Hello everyone! The old driver of the car inspector has met with you again ~ I am your new friend superstar, I am a used car inspection technician who has repaired a luxury car. Helping the majority of car fans to solve a series of problems in buying a car is the service tenet I uphold. The name of the model brought to you today is a bit long, called Alfa Romeo Juliet.
The name of this car may not have been heard by many people, in fact, Alfa Romeo is the name of the brand, and Juliet is the name of the model. And Ferrari and Alfa Romeo are inextricably linked! Ferrari's founder, Enzo Ferrari, worked at Alfa Romeo, then Enzo Ferrari created the Ferrari brand, and then when Alfa Romeo was about to go bankrupt, he lamented that Fiat was enough to buy, and eventually they became "brothers".
And Alfa Romeo Juliet is a medium-sized car listed in China in 2017, with strong performance! If you talk about performance, it is definitely not a fierce character who does not lose the BMW 3 Series. But the quality control of Fiat Group everyone knows that small faults and failure rates are really high. However, it also has an advantage, that is, it is too niche, coupled with a very special shape, it is easy to make people think that it is not an ordinary luxury car, and the pattern is opened in an instant.
And because of its special front face, the license plate can not be installed in the middle net, can only be installed next to it, the style is full. Plus it also has a high-performance version of the four-leaf clover, and the same sales channel as Maserati, yes, yes, buy it in the Maserati 4s store. So even if its quality is poor and the cost of maintenance in the later stage is high, there are still many people who pursue exquisite life who choose it.
For example, our customer brother today likes Juliet very much, but he feels that the cost of using and changing cars in the later period is too high, so he did not buy a new car, but chose to buy a second-hand experience for two years, and then the replacement car will not lose too much. However, the little brother has suffered a loss before because of buying a second-hand car, so this time he looked at the car source online, but he did not come first, fully entrusted the superstar to detect, and the car condition was no problem to come over to handle the transfer. Let's take a look at the basic information of the vehicle.
Model year: Alfa Romeo Giulia 2017 2.0t 200hp Luxury Edition
Production date: February 2017
Year of registration: December 2017
Table number of kilometers: 71,000
New car guide price: 349,800
Seller offer: 195,000
2017 is when this car was just listed, there was no discount at that time, so the landing price of this car at that time was about 390,000, and now it has been driven for less than 4 years, and the original owner has lost 200,000 yuan, which is the price of buying a niche car. However, we also know that in the first two years, there was a batch of Juliet low-priced outflows, which also caused the decline in the market of this car, and now this price is also caused by its own hands. Well, the car price is not to talk about, after all, the second-hand car is a car, a car, a price, immediately start today's test.
First of all, it is still the old rule, the appearance is detected from the outside to the inside, and the problem is found to be explored in depth. As soon as I came, I found that the flying paint sprayed on the license plate holder, this color made the superstar think of an idiom, standing out from the crowd, thriving. Of course, these are only covering parts, or plastic parts, a little spray paint harmless, the most important thing is to explore whether it is caused by the accident spray paint.
Then I looked at the production date of the two headlights, which corresponded to the time when the vehicle was completely shipped from the factory, and did not find anything unusual.
Since the screws on the frame of the water tank are all floating ash, affecting the judgment, the superstar I wiped clean with the wipes my girlfriend prepared for me and observed it, and found no signs of disassembly.
Then look at the fender screws and find that there are individual disassembly, as well as spray paint repair marks, which excludes the possibility of replacement, and can also be disassembled due to the adjustment of gaps.
And the engine cover also has a partial sheet metal repair, but the screws are not removed, which can be ruled out as caused by major accidents.
Then I checked that the front mouth set is the original state, the condenser, radiator factory date are January 2017, there is no trace of disassembly, you can determine that it is the original factory,
Naturally, no accidents, the anti-collision beam and the longitudinal beam are nothing at all, after all, from the inside to the outside of the accident, superstar I have not really seen. So at present, it seems that the possibility of an accident in the front can be ruled out.
Then I checked the left side of the circle and did not find that the two doors had repair marks, the screws were not disassembled, the possibility of replacement was ruled out, and the left side of the vehicle was in good condition, so we continued to look down.
Looking at the trunk, there are no repair marks, and there are no disassembly marks on the screws, which can initially rule out that there is a major rear-end collision behind, and we still need in-depth inspection.
Open the left and right rear fender trim panels, you can see that the inside is also a very dry state, these two places have a lot of blind spots, if there is a major accident behind, or soaking water, it is easy to find from this.
Next to the right side, you can see that the paint value of the two doors is normal, and the screws have no disassembly marks, which is also the original factory state.
However, the right front fender may have been rubbed before, and there is currently putty repair, but after all, this place is more prominent, scratching and rubbing is easy to hurt, and a little repair can also be understood. Appearance detection here is over, overall no big problem, can hit 85 points, next we test the engine.
This Alfa Romeo Juliet is equipped with a 2.0t low-power engine, maximum horsepower of 200, maximum torque of 330n·m, matching 8at gearbox, 6.6 seconds acceleration of 100 kilometers! Low-power are 6.6 seconds, high-power ones must not take off ah? That's right, high power has a maximum horsepower of 280, a maximum torque of 400 n·m, and an acceleration of 5.2 seconds from 100 kilometers. More than the BMW 330! Coupled with the dual wishbone independent front suspension and multi-link independent rear suspension, as well as the rear drive, it makes its driving pleasure unique at this price point. However, it does not sell very well, after all, not everyone likes drag racing. Let's take a look at the quality of Juliet's engine.
As the outermost part of the engine, the valve chamber cover must be the first to be disassembled if it is decomposed and repaired, but now no disassembly marks have been found, and the logo of the original factory is also there. And even if it is disassembled, it is not necessarily decomposition and maintenance, it may also be a gasket for the valve chamber cover.
Then checked that the intake and exhaust manifold screws are also the original car state, there is no disassembly trace, so far it can basically rule out the decomposition and maintenance of the engine, and there is no trace of oil leakage at present.
Then checked that the engine foot screws also have no disassembly marks, although it is impossible to lift the whole, the engine front section of the pulley attachment screws also have no disassembly traces, further two hundred percent to determine no decomposition maintenance, the overall look of the engine state is still quite good.
But I still found a damage: there are leakage marks at the interface of the loose water pipe, no wonder the antifreeze is missing so much, this back needs to be repaired in time, not a big problem. Let's take a look at the interior.
The interior looks OK, basically in line with the price point should have the look, personally feel similar to the BMW 3 series, not particularly luxurious, but also more grade. At present, the overall color looks good at first glance, and I don't know if it can withstand our test.
You can see that the seat is still very dry, the screws have no disassembly marks, if the soaking water wading to clean the interior, it is really impossible to clean and replace the large line without removing the seat. But let's not rush to conclusions and look down.
Then the dashboard skeleton and the indoor fuse box did not find anything unusual.
Remove the rear seat skeleton, you can see that the interior is also dry without sediment, no water stains, you can rule out the vehicle wading water suspicion.
However, when I read the vehicle computer system into the transmission module to read the mileage, I found that the number of kilometers and the table display difference of 30,000 kilometers, it seems that the car is adjusted over the meter.
And after adjusting the meter, a bunch of fault codes were reported, all about communication interruptions, missing dashboard messages and the like, it seems that the seller did not expect Juliet to be so pretentious, the number of kilometers can not only be read, but also leave so many traces. Then when we test the chassis, we must pay attention to see if there is a bottom scratch, oil leakage, after all, this car has driven 100,000 kilometers.
I found a nearby auto repair plant to lift the car up, the chassis is still very clean and comfortable at a glance, there is no obvious oil leakage and bottom problem, I don't know if the details can withstand our testing.
The chassis part first checked that the suspension is still quite good, no leakage was found, the screws have not moved, after all, as the leg of the car, the suspension problem will greatly reduce our driving experience, it seems that Alfa Romei's chassis is still OK.
Subsequently, from below, the engine also has no oil leakage, and the foot is still the original car.
And the gearbox has not been overhauled, and there is no oil leakage. Detected that here is also close to the end, the overall car condition is still quite good, a little more than I expected, because this car I have less contact, are through the online remarks to have some understanding. At present, 100,000 kilometers have been driven, and the chassis can have this performance, I personally think that this quality is not worse than BMW. Then I told the customer brother the overall condition of the car by phone.
For the overall car condition, the customer brother is still relatively satisfied, after all, there is basically nothing to prepare in the later stage, and it can be between a part of the money. But when he learned the real number of kilometers, he couldn't help but feel lost, originally he thought that now he showed 70,000 kilometers, and he drove a 2-year run of 100,000 kilometers to sell, and he wouldn't lose much. But now that it has been found out that it has run 100,000 kilometers, it is definitely not worth the price, and it is necessary to discuss the price with the seller, and if the price is not appropriate, he will not consider buying. I hung up the phone, and quickly packed up my things and slipped away, after all, if the brother was successful in bargaining, it would also make the seller earn a little less.
You can see that the same Alfa Romeo Juliet's offer on the Internet is still quite high, almost around 190,000, and today's car is almost the same. Although this car is in good condition today, there is a meter adjustment, and the real number of kilometers is high, which is definitely not worth the price. So due to the problem of adjusting the meter, the customer brother finally talked about the price to more than 160,000! The whole cut down 30,000 down, I have to say that the customer brother's bargaining technology is too superb, I originally said that one or two thousand down is not bad, really is a bargaining genius. The brother said that it was fortunate to find us to test, otherwise the 30,000 would have been spent. Do you think it's a good deal to buy this Alfa Romeo at this price?
Well, today's test case sharing ends here, thank you for reading!
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