Thread 28688171

Kinda chunky, but it looks better in motion.

you don't get to look at it in motion

>>28688171 (OP)
Off center plates are so rice lol
And what the FUCK is a winter car?!

>>28688188
this is the only car where off-center plate works you moron

>>28688190
Not him but there isn't a car in existence that looks good with a front plate.

>>28688171 (OP)
That wheel gap and fitment is atrocious.

>>28688190
They never work; shit's rice as fuck
Just don't put the damn plate and plateholder on if you care so much about aesthetics

is it Q

>>28688171 (OP)
Based. What tires do you have?

>>28688271
Pilot Sport 4S

>>28688271
It came with Kumho Ecsta PS71s. Probably need to be swapped out desu (certainly will need winter tires, was hoping it would come with some already).

>>28688271
I have Alpin5’s for the RX-7; great winter tire but unfortunately 17 inch so I can’t swap.

>>28688190
It's not even canted, are you even trying?

>>28688305
Just get some MICHELIN Pilot Sport All Season 4s already

>>28688313
ricer

>>28688184
outrageously underrated

Should I get a Veloce Q4 or a Golf R?
The Golf is faster with massive tunability but the Giulia… uuuh, the Giulia has double wishies I guess

>>28688335
have you seen what volkswagen did to the golf interior? it's horrific. alfa interior is straight out of 2017, but at least it's straight out of 2017

>>28688335
My friend has a golf r and got bored of it in 3 months
He wants something actually fun now
You know, something REAR-WHEEL DRIVE

>fixed flappy paddles
into the trash it goes

>>28688305
Nice. We only get under 30 inches of snow here so I just got all weather tires. Have the pirelli weatheractives.

>>28688368
See >>28688323

>>28688323
we get a lot of snow here and I'll actually get fined if they catch me without winter tires.
>>28688313
gimme those temp plates please, I can't drive it until I get mine on Monday.
>>28688335
Veloce is overpriced, just get a base model and remap it and swap the brakes. It's only $300-500 for the veloce brake calipers and a used jb4 is like $300.

>>28688184
You can when you drive past reflective buildings.

>>28688188
A car for winter. Not everyone lives in the hellhole that is cuckifornia

>>28688171 (OP)
Has it not broken down yet or has it already been returned from the mechanic?

>>28688323
>All Season
You disgust me

>>28688451
Veloce has a mechanical diff. I need that

>>28688695
The PS4S are useless under ~50°F

>>28688457
And certain cars

>>28688190
I never put the front plate on my Giulia even though I live in a front plate state
Cops never gave me any trouble

>>28689690
They pull people over at some of the bridges here. Too many people trying to dodge tolls so they're trying to crack down on it.

>>28689688
that’s why you put on winter tires in the winter. duh

>>28688193
kys, stancecuck
Can your stancefag crapmobile do the ring in 7:32?

>>28690059
>he has to run 2 sets of tires

>>28690064
>everthing is sTaNcE!!
Can your hilarious 4cylinderlet MONSTER TRUCK crapmobile "do the ring in 7:32?"

>>28690064
It's an old 4d family sedan, take a wild guess.

>>28688171 (OP)
Cute alfa

>>28690078
As opposed to a 2 door saloon?

>>28688193
Kek, "based," to use the parlance of our times; got these nerdballs thinking everyone is me again!

>>28690071
>he doesn't have 2 sets of wheels

>>28690175
I have 5 sets of wheels; they just stay on their respective cars and I choose one with tires suitable for the current conditions

>>28688193
there's a 100% chance that Giulia has less ground clearance than your car

>>28690180
"Not that 'anon'," but I doubt it
Also,
>he bought a 'winter car" -- a car apparently specifically for driving in winter -- with less than 3.5" of ground clearance!

>>28690071
>he doesn’t
normalfag soccermom behavior

>>28690192
>soccermoms run MICHELIN Pilot Sports year round!!!

>>28690196
yes. soccermoms are easy scam targets.
I’d try to sell them overpriced garbage tires too

>>28690196
Stop posting your ugly gilf fantasies

>>28690178
>cucked by the weather
>no spare set of wheels

>>28690180
>your car
Which one?

I'm not switching my tires for 20 inches of snow a year. Grip kinda sucks in the summer but I have a 2 door with summer tires anyway.

>>28690233
Any of your 4d Corollas, pick one.

ah yes, the all season enthusiasts

>>28690204
MICHELINs > whatever chankjank tires are on your dad's faggy MONSTER TRUCK

>>28689637
Only on the Q2 package though, right?
I picked up a set of Continental North Contact NC6 tires for $200. 3 years old, lots of tread remaining. Should get me through the winter.
I think I lucked out and got a pre-SGW car, so less to worry about there. Went through maintenance records and the water pump was recently replaced as well as spark plugs. Seemed to get serviced at the dealer regularly, but engine oil records are spotty so I'm going to check with the dealer and see if they have better records. Last owner had it for about 2 years and put like 20,000km / year on it, so that sucks.

>>28690227
See >>28690071

>>28690300
>Only on the Q2 package though, right?
put your VIN at the end of this link and find out
https://www.chrysler.com/hostd/windowsticker/getWindowStickerPdf.do?vin=
>Last owner had it for about 2 years and put like 20,000km / year on it, so that sucks
that's low mileage, it's lease territory. also, italian cars want to be driven frequently and sometimes hard, it doesn't hurt them

>>28690244
"Not that 'anon'," but here's my project 4dr goyota fag-wheel drive 4cylinderlet on stilts

>>28690297
yeah but not the all season grocery getter rubber lmao

>>28690308
No, those are better too lolbmaooo0o0o0o

Conti > Michelin

MICHELIN uber alles

>>28690318
>that tiny front door
wtf is this

>>28690300
Q2 and Q4 both get the LSD

>>28690392
>wtf is this
B-pillar placement meant to increase structural rigidity, while also being in a perfect spot to get in the way of getting in and out of the damn thing. A coupe version would've been amazing just for the longer doors and not having a b-pillar next to your head. That layout, however, is also why the Giulia was consistently tested and rated as "5 stars" or "Superior" in crash tests, side impacts especially.
The "easy in/out" seat feature, gimmicky on most cars, is much welcomed on the Giulia because of that.

>>28690408
I was mildly worried it would be uncomfortable getting in and out but it’s literally not a problem. Never noticed any weirdness. Maybe my body is weird.
But yeah, the seats auto-adjusting is nice.

>>28690392
Budget Toyota cost cutting. Preasu understandu.

The LSD was an option at least in the 2021 model year.

>>28690470
yeah in the non Veloce models.

>>28688188
>Off center plates are so rice lol
so you want the plate right in the center, robbing the car of air?

why the fuck do you need a dedicated winter beater?

>>28690843
Because vehicles like that are terrible for the winter?? I guess a shitbox like that has no resale value anyways so I guess it's a winter beater.

>>28690855
why? it’s xdrive and it’s doing the job and it’s fun. it’s just snow, dude. water.

>>28690855
Based

>>28690876
Why? Hmm lets see.
>no ground clerance
>wide low profile tires
>fragile components
You think snow is just water? What about the rest of winter? What's going to happen when a semi truck drops a 30lb chunk of ice in front of you? What happens when you hit a rogue pothole with those rubber band tires? If you think these hypothetical situations don't exist then you shouldn't be telling people they don't need winter beaters.

>>28690892
damn burgerland fucking sucks apparently

>>28690892
>m3 more fragile than giulia

>>28690896
It's the same in syrupland and no it doesn't suck if you just use the right tool for the job.

>>28690897
They're both plastic pieces of shit. Same with a Benz or an Audi. A little chunk of ice and you won't be ordering any expensive fragrances or hitting up the hookah bar.

>>28688313
based

>>28690892
>>28690843
Because the RX-7 is too low to deal with snow & ice without fucking up the bumper. Also, if some 70 year old driving on the wrong side of the road slams into me I’ll feel less bad about the giulia getting get.
>a few years ago a hidden block of ice inside 4-6” of snow fucked up the bumper on my last car.

>>28690906
delusional
t. 2 decades of driving BMW/Audi/Merc year round

>>28690955
Where? This should be good. inb4 muh lake effect

>>28690843
OP is probably lying and that's just his year round daily.

>>28691036
It’s literally on temp plates. nigger.
>daily car
>has oil leak below the turbo
yeah, whatever.

>>28691090
It's ok to only have one car anon

>>28691145
car was 2 litera short of oil, holy shit. Might be back to one car soon, lol. Just drove the first 50 miles or so and refilled the oil.

>>28691036
Why would someone lie about something so random

>>28688190
ahem

>>28691375
He's projecting. Just because he only has one car, he thinks others can't afford 2 cars as well.

Did you buy the car without checking the engine bay?

>>28691521
Of course. USS Auctions, the largest auction house, no longer allows exporters/dealers to share higher quality photos with potential buyers, so you either pay someone with a dealer license to go on-site and take their own photos of the shitbox ($$$) or leave it up to someone else decide for you. Or just gamble. I got it for $3000 so I'm not too upset, but so far it looks like I'll need:
>new turbo o-rings to fix the leak
>probably need to catch up on maintenance (transmission fluid, maybe a serpentine belt, oil change & plugs)
I also want to put in a new battery and replace all the relays I can, just to be safe.
The first owner seemed to take good care of it until they sold it at 100,000km. The second owner replaced the water pump at 120,000km and the spark plugs, so they did at least some maintenance, and the tires are in relatively good shape and aren't cheap chink shit. But I guess they stopping giving a fuck about it at some point. Car made the ~300km drive to the city today so I'll get it looked at some more and then put on the new (used) winter tires later.

>>28688637
Alfa Romeo 2.0T post 2019 is bullet proof you bus riding faggot, everyone knows this

>buys fucked up rx7 and pays to have it fixed
>buys fucked up giulia and will pay someone to have it fixed

>>28692036
Guy must have a fetish for findom

>>28692036
oh fuck me it really is that guy
i remember him posting a ton about this alfa off some japanese auction, got it like super cheap i think

>>28692215
Got it for just over $4,000 (including transportation across the country, taxes, fees, etc.)
Gonna start a fleet of Alfas and hang onto them for 25 years and then sell them to Amerifats at a huge mark-up.

>>28688188
A winter car is a shitbox you don't care about getting rusty from the road salt. Usually they're already rusty when you get them. Also known as a "beater with a heater".
Though it makes me curious about why someone with enough money to view a late-model alfa as a cheap beater would be posting here.

Update: car passed shaken without any repairs!
Wasn’t expecting that. If I were smart I’d flip it now for a good profit and buy another in better condition. But I’m not smart…

>>28690392
>car made for italian brown twinks
>"Why do dem italiuns dun gat large nuff' doors to fit muh ass through the door like in muh goliath Ford F850 dual-cab migalarge bed?"

You are not the target audience you fat retard

>>28688171 (OP)
Wow imagine living in some hills Cape where they salt the roads in winter because it gets below 0c.
Sounds poverty tier.
Any gains you get in wages are offset by where you live lol lmao even
And I thought people who live near the ocean have shit cars lol lmao holy shit.

>>28688171 (OP)
every day i thank God i don't live in a cuck state

>>28692543
What do you need that for, dude?
This was taken last Christmas

>>28688480
>he has a car JUST for winter!
must be nice

>>28690960
I've been everywhere, man

>>28696071
THERE it is! The one and only 4d Corolla sedan. Still unpainted thoughever, I see :(

>>28696086
My 4 door full-sized family corolla is faster and more luxurious than your dad's MONSTER TRUCK LOL

>>28696089
Oh damn, you've lifted it as well, good for off roading then. Stock 2006 Toyotas are sitting quite low.

>>28696095
That's just the stock goyota alvin n the chipmunks ahh beancounter ride height
Only ricelet stancelets ride around on hilarious, stock, beancounter INSPIRED, MONSTER TRUCK suspension

>>28696109
Your Corolla's headlights are dim and flickering badly. Common issue; check your battery, alternator, bulbs, fuses, connections, wiring and headlight switch at least once a month.

>>28696120
For sure

>>28696123
And now there's clearly over-voltage in your Corolla, sigh. You didn't buy a Dorman alternator, did you?

>>28696142
So?

>>28696145
That distinct Corolla sedan shape is easy to tell even with all that fog.

>>28696155
So?

>>28696157
Ok, never mind, from that angle it just looks like a dull blobfish.

>>28696172
So?

>>28696176
You left your lights on. Battery's gonna be dead in 15 minutes tops.

>>28696180
So?

>>28696209
Careful, those are known to fry Corolla ECUs.

>>28696212
So?

>>28696071
Other climates exist

>>28688171 (OP)
Winter wheels/tires looking nice

>>28698208
>tfw you'll never have a car with "Nigger" badges all over it

>>28698575
>press nigs button
>car chimps out
>teleports in front of you
nothing personal kid

>>28698208
any new college age bitches ?
or the same two ones you keep posting

>>28699155
>the same two
kek the texts are all snipped from one of the 12 or 13 chicks I've smashed the past year, not all from one sloot
most recent was a 20 year old russian american chick who liked to be slapped in the face and called a dirty whore
>someone will marry her one day
really makes you think

>>28699236
Did you go to any college bars during halloween night and smash ?

>>28699242
fuck that noise i played Arc Raiders and went to sleep by 11 LOL
no need to spend any effort on these hoes, you rizz them up on one of the apps, invite them over for a "cute as shit snuggle date" pop some wine and within an hour they're swallowing my cock
having a sense of humor is like a cheat code, also don't fall for any subtle shit tests, women can sniff out fake confidence like snakes sense heat
if only i'd unlocked this power when i was in high school

>>28699250
>plays Arc Raiders
anon, that's not pussy you're "smashing"...

>>28688271
We're reaching Toyota levels of orange peel that shouldn't be possible

>>28688271
Continental tires have been holding up well even though they're only 225/45r18. It's still not freezing here yet, mostly cold & rainy and they've been doing great. Good feedback as they begin to lose traction.
This car is kind of retarded to be honest. It drives like a comfy 3 series, but then turns into Mr. Hyde and drives like a sportscar when you push it; that weight you expect to be there in a sedan just isn't. Reminds me of an rx-8, but bigger, much nicer, and without a manual transmission. The suspension is very soft, which is great on a daily, but I wish there was more of an aftermarket because it would be amazing with a quality set of coilovers and maybe stiffer swaybars (I don't really feel like spending $5-10k on a set of coilovers on a $4,000 car...)
LSD arrives soon so that will be a nice upgrade. Also got my OBDLINK MX+ finally and didn't see anything scary in the code history.