gransport annual service
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Its the best way with most cars but people will try to do their best to improve cars that have taken millions to develop.
Cars are never as reliable once you start messing around too much with them.
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Cars are never as reliable once you start messing around too much with them.
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Cant be bothered with them, no heritage.
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Know someone who has the latest GTR, its spent more time off the road with electrical problems.
Trouble with japanese cars is they have been owned by a certain Grantourismo age of person with no knowledge of good solid engineering, just black boxes and chipping.
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Trouble with japanese cars is they have been owned by a certain Grantourismo age of person with no knowledge of good solid engineering, just black boxes and chipping.
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You'd perhaps be surprised how many poeple buy these cars and neglect to do milage and/or annuals. It really has been a revelation to me. You can see a 3-4 year old GS, best part of £70k new, and its had one service in 4 years. I've seen a few like that. Madness.
Can you tell us what GS you have, it sounds like it'll be a gem!? Better still, any pics?
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Its 2005 black with black and carbon interior, i have had the DBW mod and its made the car come alive.
Have always owned off the wall cars that tend to need more TLC than your average Golf, i think some cars are going to be the last of their kind and with that they need to be looked after just that little bit more than average.
My job allows me to have a day time hack so the Maserati has become a bit of a garage queen. Have booked it in to Bill McGraths for a service next month so it should stay in good health over winer.
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Its 2005 black with black and carbon interior, i have had the DBW mod and its made the car come alive.
Have always owned off the wall cars that tend to need more TLC than your average Golf, i think some cars are going to be the last of their kind and with that they need to be looked after just that little bit more than average.
My job allows me to have a day time hack so the Maserati has become a bit of a garage queen. Have booked it in to Bill McGraths for a service next month so it should stay in good health over winer.
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Hi Miles
Mike Roberts installed my DBW and did a fantastic job in about 3 hours, i think he has done a few of them for members on this forum.
When it was first fitted i could tell the up shifts were much quicker than before but was a little worried that i could feel a slight hesitate when at a steady 3000rpm on the motorway but after a couple of journeys and a service i dont notice it any more, Mike did say that the connectors in the ECU had been glued in and needed cleaning properly so it might have just been a connector settling down cos now i could not go back to the way it was before it was fitted.
One strange little querk with it is that i always drive in sport mode unless on the motorway but when it comes to reversing it is much smoother and cleaner pick up if i put it back into normal mode, i dont understand little black boxes and how they work.
Mike mounted the switch just under the steering wheel. I think its the best mode you can do to improve the drivability of the car for the money. Andy
Mike Roberts installed my DBW and did a fantastic job in about 3 hours, i think he has done a few of them for members on this forum.
When it was first fitted i could tell the up shifts were much quicker than before but was a little worried that i could feel a slight hesitate when at a steady 3000rpm on the motorway but after a couple of journeys and a service i dont notice it any more, Mike did say that the connectors in the ECU had been glued in and needed cleaning properly so it might have just been a connector settling down cos now i could not go back to the way it was before it was fitted.
One strange little querk with it is that i always drive in sport mode unless on the motorway but when it comes to reversing it is much smoother and cleaner pick up if i put it back into normal mode, i dont understand little black boxes and how they work.
Mike mounted the switch just under the steering wheel. I think its the best mode you can do to improve the drivability of the car for the money. Andy
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Mike did mine think I paid him £100 cash, so would tally with Andy's 3hrs.
Worked first time. Funny story behind it, that I said to Mike I would never tell, but its been a couple of years now so thought I would share.
I dropped the car round for the DBW fittment, and this was the first time he had done one, so he was hesitant. Anyway, I knew it would be hours so I walked a mile or so up the road, found a pub and settled in for an hour.
Upon my return, some 3hrs had passed and I found Mike locking and unlocking the car in a bit of a state. Upon asking what the problem was, he explained that he had cut into the loom and spliced the DBW into but when he tried to start the car, it would not start and he had been trying for ages to find out what he had done to cause this.
I got him to show me, and he sat in the drivers seat and turned the ignition on, then twisted the key to start and exclaimed, 'Look, nothing!"
At that point I calmly reached across him and pushed the START button on the consul and the beast roared into life!
After I picked myself up off the ground from laughing he made me promise to never tell of the event....sorry Mike, I have held it in for too long.
On a positive side, he looks after all my cars, and trust him implicitly. He is human and has made the odd mistake, but upon calling him, hes in the car and down to me straight away at his time and expense to rectify any foibles. Not many garages would do that.
Worked first time. Funny story behind it, that I said to Mike I would never tell, but its been a couple of years now so thought I would share.
I dropped the car round for the DBW fittment, and this was the first time he had done one, so he was hesitant. Anyway, I knew it would be hours so I walked a mile or so up the road, found a pub and settled in for an hour.
Upon my return, some 3hrs had passed and I found Mike locking and unlocking the car in a bit of a state. Upon asking what the problem was, he explained that he had cut into the loom and spliced the DBW into but when he tried to start the car, it would not start and he had been trying for ages to find out what he had done to cause this.
I got him to show me, and he sat in the drivers seat and turned the ignition on, then twisted the key to start and exclaimed, 'Look, nothing!"
At that point I calmly reached across him and pushed the START button on the consul and the beast roared into life!
After I picked myself up off the ground from laughing he made me promise to never tell of the event....sorry Mike, I have held it in for too long.
On a positive side, he looks after all my cars, and trust him implicitly. He is human and has made the odd mistake, but upon calling him, hes in the car and down to me straight away at his time and expense to rectify any foibles. Not many garages would do that.
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Mike is a top guy.
I have to confess first time i went out to visit someone in my car i did exactly the same thing, was turning the key and nothing, never owned a car with a start button before, oops
Andy
I have to confess first time i went out to visit someone in my car i did exactly the same thing, was turning the key and nothing, never owned a car with a start button before, oops
Andy
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I am still over the moon with the service I had done at HR Owen and they may price match
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hehehe - when he did mine, the remote locking on my key was broken - after the battery reset, he couldn't turn the alarm off... had to take it out!
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What I can tell you is don't service it in Australia. I just got a couple of quotes here for parts only and it was 58% CHEAPER for me to fly the OEM parts in direct myself.. You think England gets ripped off!! try rip off Australians... the monkeys here should be shot at dawn..???