Granturismo S owner from Norwich

theoldsmithy

theoldsmithy

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Bebs said:
Welcome, near identical to my 2010 GT. Excellent choice in cars clearly.
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Thank you, I've read through your posts with great interest. Now it has new springs at the back - and Eurospares saying they are lowered for the S - it has a definite hike up at the rear of course. So some like yours might have been a better bet! Or I'll have to do the fronts :rolleyes:
Incidentally I have had the Delta's Bilstein struts converted to adjustable coilovers and I got all the springs for that from Faulkners, very good supplier.
 
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theoldsmithy said:
Thank you, I've read through your posts with great interest. Now it has new springs at the back - and Eurospares saying they are lowered for the S - it has a definite hike up at the rear of course. So some like yours might have been a better bet! Or I'll have to do the fronts :rolleyes:
Incidentally I have had the Delta's Bilstein struts converted to adjustable coilovers and I got all the springs for that from Faulkners, very good supplier.
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Yes it was always a pet hate of mine, that gaping rear wheel arch gap. The 25 mm drop from the Faulkner springs definitely did the job.
Good to hear positive comments about them.
 
Mavster

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theoldsmithy said:
Hi all
Been lurking on here for a while, have now done the decent thing & signed up. About a year ago I bought a 2008 4.7 Granturismo S MC Shift, I'm afraid I did everything wrong, didn't do much research & ended up going back to buy the first one I saw after viewing a couple of sheds. Love it so much & what a noise!
57k miles, good amount of receipts & history, in nero carbonio with black leather & alcantara interior. The alcantara steering wheel rim was a bit manky so I've put a leather one on for now, and the sticky button issue has started to get a bit annoying in places.
As well as the steering wheel, so far I've had to replace 1 front & 1 rear parking sensor (the Skoda info on here saved me a bundle), fit 2 new rear springs as I found one had broken when it was being serviced, fit a new boot striker (I had a flat battery & the plastic manual release lever was snapped in half which I didn't realise until I needed it!) and replace the CD drive in the stereo. I've also replaced the vacuum tubing for the exhaust valves as it perished & the valves were staying open - which is obviously best - however sometimes I do need to keep the neighbours on side!
As you may deduce Lancia have always been my first automotive love, however after deciding to give up motorsport a couple of years ago I decided I'd treat myself to one of these & despite needing these jobs I'm very happy with it. Not sure the other half is!
Thanks all, look forward to everything.
Cheers,
Mike
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Congrats, and a great choice of colour. Keeping her clean is going to need work though especially if parked outside.
 
Doctor Houx

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Welcome! Despite parting with my GC a couple of years ago I stay on here as it’s the most fun and inclusive car forum Ive found IMO

I organised a meet on the North Norfolk coast near Wells a while back with a good attendance, so will sort something out again for Spring 23 and bring one of my other cars along. Hope u can make it!
 
CatmanV2

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Doctor Houx said:
Welcome! Despite parting with my GC a couple of years ago I stay on here as it’s the most fun and inclusive car forum Ive found IMO

I organised a meet on the North Norfolk coast near Wells a while back with a good attendance, so will sort something out again for Spring 23 and bring one of my other cars along. Hope u can make it!
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Umm, we're up in Cromer on March 23rd......

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theoldsmithy

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Doctor Houx said:
Welcome! Despite parting with my GC a couple of years ago I stay on here as it’s the most fun and inclusive car forum Ive found IMO

I organised a meet on the North Norfolk coast near Wells a while back with a good attendance, so will sort something out again for Spring 23 and bring one of my other cars along. Hope u can make it!
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That would be good, I work away for 2 weeks at a time & then am home for 3 so fingers crossed it will work out!
 
Phil H

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Felonious Crud said:
Most of what you pick up from people on here should clear up. It'll sting like **** when you pass water for a while but you should stop being contagious after two to three weeks.
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Although I never cease to be amazed at the life experience of folk on here, Mr Crud deserves a bravery award for such a public admission.
 
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