Wattie
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See my earlier post. That makes your car very unique.....pampered!Indeed....sounds a bit extreme maybe but that is the schedule so it has been adhered to from new regardless of miles.
See my earlier post. That makes your car very unique.....pampered!Indeed....sounds a bit extreme maybe but that is the schedule so it has been adhered to from new regardless of miles.
See my earlier post. That makes your car very unique.....pampered!
Good advice.I will rest in peace tonight.It's pointless and a helluva waste of money on annual servicing so the Main dealer can rape the customer.
The Ghibli D is annual service , DL quoted me £1287 for the job (car has done 800 miles since last service). I sourced a service kit from HR Owen at £175 and Chris my mechanic is fitting the bits for me FOC. There you go not all of them need to go to main dealers and I don't see the obession at all with annual stamps if the car has barely been driven!
GS is a totally differant car to drive . They are worth the extra money .I don't get it either , it's a blinged up 4200 at 2x the price
I'm sure there is an Mazda forum for this! Before we know it we will be discussing Fords..... ;-)You say that but where can you drive it like it's meant to be driven , I'd argue the 200bhp MX5 I had is a better driving car than a gransport and can be immense fun within the speed limit
You say that but where can you drive it like it's meant to be driven , I'd argue the 200bhp MX5 I had is a better driving car than a gransport and can be immense fun within the speed limit
Indeed....agreed. Some people go MD for service and back street garage for repairs.Not sure about mine off the top of my head, but as I have seen before, stamps in book doesn’t equate to servicing, unless you have the receipts for each one, which is then excellent of course....Think I’ve receipts for half the stamps in my book....
I'd agree with that.It's pointless and a helluva waste of money on annual servicing so the Main dealer can rape the customer.
The Ghibli D is annual service , DL quoted me £1287 for the job (car has done 800 miles since last service). I sourced a service kit from HR Owen at £175 and Chris my mechanic is fitting the bits for me FOC. There you go not all of them need to go to main dealers and I don't see the obession at all with annual stamps if the car has barely been driven!
No Richard I haven't, when I had my 4200 I did love the raw power and kick in the back the early gearbox software gave it , I didn't realise the GS was different to drive , I thought it was just a 4200 with added bling at double the moneyI strongly disagree but each to their own. Have you driven a Gransport on a twisty A road? Epic cars, don’t need to go over the speed limit, but getting to it quickly is great fun.
I took my GS out Sunday morning at 6.30 am on my way to Goodwood through the back roads of the south coast in an attempt to keep up with a Ferrari 548 Speciale. I was absolutly astonished at how good it was in the corners when pushed. Its sticks when most cars of that size would let go . If you enter a corner way to fast just take your feet off the pedals and turn in hard and it takes it all in its stride . If I had been in my old 4200 facelift I would have binned it . I did have to change my pants when I got home though .
If you enter a corner way to fast just take your feet off the pedals and turn in hard and it takes it all in its stride .
I took my GS out Sunday morning at 6.30 am on my way to Goodwood through the back roads of the south coast in an attempt to keep up with a Ferrari 548 Speciale. I was absolutly astonished at how good it was in the corners when pushed. Its sticks when most cars of that size would let go . If you enter a corner way to fast just take your feet off the pedals and turn in hard and it takes it all in its stride . If I had been in my old 4200 facelift I would have binned it . I did have to change my pants when I got home though .
.....or your tyres fell to pieces!I agree... Taking both feet off the pedals and just turning in hard is pretty much the initial technique we learnt at the high speed bend on the Carlimits Driver day.... and I was astonished how much grip my GS had, and just how fast I had to be going entering a 90 degree turn before it lost traction at either front or back....
.....or your tyres fell to pieces!