3200GT Steering Rack

davy83

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Worst I have had was about 9 months off the road with one problem after another and a loony list of long deliveries from Italy. It seems like a bottomless pit on occasions. I was a bit luckier than you on gaitors as i got some from Eurospares I think and they fitted ok, but they were more than £60. I didnt care since they fitted and the problem went away. The track rod ends don't last long either i should warn you, the rubber joint covers perish and the joints get dry and seize up. So if in doubt I would change these too as they are fairly cheap.

We all need periods where the car runs well in between these desperately frustrating jobs to rebuild the excitement of it running, I hope you get there sooner rather than later sir.



Not sure if you’re joking Dave, but

£60 :eek:

I don’t have a MD I can go to.

I’m still waiting for two plastic clips from Maserati that were ordered at the start of December.

It’s a TRW part, they make loads of racks not just Maserati. The boots I got were supposed to be the correct ones.

The new ones are the correct type but for some reason there was a correct one and a spurious one in the box of two.

And £60 :eek:

If you are joking.
 

Scaf

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Without going down the route of solicitors, what can you do?

I see what you mean - as others have said I hope you get sorted soon and can start enjoying the car and falling in love with it all over again.
 

Oneball

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Worst I have had was about 9 months off the road with one problem after another and a loony list of long deliveries from Italy. It seems like a bottomless pit on occasions. I was a bit luckier than you on gaitors as i got some from Eurospares I think and they fitted ok, but they were more than £60. I didnt care since they fitted and the problem went away. The track rod ends don't last long either i should warn you, the rubber joint covers perish and the joints get dry and seize up. So if in doubt I would change these too as they are fairly cheap.

We all need periods where the car runs well in between these desperately frustrating jobs to rebuild the excitement of it running, I hope you get there sooner rather than later sir.

In 9 months I went from:

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Worst I’ve had was a 540i with a slight missfire. Over 12 months between myself, the local mot place and my BMW specialist none of us could fix it. Eventually failed its mot on emissions and I sold it spares or repair. It’s the only thing I’ve never fixed.
 
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jasst

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Stick with it, you've obviously got the talent to sort it, mines been off the road since July with a still to be diagnosed problem, but I will get there one day, got serious lack of v8 withdrawal symptoms, but hey ho life's a ***** sometimes, and sometimes just taking a break from it for a while (as I have) and coming back to it with rejuvenated enthusiasm can be a good thing.
 

BuckRog64

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Without going down the route of solicitors, what can you do?

I tried to return the car after I got it but settled for having the roof, rear quarters and wheel arches painted as I was advised that pushing the point of a refund would require legal advice.
This really surprises me.

I note you haven't mentioned the name of the dealer you bought the car from so neither will I. You took the forum's advice and bought the supposedly best car for sale from the forum sponsor that everyone points members to. Ok the dealer, and specialist who inspected it, can make mistakes but when it became apparent you had been sold a lemon I am at a loss to understand why the dealer didn't give you your money back. To my mind their reputation depends on such goodwill.

I'm also surprised that a car advertised as pristine (including the underside) needed so much paintwork.

You are no doubt aware that the "end float" window for manual cars tends to be in the 25k to 35k mileage range and given the issues you have faced I suspect your car may be at risk.
 

Oneball

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Stick with it, you've obviously got the talent to sort it, mines been off the road since July with a still to be diagnosed problem, but I will get there one day, got serious lack of v8 withdrawal symptoms, but hey ho life's a ***** sometimes, and sometimes just taking a break from it for a while (as I have) and coming back to it with rejuvenated enthusiasm can be a good thing.

Fingers crossed you get the oil issue sorted.

This really surprises me.

I note you haven't mentioned the name of the dealer you bought the car from so neither will I. You took the forum's advice and bought the supposedly best car for sale from the forum sponsor that everyone points members to. Ok the dealer, and specialist who inspected it, can make mistakes but when it became apparent you had been sold a lemon I am at a loss to understand why the dealer didn't give you your money back. To my mind their reputation depends on such goodwill.

I'm also surprised that a car advertised as pristine (including the underside) needed so much paintwork.

You are no doubt aware that the "end float" window for manual cars tends to be in the 25k to 35k mileage range and given the issues you have faced I suspect your car may be at risk.

I don’t believe it’s appropriate to name and shame people on the internet.

I feel somewhat stupid as there is very little I can’t do to a car so should have inspected it myself rather than taking another’s word for it. How this would leave someone who doesn’t know what they are doing I don’t know. Still need to fix the steering and brakes, confirm the leak is no more, sort the rust on the bootlid, find out the cause of the drive belt bearing/idler noise and change all four cracked tyres.
 
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TimR

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I feel somewhat stupid as there is very little I can’t do to a car so should have inspected it myself rather than taking another’s word for it.

I dont know why you should logically...? After all, thats what you pay them for, and what they, to varying degrees, set their stalls out to offer..!
I have to agree with the comments above regarding reputation etc etc...All too quickly it can evaporate into the ether after , doubtless, dedicated effort to establish it...!
Still. Looks like you agreed to settle out of court, so to speak - respect. ;)
 

Oneball

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If this is a forum sponsor, I think you should at least tell Conaero

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What good would it do? It’s a bit like GeoffCapes’ thread, much as we’d like recompense from being done over, unless the other party agrees all you can do is throw a few things around, get in a huff and then forget about it.
 

BuckRog64

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What good would it do? It’s a bit like GeoffCapes’ thread, much as we’d like recompense from being done over, unless the other party agrees all you can do is throw a few things around, get in a huff and then forget about it.
Potentially quite a lot of good. Conaero (Matt, the forum owner) recently posted that he would help sort out any problem a member had with a sponsor.

From a personal perspective, your car was floated by me before being advertised. As I don't have your mechanical experience it would have cost me a fortune getting it fixed by a specialist if I'd bought it. So I feel quite strongly about this issue.
 

CatmanV2

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Potentially quite a lot of good. Conaero (Matt, the forum owner) recently posted that he would help sort out any problem a member had with a sponsor.
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This. And I believe it. I also believe that there are three sides to every story, which means I have faith that Matt will be scrupulously fair in his examination and assessment.

It's a two way thing. The forum survives because of the sponsors, but if the sponsors are not 'up to standard' then then they won't benefit.

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Oneball

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There’s a long list of things that were wrong with my car when I bought it. Some of which you could say are to be expected for even the best example of a 20 year old car, I may disagree. Some of which, in my mind, certainly shouldn’t be expected.

I asked to return the car when I noticed the paint defects and rust straight after I bought it.

I accepted for paintwork to be done at the dealer’s expense as this is what they offered.

The dealer also sent me a replacement shock as one had a seized adjuster.

They also offered to pay for a replacement throttle pedal pot. I declined as in my mind I had agreed to buy a car without warranty and the fault occurred after I collected the car.

Apart from that I’ve not contacted the dealer since November and have not asked anything else of them. If they wish to reply here I have no issue with them doing so.

I have tried to be as neutral as I can be and would ask that others do the same.

I don’t wish to ask Conaero to adjudicate as I see little point in getting into a slanging match.
 

davy83

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davy83

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Thanks. It’s now in Germany, had a little lump in my throat when it went.
I had the same when I sold an old TVR S2 that i had for 7 years and had done a full body off chassis restoration it was heartbreaking when it was sold, you invest al ittle piece of yourself in big projects like that I think.
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alfatwo

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Thanks. It’s now in Germany, had a little lump in my throat when it went.

Trouble is mate the old analog weld em up and fix them was fine 10 years ago

Now were into old school obsolete first gen cambus factory ECU systems that after 18 years or so no one knows quite what's going on!

Bring back the old Weber Dcoe 45's I say!

Dave
 
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