My inspection report

CatmanV2

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greeny12 said:
I have a cracked steering boot on my list - I honestly have no idea what a steering boot is in the first place!
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Probably means the flexible rubber bellows that protects the joints in the steering rack. That's actually quite a useful thing to know as replacing it immediately prevents all the grease being replaced by grit and causing a far more expensive issue.

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Zep

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CatmanV2 said:
Probably means the flexible rubber bellows that protects the joints in the steering rack. That's actually quite a useful thing to know as replacing it immediately prevents all the grease being replaced by grit and causing a far more expensive issue.

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I thought it was a way of turning the steering wheel without using your hands
 
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barefoot

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Just had an estimate for the essential repairs for the car from Autofficina and with VAT it came out at just over £5k but the part that shocked me the most was £1,483 plus VAT for the offside door seal that was ripped at the bottom! Is that a misquote? I have not gone any further with this car so still on the look out...
 
zagatoes30

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When Emblem carried out my inspection it was to a similar level of detail, however they walked me through every statement and expanded more detail on areas of concern. They also provided a summary of condition based on their experience against other examples of similar age and Matt was also provided with the same report.

I would prefer to know all problems even the missing piece of red plastic from the positive terminal of the battery
 
Slowly

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Is the red plastic cover ever still on the terminal? I think there's a black market in them (but where they end up, given that they're never on the terminal is a mystery - perhaps they're an essential component in cooking meth): Part number 185418, £5.44+VAT.
 
GeoffCapes

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Slowly said:
Is the red plastic cover ever still on the terminal? I think there's a black market in them (but where they end up, given that they're never on the terminal is a mystery - perhaps they're an essential component in cooking meth): Part number 185418, £5.44+VAT.
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Mines there! I know as I ripped of some skin with it whilst trying to put the battery in!
 
Wack61

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A door seal by the sounds of it , I'd be glueing the door shut before I gave anybody £1800 for 10ft of rubber seal

I bet the door seal on a nuclear submarine doesn't cost that much
 
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Whilst not a Maserati, this is well worth a look for those going into purchasing a specialist car "blind" and without a PPI

[video=youtube;10tlnACEhqw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10tlnACEhqw[/video]
 
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