Independent Maserati Dealer in South West London

[omar_little]

Does anyone know of a good and reasonably priced Maserati garage in the SW London area please? Historically I've used Lancaster Maserati Colchester, but I have two reasons for exploring alternative options :-

1. I think their servicing costs are a tad overpriced, when compared to other specialists garages in the SW London area (granted they are not Maserati specialists though)

2. It would be great to have a local garage I could pop round to as opposed to travelling a 150 mile round trip every time I visit the garage.

There is a garage very local to me who claims he used to work on Bentleys and other "supercars". I've seen him working on another 4200 a few months ago and he said he'd happily perform servicing etc on mine. I think I know what the answer will be, but I feel I've built up a relationship with you all to be able to ask such bold questions.......what's the forum's view on trying a non Maserati specialist garage for servicing??

 

[Parisien]

A lot on here do it Omar...have you tried pricing via supecarhub......a sponsor on here?


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[Parisien]

Plus they do need an SD 2/3 diagnostic system to do all the work really


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[Woody]

Joe Macari?

Autoficcina isnt too far either, and have a good name.

 

[dem maser]

Joe Macari?

Autoficcina isnt too far either, and have a good name.

try joe macari........

 

[rossyl]

Joe Macari is effectively a official service center, so price might be high - but that's just guess.

Autofficina seemed to know their stuff (I'm no mechanic though) and we nice and friendly. The place was full of Ferrari's and the mechanic I spoke to seemed to know Massers very well.

Dependant on where you regularly travel to there are also Indie's in Hertfordshire and Kent.

 

[dem maser]

if in herts id rather Bill mcgrath on rep alone or Dk engineering ahead of autoficcionata or whatever they called

 

[Woody]

Dem, I was going purely on SW London.....agreed, if in Herts, McGraths are well worth a call.

 

[halbe01]

I'd second Autofficina in Hook - I've used them extensively and they're friendly and helpful and seem to know their stuff. They're also not to bad on price at £85 an hour + vat I think it is.

Cheers,
Ben

 

[Nando]

I'd second Autofficina in Hook

Autofficina for me too. They're in Chessington - 5 mins from the A3 Tolworth junction.

 

[Parisien]

I'd second Autofficina in Hook - I've used them extensively and they're friendly and helpful and seem to know their stuff. They're also not to bad on price at £85 an hour + vat I think it is.

Cheers,
Ben

Pricey enough...........ok its London area but....Manchester and up North way better value!!!!


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[dem maser]

was going to say....thats pricey....

 

[halbe01]

Depends what you're used to I guess - I've been paying over £100 an hour + vat for BMW and Audi dealers for years so cheaper rates for an even nicer car seems ok to me. Of course if I lived somewhere else...!

 

[dem maser]

Its a london thing......

 

[Maser Sod]

I got charged around 150 quid an hour with VAT by a dealership not too far away from me about 4 years ago. I was pretty horrified, particularly as the rate was applied to expert and esoteric tasks including the changing of wiper blades!

I'm not going to mention any names, but I just wanted to point out that you can end up paying through the nose outside of London.

If 85 quid/hour is expensive, who is getting a cheaper rate and where?!

 

[hodroyd]

Do we need to update the "Independent Maserati Specialists" thread, there were some names there I did not recognise?

 

[amjad]

I would recommend Autoficinia - i have had fantastic service from them to date. Pietro is brilliant in his communication and committment

 

[Grinzzz]

If 85 quid/hour is expensive, who is getting a cheaper rate and where?!

Think Bill McGrath are £72ph inc VAT. Personally I think thats a bit of a bargain for the attention to detail and the care they take.

 

[dem maser]

Think Bill McGrath are £72ph inc VAT. Personally I think thats a bit of a bargain for the attention to detail and the care they take.

If thats so, with their rep id take my car there!!

 

[Grinzzz]

If thats so, with their rep id take my car there!!

Yep, it's where mines going. Just checked the estimate, £72ph inc vat is right (£60ph excl). Their hours for the job in question are higher than I've been quoted elsewhere, but having had a service there and seen how much attention they pay I feel it's worth it.