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  1. murph7355

    Gone

    Well, car sold at the weekend. Big thanks to Richard Grace for advice and the simplest of sales processes. Happy with the price (depreciation no worse than other cars at this level). New owner has a fantastic spec and condition GT. May they enjoy the car to the full. My final...
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    Dipping wing mirrors on reverse?

    Am I imagining that my GT used to have a dipping left hand wing mirror on selecting reverse? I was sure it did, but a couple of weeks ago it stopped doing it. Alternatively my memory's buggered and jumping between cars that do have it has fried my brain :D
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    Source for Astro wheels?

    ********! It was all going so well... And then I hit a pothole at the edge of the road. Thought it was the tyre, but that looked in tact. Felt round the rim and sure enough it's bent out by at least 1cm over a 3-4cm length I think. Tyre therefore holding no pressure (despite being full...
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    Service cost threads?

    Are there any threads that cover the traumatic topic of service costs? I've done a search and browsed around but couldn't find much. My car will need servicing in September, and before I get on the phone to various suspects, I was wondering if anyone had input. It's a 4th year service...
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    Tracker subscriptions

    Is it true that the tracker on a GT Sport can only have an ADR subscription at over £300 a year? Googling and searching on here suggested a passive option (where you call them if the car gets nicked) was available at half that....but I've been told not.
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    Seat memory and how to do a battery reset

    Following on from my new car post, a couple of quick questions on the seat tricks I've found before I contact the dealer tomorrow... Tried this and the seat fails to return to its original position... Tried this too and nothing. Seat doesn't do it's calibration cycle...I *think* I'm doing...
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    New owner! Couple of confessions first!

    OK, first things first: Fail! Fail! And now the good bit (excl. the length of this post)...I just collected this! :D It's the HR Owen car. Gearbox aside, the rest of the spec grabbed me - it's all but perfect. I then started to convince myself that not having any clutch...
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    Miles

    How do GTs handle miles and what's the highest anyone has put on one here to date? Specifically MC Shift cars... Personal experience of other cars is that they tend to be better with use and get better with age. Certainly mechanically. How do GTs cope with miles both mechanically and...
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    Ground clearance front, middle and rear

    While I patiently wait for another car to turn up, can anyone confirm the ground clearance on a GT Sport? My drive has a steep incline and I'm wondering if the car will scrape on it - my Aston *just* makes it. Am looking for the ground clearance at the nose, distance from nose to front...
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    Anyone know this car...

    Currently on the decadent plate MA55ERZ... Wondering if a previous owner is on here or anyone knows the car...
  11. murph7355

    S to Sport differences...

    Does anyone have experience of the differences between an "S" and a "Sport" Granturismo? Aesthetic differences inside and out are obvious (I think I prefer the S but not strongly). I'm thinking more about the drive - an extra ~30bhp is neither here nor there, but the tweaks to get that extra...
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    How high, b-roads and Astons...

    I currently have that feeling you get when about to change cars, staring at a couple of definite options and doing man maths all the time...am looking at Granturismos and have a few questions for the cognoscenti. How high is the car at its highest point? The space I have for one in the...