Alfa Giulietta LONG TERM REVIEW, Cost, Reliability, Maintenance, Comfort, Practicality

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025

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  • @ctid107
    @ctid107 3 месяца назад +14

    Nice video, my Giulietta is 14 years old and has done nearly 200,000 km. Ive had it from new and it has the 1.4 170bhp multi air engine, fantastic engine - so much fun. Very reliable, though had to get a new multiair unit last year. I love it and as modern cars get uglier the Giulietta really stands out on the road. Now seeing them being driven by young people too.

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад +3

      Thanks, I totally agree with you. I could be driving down the road, I would see another Giulietta, and I would think "what a good looking car". The design is still relevant, they did a great job

    • @ctid107
      @ctid107 3 месяца назад +2

      That's also 14 Irish winters, cold and lots of rain. Not a speck of rust !

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад

      @ctid107 That's impressive

  • @sircopperfield7420
    @sircopperfield7420 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for all of the Giulietta content. I am absolutely in love with my 2.0 170 HP model.

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад

      Glad you enjoy it, it's great car

  • @iatrui
    @iatrui День назад

    I live in Dubai and bought a brand new Giulietta 1.4 MA 170hp 2014. Have it for 11 years now and it’s still our daily. Have clocked 185000kms. We have extreme heat climate so I change oil every 7000kms. Note my car is tuned, upgrades FMIC, DP and ulter exhaust. Car never missed a beat. Replace plugs every 25000 kms. Only problems I have had in 11 years is broken rear door handle, radiator leak and Aircon acts strange at times. TCT gearbox n clutch is perfect as day one. Giulietta are super reliable.

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  День назад

      It’s great to hear that you’ve been enjoying your Giulietta, they are great cars

  • @raja_soundsystem
    @raja_soundsystem 3 месяца назад +1

    I have a Giulietta from 2011, with 1,4 MA and now around 280tkm on the clock. Bought it in the spring and have been so pleased with the car. Change the oil around 10 tkm and clean the MA filter at the same time. Really great car to drive, looks good, and has that something in it which makes it feel special. I've converted mine to run on E85 if I want to, works great. LPG would be really nice, but here the conversion is really expensive. Would probably be cheaper to drive to your country if it only costs around 500e there.

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад

      Great to hear, for me it was either 1.4TB or the MA version, but this one came up sooner. LPG is really great considering the fuel prices nowadays

  • @SirCartieer2900
    @SirCartieer2900 3 месяца назад +1

    I got a Giulietta with almost 270.000 km now, 2,0 diesel motor really is a beast. No big issues so far

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад

      Great cars man, only down side is the cheap plastics in the interior

    • @SirCartieer2900
      @SirCartieer2900 3 месяца назад

      @@arcgarage yea gotta agree with that :/ But recently upgraded my seats to the QV version that rlly does a interior upgrade. For the rest u could install alcantara

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад

      @@SirCartieer2900 I'm also thinking about seat upgrade, but can't find anything I like locally

    • @SirCartieer2900
      @SirCartieer2900 3 месяца назад

      @@arcgarage Same for me the QV seats are really rare, had to drive all the way to poland from Stuttgart

  • @maiky2189
    @maiky2189 3 месяца назад +1

    So I had my 1.4 170 hp MA for about 2 months now and can also share a few things. Being 186 cm tall I gotta say that I find the throttle pedal to be atrocious. There's no position for the seat where I can drive comfortably for more than 50 km's. It forces an unnatural position of the leg on the pedal. Fuel flap as you mentioned, loose and doesn't open by pressing it. For me it only opens when you point at it with the key and open it by pressing the unlock button on the key. After that it opens normally for some time. As for the tires I have fulda sports 4 225/50 17". I don't know if it's the tires or the rear suspension but when you ride over a pit or a manhole whole rear twitches/shakes. Bought it with unoperational blue&me module, which I of course didn't check. Battery has to be one that supports start & stop system which is automatically more expensive than the normal ones. I think AC takes very long time to get going fully. Now I don't want to hate on the Giulietta but switching over from 2001 Twin Spark Alfa 156 I have a very mixed feelings. I want to love this car but at the same time it has so many little stupid problems that stack up and tire you. I wish I took better care of my 156.

  • @manuelsolsona5795
    @manuelsolsona5795 3 месяца назад +1

    In general, I agree with you regarding all Alfa Romeo cars. At least the most basic models, the top ones, like other brands, require more expensive and specialized maintenance, see BMW or Mercedes, which literally go bankrupt if you don't invest a fortune in maintenance and only at official dealerships. For my part, I have enjoyed Alfas, although I have had several other basic brands (Renault, Seat, Opel) for thirty years and this one in particular has always been more enjoyable for me and the problems, every day, are more common in all brands. The Julietta is undoubtedly a great car, for service and within it, undoubtedly the enjoyment. Good review, as always, friend, if I had to buy one, it would undoubtedly be another Alfa, maybe even a Julietta, thanks to you 😉.

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you my friend, I agree with you completely. I've owned many brands but Alfa is special. When it comes to maintenance, manufacturers are purposefully making them more complex, and in the end it costs significantly more money just to keep them on the road.

  • @jamesmasin159
    @jamesmasin159 3 месяца назад +2

    I ended up with Alfa MiTo T-JET 114kW as our daily new-esh practical car. I think it's a good buy for the money: the engine, brakes and surprisingly interior space especially in the front are all strong points of this car.
    I still have two issues with it I can't find the solution for though: "axial" vibrations through the whole car when I accelerate hard and cold engine won't ever start at first attempt, I also think it hesitates on the throttle a bit. Other than that engine with performance ECU chip is pretty powerful.
    For the vibrations I did put new Continental tires, both CV shafts, engine and rear transmission reaction mounts, gearbox rehaul with new bearings, one front wheel bearing. It's better now for sure but the vibrations in acceleration are still there.
    For the bad cold starts I did put new spark plugs and very strong new Odyssey car battery, it's also better, but not fixed yet. Next step here new ignition coils - one day the car started to run on 3 cylinders only.

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад +1

      Love the Mito. The vibration is most probably from the inner driveshaft joints

    • @jamesmasin159
      @jamesmasin159 3 месяца назад

      I thought so, that's why I changed both complete CV shafts with joints included recently. I assume joints on those should be fine as it is new... but who knows of course :(
      Only next thing I can think about is older front transmission rubber mount (but still in a decent shape), or maybe it has something to do with Eibach lowering springs with Koni shocks: car sits pretty low so CV shafts go from the transmission "up" to the wheels, which is uncommon. But I think it shouldn't affect anything - when on normal coils it's what happens naturally when car is more loaded and goes on a bumpier road.
      Car is literally hard as rock on those Eibach springs, but on the other side it corners very sharply.

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад

      @@jamesmasin159 That could be the case, if geometry is off that could be the cause

  • @dumpors1
    @dumpors1 3 месяца назад

    Nice video, as always. Man where are you from, we could meet up some day, two red giuliettas, side by side😅

  • @johnryan1386
    @johnryan1386 3 месяца назад

    Well done video, mine is 10years old this year and only done 43k
    No problems at all except speeding tickets 😂

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад

      Hahahaha, have issue with that as well

  • @yeknommonkey
    @yeknommonkey 2 месяца назад

    where is the little phone charge tray from?

  • @predragkeglic1600
    @predragkeglic1600 3 месяца назад

    Pozdrav, je l’ si imao problem sa MA elektornikom? Majstori kažu ako crkne MA elektronika, poprilično nije jeftina. Da li čišćenje MA filtera smanjuje rizik za crkavanje? Na šta treba obratiti pažnju pri kupovini kod 1.4 MultiAir motora? Pozdrav!

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад

      Gledaj da nije ispod 2013 god, treba redovno cistiti MA filter i koristiti kvalitetno ulje, ako ode MA jedinica najmanje 1000e

    • @barraberson
      @barraberson 27 дней назад

      Menjaj ulje što češće, to je preduslov za dugotrajnost MA. Naravno, pogledaj knjižicu održavanja. Stranci se drže fabričke preporuke za produženi period servisiranja što je problem u najavi...

  • @miralemmerdic
    @miralemmerdic 3 месяца назад +1

    Jel postoji neki drugi model volana za ovaj auto? Sve izgleda top samo volan kao da su ubacili iz fiat stila. Pozdrav iz Kaknja AR 159

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад +1

      Pozdrav, mislim da su svi volani na isti fazon, i meni se nije svidjao dok nisam nabavio auto, ali sad mi je ok

    • @barraberson
      @barraberson 27 дней назад

      Od kraja 2013-te su promenili volan i enterijer (restile), uživo je dosta lepši nego na slikama.

  • @marcokirklarsen
    @marcokirklarsen 3 месяца назад

    Where did you buy the front lip?

  • @ALENGLEDJA
    @ALENGLEDJA 3 месяца назад

    Pre 2 dana sam prodao svoju QV 2011. taj motor nije trosio ni grama ulja. danas sam kupio 1.4 120 2017. To je isti motor kao tvoj. Sta sipas od ulja i koliko i da li trosi ulje?
    Hvala

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад

      Pozz, sipam 5w40 Elf, u zadnje vrijeme mi je poceo uzimati malo ulja kad ga forsiram na auto putu, ali skontao sam da mi separator ulja nije dobar

    • @ALENGLEDJA
      @ALENGLEDJA 3 месяца назад

      @@arcgarage Da, to sam se i nadao, da je separator problem... na QV nema samo on da se kupi, vec dolazi sa sve poklopcem ventila... preskupo! na MA je oko 100e, za t-jet cu sad da proveravam pa spremam do servisa, bilo koje 5-40 ili imas specifikaciju?
      Hvala

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад +1

      @@ALENGLEDJA Inace ne gledam na specifikaciju koliko na sam interval. Mjenjam ulje svakih 7-8000km

    • @AlenGledja-x5m
      @AlenGledja-x5m 3 месяца назад

      @@arcgarage Nasao sam separator, samo iz originala doduse, 120e :(

    • @barraberson
      @barraberson 27 дней назад

      ​​@@AlenGledja-x5mObrati pažnju na Ravenol 5w-40 VMO. Odlično ulje (nema kopija), nas par u BG-u sa QV-ima ga koristimo dugo. Ono što je bitno, šta god sipali je češći period izmene pogotovo ukoliko vozite često kratke relacije. Pozdrav

  • @kosvic1
    @kosvic1 3 месяца назад

    Alfa Romeo GT vs Alfa Romeo Giulietta? Как Вам эти два автомобиля в сравнении?

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад +3

      GT is a more sporty and in my opinion more of a drivers car. Giulietta is more sensible

  • @dusankocisevic6823
    @dusankocisevic6823 3 месяца назад +1

    Makkina je odlična, samo joj nedostaju dobre alu pedale (za moj ukus). Pozdravlja Mito iz Bgd🇮🇹🇮🇹

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад +1

      Hvala, bice i to

    • @dusankocisevic6823
      @dusankocisevic6823 3 месяца назад

      @@arcgarage 🔝ALFA🔝
      u mom slučaju za 4 godine i 60k svakodnevne voźnje, zamena bobine i kablova, kao i donji nosač motora zahvaljujući beogradskim rupama🙄🙄

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад +1

      @@dusankocisevic6823 Nisu neka ulaganja, ja sam ovu namucio po nasim putevima ali za sad jos ne treba nista mjenjati

    • @dusankocisevic6823
      @dusankocisevic6823 3 месяца назад +1

      @@arcgarage baš tako.. POZZZ

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад +1

      @@dusankocisevic6823 Pozz

  • @iansellan
    @iansellan 3 месяца назад +1

    You should have bought a Honda or a Toyota instead my friend

    • @arcgarage
      @arcgarage  3 месяца назад +2

      Not for me man, not that they are bad cars, they just lack a bit of passion, design, and that x factor that Alfa has

    • @xmaniac99
      @xmaniac99 3 месяца назад +2

      Ah yes an advise from the live to work crowd.

  • @kostanikos6710
    @kostanikos6710 3 месяца назад

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