ShallNoiseUpon posted:

SIR Lewis Fashion Update

learnincurve posted:

boop the snoot posted:

*car hits 250k miles and has its first issues*

Somebody, somewhere: I told you it was a piece of poo poo!!!!

Just-In-Timeberlake posted:

I already have a Giulia Q4, I must be one of the lucky ones that doesn't have problems

Theophany posted:

yeah but come the gently caress on lol, an alfa romeo doing 250k miles without issues??

EvilBlackRailgun posted:

Brake by wire kept me from buying a quadrifoglio

Beautiful cars though

ShallNoiseUpon posted:

SIR Lewis Fashion Update

learnincurve posted:

ShallNoiseUpon posted:

SIR Lewis Fashion Update

GramCracker posted:

I find it hilarious that modern Alfa is still stuck with the lovely reliability stigma from their earlier years (not that the 90's were good either). Like, yeah the new ones are supposedly not great compared to other marques of similar caliber, but they aren't total heaps of poo poo like most previous gen Alfa's were.

GramCracker posted:

I find it hilarious that modern Alfa is still stuck with the lovely reliability stigma from their earlier years (not that the 90's were good either). Like, yeah the new ones are supposedly not great compared to other marques of similar caliber, but they aren't total heaps of poo poo like most previous gen Alfa's were.

italian quid posted:

I think you're frankly being stupid if you expect 250K miles out of a car without any issues but I also lol at how loving ambitious Alfa's engineering is on its new cars because they clearly put a lot of time and effort to make it rival BMW in terms of engineering just to have people go "lmao its an alfa its gonna break"

italian quid posted:

I think you're frankly being stupid if you expect 250K miles out of a car without any issues but I also lol at how loving ambitious Alfa's engineering is on its new cars because they clearly put a lot of time and effort to make it rival BMW in terms of engineering just to have people go "lmao its an alfa its gonna break"

ShallNoiseUpon posted:

SIR Lewis Fashion Update

Residency Evil posted:

I mean, if you're saying that a new Alfa is as reliable as a car from 2009 today, I'm not sure that's still a ringing endorsement.

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a23145269/alfa-romeo-giulia-quadrifoglio-reliability-update/

GramCracker posted:

I find it hilarious that modern Alfa is still stuck with the lovely reliability stigma from their earlier years (not that the 90's were good either). Like, yeah the new ones are supposedly not great compared to other marques of similar caliber, but they aren't total heaps of poo poo like most previous gen Alfa's were.

Hot Karl Marx posted:

It's Italian cars in general

nawilo_420 posted:

lol this is one of the more insane yank opinions i have ever seen on this forum, but not surprising coming from a country where the "bread" is also pre-packaged in plastic like in the uk

ShallNoiseUpon posted:

SIR Lewis Fashion Update

MustardFacial posted:

Second I make my own bread in a cast iron dutch oven.

Full Collapse posted:

Don’t talk to me unless you smith the iron yourself.

MustardFacial posted:

Lewis starting the Ferrari mind game early.

GramCracker posted:

100% agree with you, over the course of 250k miles almost any marque would likely throw an expensive poo poo fit. I'd be horrified to own something like a 2015-ish Audi S6 or something equal out of warranty.

Theophany posted:

Oh gently caress yeah, that's why I always buy with a manufacturer warranty and take out an insurance-based manufacturer approved warranty afterwards if the car is likely to be a money pit. My old man had a Merc SL55 and the ABC system poo poo the bed, so it was 4k per corner to fix. He also went on to have a Cayenne Turbo and they asked some insane amount of money to sort the ceramic discs on, so insane was the price he just left the keys with the Porsche dealer to sell it on.

Dumbest loving thing I ever did car wise was take out the BMW insured warranty on my old 6 series because I knew the valve stem seals were blown and I didn't want to eat the 4-8k bill for the engine rebuild. The reason it was incredibly dumb was not because the work wouldn't have been covered (it explicitly was) but because my dumb rear end didn't read the fine print that said any claims raised in the first 90 days would not be covered for the lifetime of the car. I paid £800 to blackball my own car from the entire BMW network lmao.

italian quid posted:

the only time I interact with dealerships is when I get into arguments over the parts departments because they want to do retarded poo poo like not sell me the full oil change kit even though I explicitly say I want the full oil change kit even if the 19 year old dipshit working the parts counter swears I don't need the full oil change kit. KTM's "reusable" filter has broken 2 out of the last 3 times I've changed my oil. I want the full loving kit rear end in a top hat.

Just-In-Timeberlake posted:

odd of the dealer to try to not charge you money, but ok

JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:

cucked again

Just-In-Timeberlake posted:

goddamnit now you fuckers have me looking at Quadrifoglios

Russian Bear posted:

So what lap will the Red Bulls blow up on this weekend?

Theophany posted:

Dumbest loving thing I ever did car wise was take out the BMW insured warranty on my old 6 series because I knew the valve stem seals were blown and I didn't want to eat the 4-8k bill for the engine rebuild. The reason it was incredibly dumb was not because the work wouldn't have been covered (it explicitly was) but because my dumb rear end didn't read the fine print that said any claims raised in the first 90 days would not be covered for the lifetime of the car. I paid £800 to blackball my own car from the entire BMW network lmao.