theoldsmithy
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Hi all
Been lurking on here for a while, have now done the decent thing & signed up. About a year ago I bought a 2008 4.7 Granturismo S MC Shift, I'm afraid I did everything wrong, didn't do much research & ended up going back to buy the first one I saw after viewing a couple of sheds. Love it so much & what a noise!
57k miles, good amount of receipts & history, in nero carbonio with black leather & alcantara interior. The alcantara steering wheel rim was a bit manky so I've put a leather one on for now, and the sticky button issue has started to get a bit annoying in places.
As well as the steering wheel, so far I've had to replace 1 front & 1 rear parking sensor (the Skoda info on here saved me a bundle), fit 2 new rear springs as I found one had broken when it was being serviced, fit a new boot striker (I had a flat battery & the plastic manual release lever was snapped in half which I didn't realise until I needed it!) and replace the CD drive in the stereo. I've also replaced the vacuum tubing for the exhaust valves as it perished & the valves were staying open - which is obviously best - however sometimes I do need to keep the neighbours on side!
As you may deduce Lancia have always been my first automotive love, however after deciding to give up motorsport a couple of years ago I decided I'd treat myself to one of these & despite needing these jobs I'm very happy with it. Not sure the other half is!
Thanks all, look forward to everything.
Cheers,
Mike
Been lurking on here for a while, have now done the decent thing & signed up. About a year ago I bought a 2008 4.7 Granturismo S MC Shift, I'm afraid I did everything wrong, didn't do much research & ended up going back to buy the first one I saw after viewing a couple of sheds. Love it so much & what a noise!
57k miles, good amount of receipts & history, in nero carbonio with black leather & alcantara interior. The alcantara steering wheel rim was a bit manky so I've put a leather one on for now, and the sticky button issue has started to get a bit annoying in places.
As well as the steering wheel, so far I've had to replace 1 front & 1 rear parking sensor (the Skoda info on here saved me a bundle), fit 2 new rear springs as I found one had broken when it was being serviced, fit a new boot striker (I had a flat battery & the plastic manual release lever was snapped in half which I didn't realise until I needed it!) and replace the CD drive in the stereo. I've also replaced the vacuum tubing for the exhaust valves as it perished & the valves were staying open - which is obviously best - however sometimes I do need to keep the neighbours on side!
As you may deduce Lancia have always been my first automotive love, however after deciding to give up motorsport a couple of years ago I decided I'd treat myself to one of these & despite needing these jobs I'm very happy with it. Not sure the other half is!
Thanks all, look forward to everything.
Cheers,
Mike
). When I bought her I thought I wouldn't keep her long but that's not the case anymore!
