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Evening everyone - I hope you're all keeping your heads above the water? When I bought my GTS just over a year ago it came with a bricked dash. This was fixed for me by the guys at SportsItalia - all wonderful. Just had some work done on the car (rear disks, pads, handbrake shoes, handbrake...

Hi All The Alfa Owners Club are running their annual MITCAR event in Burghley House on the 8th October - all Italian Cars Welcome. Tickets are £12 for a car and all passengers. 10:00 - 16:00. https://www.facebook.com/MidlandsItalianCarDay/?locale=en_GB As I live walking distance from Burghley...

Hi all. Did quite a bit of back road driving today and the middle screen on the dash kept flickering going over bumps. Wife videoed it whilst I was driving as it was happening so quickly and randomly. When we stopped and looked could see that for a fraction of a second it would flash a warning...

Hi all Just had one of those "oh sh..." moments that I guess we all dread. Beautiful weather so I thought I'd take the opportunity to replace the handbrake shoes with the new ones that I recently purchased. Everything came apart easily but my heart sank when I saw the state of the shoes and the...

Hi everyone In a (failed) attempt to replace the driver's wiper blade last night I managed to break what I assume is a retaining / security clip. I've attached two pictures of the clip (I have to admit I stole these pictures from someone else in this forum!) which I have circled in blue. I've...

This may well go down as the dumbest question so far - but what am I doing wrong? The driver carpet has come loose. It has two clips on the rear that, I imagine, clip on spigots mounted to the floor (as per just about any other car). However, these are under the seat and I can't get to them...

Morning everyone I'm about to swap the handbrake pads. Checking the workshop manual it states I should connect the Maserati service computer / diagnostic software to ensure that, initially, the handbrake is fully off and then, after adding the new pads, use the same software to ensure...

Hi all The list of improvement in Villanelle are slowly getting worked on. Anti-roll bar / drop link bushes about to get replaced along with leaky coolant header tank and front parking sensor. Next up are my brakes. The pedal is quite spongy with a very long play. Maybe that's normal for a...

Hi all I'm just in the process of removing all emblems and rear number plate to enable me to properly work on the paint - I'll start another thread with all pictures, etc. once I've finished. Taking the number plate off I can see that someone in the past has screwed directly through the...

Hi all I received a nice random orbital polisher for Christmas and plan to use it to get the paintwork (which is looking quite hazy in places) back to its original glory. Does anyone know how easy it is to get the trident badges off the rear three-quarters / C posts and the Pininfarina off the...

Hi everyone Well - I'm back. Car has been stored over winter and I've been busy with a new job so I've only just received the car back out of winter storage - she was delivered yesterday and has been much missed. So - now it's time for a service. I am sure this has been asked and answered a...

Morning. I've been browsing through the Legendary Motorcar Company videos on Amazon Prime. Each episode is only 20 or so minutes long - Canadian company that buys and sells (and restores) some simply stunning, rare and exotic cars. In one of the later series they have an episode that covers an...

Hi everyone. I have read in the forum that we have D1S Xenon bulbs in our GTS but ABD.co.uk state it should be a D2S - can anyone confirm which is the correct variant? Thanks!

Hi everyone My friend has rather fallen for my GTS and is now on the lookout for one himself. Tomorrow he's driving all the way to Wales (from Peterborough) to look at this car...

Hi everyone I need some new trim clips (I don't know what they are called - if I did I'd probably find them online easier!). The black "buttons" with the serrated shaft used to hold the trim panels in place. I removed the panel in the passenger footwell to change the pollen filter. There was...

Good morning everyone I’m going to replace the air filter and belts today (and give the engine bay a good spruce up). I have all the tools and it’s pretty clear what to do. But I have a question regarding the water pump belt removal / fitting. I’ll be rotating the pulley using the correct sized...

Hi again Step by step working through the list of niggles / improvements on my GTS. Some paint (large-ish area - not a small chip) is missing on both heads around the flanges where the oil filler aperture is (and the same location on the LH head). Anyone know if this can be patched (and if so...

Hi everyone I recently swapped most of the interior lights in my 2011 GTS with LEDs (T10 from Yorkim) - haven't gotten around to finishing them all yet. Other GTS drivers have installed these very bulbs and recommend them. They installed easily enough and really are fantastic. But when I switch...

Hi (again) I guess it's because I'm a newbie and I'm finding the issues but I think I have either a dud battery or a bad alternator? I just hope I haven't bought a dud car... Unlocked the car this evening, opened the boot and connected the smart charger. Showed only 7v. Couldn't unlock the...

Hi everyone Had my 2011 Granturismo S for about a week now and driving it is raising some questions. I'm new to these more powerful cars and so what I think may be wrong could be quite normal. After all my daily drive is a 9 month old Volvo XC90... The car gets up to temp (90 on the gauge)...