New plates were issued on 2020-08-04, new rego is CY76HL.

Keeping the custom plates would've added $469 for the annual renewal, way more than the $377 for the rest of the routine rego fees.

Contents

Specs
Buying
Insurance
CTP Green Slip
Rego record
Running cost estimates
1. Breakdown to weekly costs
  1. PAYG
  2. Big hits
Fuel costs
Itasha
Servicing
Parts
1. Tyres
2. Brakes
Instructional
Hacking
1. Guides for various things

Specs

2012 model, 43,237 km on clock when bought on 2016-02-26, black exterior on black interior, Distinctive trim level, Series 0 (ie. 1st generation model), apparently with QV sport pack added
Redbook listing
BISMRK
ZA9400000-something-something
This page has links to lots of details specs like gearing and acceleration: http://www.automobile-catalog.com/car/2012/1437185/alfa_romeo_giulietta_1_4_tb_16v_multiair_tct.html
Wheel specs and tyres: https://www.wheel-size.com/size/alfa-romeo/giulietta/2012/#trim-14tb-multiair-eudm

Buying

Purchase: $17,000
Transfer of ownership: $31
Stamp duty: $510 (3%)

Insurance

GIO comprehensive, valued at $19,000. $850 excess payable.

$1229 premium for 1yr of coverage through to 2017-02-26.

Second year assumed value $18,500, insured at $19,500. Same $850 excess payable. $1327.34 premium for 1yr of coverage through to 2018-02-26.

CTP Green Slip

With GIO, about $550.

Rego record

Due for rego on August 19th, costs outlined here: https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roads/registration/fees/registration-costs.html

Registered for private use, tare weight is 1259kg.

Rego fee: $67
Weight tax: $305 (1155kg to 1504kg weight class)

Running cost estimates

Estimated in 2017 perhaps, numbers are out of date.

CTP: $603.71
Rego: $801
- Registration: $65
- Motor vehicle tax: $293 (1155-1504kg vehicle)
- Custom number plate - Art Range: $454
Comprehensive insurance: $1229
Servicing: $800-1000
Tolls: Averaging $4/day at the moment (every day, so $1460/yr for calculations)
NRMA roadside assistance (renew in mid-April): $110
Fuel: $1850 (guess)
Maintenance (eg. tyres, etc): $324 (wild guess)
Payment towards next car for replacement (aka. depreciation): $1000

Call it $8300 per year.

Breakdown to weekly costs

PAYG

Tolls: $28
Fuel: $36
Smaller maintenance: $6.25

Pay $70.25 each week.

Big hits

Rego: $15.40
CTP: $11.25
Comprehensive insurance: $21.72
Servicing: $19.25 ?
NRMA membership: $2.12
Depreciation: $20

Put aside $90 each week.

Fuel costs

https://motormouth.com.au/pricesearch.aspx

Assume 15,000km per year, and economy of 9.5L/100km. That's 1425L/yr, about $1850 at $1.30/L.

Itasha

I'm working this bit out now, hoping to exhibit at SMASH 2016.

Servicing

Suggested places:

This is a good spare parts supplier: https://www.aresespares.com.au/browse

These UK guys ship internationally: http://www.ebspares.co.uk/

More parts:

Recommendations: http://www.alfaclubvic.org.au/forum/index.php?topic=4390.0

"For parts, you can by OE-spec/originals through places like Arese Spares (Sydney) http://www.aresespares.com.au/index.html where Vlade is a real Alfa enthusiast and offers good service. Or EB Spares in the UK, and they have some higher performance stuff too. They offer good service and usually delivered within 2 weeks (depending upon supply). Then fit them yourself or have your local workshop do the job; you could save a hundred or two $ over a dealership, and still have OE parts.

If you are wanting higher performance, suitable for a street car (as opposed to track car), then look into Ferodo brake pads, like DS Performance series. For discs, you can look into DBA (Australia); or I use Tarox discs (Italy) which are grooved. The costs of some of these can be similar to dealer prices for the original-spec stuff."

Parts

Tyres

Upgraded QV sports pack means it has bigger 18-inch wheels.

Tyres are specced as 225/40R18 92W.

Front wheels are Pirelli Cinturato P1, rear wheels are Dunlop Sport Maxx. Rears are worn out and need replacing before passing rego check, will just get some more Pirelli P1 replacements for now. When I do the front I'll get some P-Zero tyres maybe.

Tuffy up the road are quoting $265 to replace each tyre, material and labour all included (not sure about GST).

Brakes

Front brakes were squealing and might need the pads aligned, mechanic is also going to check the rotors as they may need machining. Quoted $218 for replacement Brembo parts (better than $300 for Alfa parts), plus service and labour, comes to almost exactly $400.

Got them replaced on 2017-08-18, rotors were machined and the pads replaced. The squealing is completely gone now, only noise occurs occasionally when stopping.

Instructional

The Giulietta has a functional launch control. Oh golly does it work.

Screenshot from a manual

Hacking

I wanna put some front parking sensors in, which necessitates removing the front bumper to drill holes and run wires.

4x big torx bolts on top at the front of the engine bay, T55 size or so
1x T30 torx and 3x phillips head screws in each wheel arch
9x big torx (T55 again?) around under the front lip, but I'm missing two due to damage under the left side, probably due to leaving the carpark after AGS

Is easy to remove and drill holes, the wiring is the hard part. I don't know where I'll be able to pass it through the firewall yet and I'm not having any luck finding spots to drill.