Beautiful Blu Mediterraneo Gransport with leather/alcantara interior and 25k miles. Was this a forum member's car?

[breezer]

https://www.tradeclassics.com/auctions/maserati/2006-maserati-gransport/

New clutch, housing, bearings, flywheel, etc at 20k miles (31k kms). Bill for £8.5k (though it's in HKD).

I've never seen one with alcantara inserts before - I assume the owner specified this as a special order instead of techno cloth? Or was this a factory option?

 

[lozcb]

Looks a nice cared for car, the alcantara seems to me to have been an after thought ( i could of course be wrong) but the quality of the stitching seems to be a little suspect from the video , loving the colour, but then why wouldnt I , definitely warrants further investigation

 

[granturismo]

that is really lovely....

 

[sionie1]

That’s very nice..

 

[GeoffCapes]

Was this Miles one? Didn't he change the tec to alcantara?

 

[allandwf]

Says it came from HK in 2017.

 

[lozcb]

Was this Miles one? Didn't he change the tec to alcantara?

Miles had an MC victory the last i knew of

 

[Nayf]

I’ve a feeling this one was up for sale with Chelsea Trucks/4x4s for a while.
Love the interior/exterior combo.

 

[lozcb]

On further inspection of watching all the video's For a car that is supposed to have full main dealer history at least up until it left Hong Kong , the plenum and the rocker box covers look in a right state ............or is that me being rather picky , i do like my engine bays to be as pretty as the car itself

 

[DaveT]

Miles had an MC victory the last i knew of

Yes that's correct

 

[nfm]

HK can be very humid, which might not have been great for the car unless stored in an a/c garage?

 

[foibles]

HK can be very humid, which might not have been great for the car unless stored in an a/c garage?

A previous thread discussed the damage that can be done to gransport interiors due to honkers and singers humidity. I know of 2 cars with swapped out interiors. May explain the alcantara one off. Don't want to be discrediting the sale... It looks nice... But cars from different parts of the world demand their own unique inspection regime. Says me.... After putting my foot through the rusted out floor of an NP Pajero i imported to oz from blackpool...

 

[GeoffCapes]

Miles had an MC victory the last i knew of

I though he had a Med Blue GS before that.
But if this one came from HK then it’s obviously not his.

 

[DaveT]

He had a grigio 4200 as far as I remember prior to MCV. It sat in Shiltech for months at one stage.

 

[lozcb]

He had a grigio 4200 as far as I remember prior to MCV. It sat in Shiltech for months at one stage.

i thought it was a champagne sort of colour rather than grigio

 

[DaveT]

Yes Grigio Nuvolari

 

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[rockits]

A few small tell tale signs of not impeccable ownership or OCD levels of maintenance you can find on others often.

As Loz mentioned.....dirty came cover with peeling gold paint on plenum cover, peeling red paint on cam covers. Soft dash buttons look good though and not messy. Likely not the best, likely not the worst so seems decent enough at the pricing does it not?

No MOT currently apparently as expired Dec 19.

 

[philw696]

Have you seen the rusty fuel pipe to the injector rail on the driver side ?

 

[alfatwo]

Have you seen the rusty fuel pipe to the injector rail on the driver side ?

And I thought I was a picky swine!

Dave