold to me by LC Motors no longer being available.
Will likely then use AHM or Autolusso Bournemouth for any future servicing etc.

 

[Macca993]

That looks like great buying Hamfisti!!

Im another original owner. 2017 Jan build in Comp red with Sparco now covered 25,000 miles and with zero issues to report other than a few software related gremlins back in the very early days and a leaking headlight washer nossel. Mines a UK delivered car but Im in NZ. I have had an aftermarket warranty for the last few years. The car still excites me and as much as I have kept an eye on alternative replacements nothing Ive driven, read about or looked at excites me more than the QV. If I was to upgrade it would likely be to a newer version maybe a Stelvio so I dont have to be so careful with curbs etc. People still comment on the car, its still the only one in my town of 30,000 people and I still love it to bits so suspect it will remain in the garage for another few years...

 

[m.tuohy]

Bucketbot

Look right into the conditions of the Motoreasy warranty. If you take the car abroad they do not pay pay the vat on the repairs as they cant claim it back,in some countries the VAT rate is 25% there are also some other exclusions that will cost you money as well when you read into there conditions. I was going to take out there warranty last year and found that they had to many loop holes mainly if you take the car abroad.

 

[bucketbot]

Bucketbot

Look right into the conditions of the Motoreasy warranty. If you take the car abroad they do not pay pay the vat on the repairs as they cant claim it back,in some countries the VAT rate is 25% there are also some other exclusions that will cost you money as well when you read into there conditions. I was going to take out there warranty last year and found that they had to many loop holes mainly if you take the car abroad.

OK, thanks for the info.
I will likely not take the car abroad and when the time comes (July) I will look more carefully at all the options including other suppliers than Motoreasy before buying anything.

 

[tpmmpt]

Looks in great nick.

Funny how i come back here for the first time in years and see this! Sad times Hamfisti, but glad to see some of the original folk still of this parish, Macca, AB, you, BB etc. hope you all and the others, MG, Ruskins, smarty etc are fine.

mines a 2018 so not quite as old as you folk, but im up to 55k miles schelpping between east anglia, edinburgh and cornwall over the years and i'm considering a respray as its chipped to fook.

Still not sure what im moving on to come fall/winter though.

 

[Hamfisti]

It's like a reunion. We just need Papa Gallo now......... or maybe not!

 

[Hamfisti]

Just cleaned it ready for sale

 

[Andy Bowden]

Bellissima!