Recent content by DevonPaul

It is someone from the forum, but they are shy. I'm sure they will reveal all when they are ready.

I was told the 2 happiest days of Maserati ownership are the day you buy it and the day you sell it. Actually I think it is supposed to be about boats, but I'm not daft enough to buy one of those. However it isn't true, having heard the GS disappear very slowly down the potholed track that...

Thanks guys, car now sold to a forum member I am the 4th owner, although the first 2 were very quick and could have been a private plate swap (it was on G5PRT when I first saw it). Clutch was new when I got it, 21,000 miles ago, and wear measurement is in the Carrs report. Had a very strong...

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SOLD to a forum member. Here is my Medterraneo Blu 2006 Gransport. When I bought this in 2013, it was the best one I could find. I looked at several but this one just looked and drove perfect as it emerged from its storage bubble at the back of a well known Didsbury specialist. I'm pretty...

I'm sure the car hates me. With the MOT running out at the end of the month, I thought I'd put a fresh one on it before listing it, and as I started it up the ABS/MSP/suspension lights stayed on. I ran it out to the local garage for a prod with an OBD kit revealed as I thought, 'persistant...

Reminds of someone who bought a 328 and just sat in the garage in it for hours at night. Eventually his wife snuck out and discovered he was listening to his old mix tapes as it had a cassette player.

So yesterday I finally got around to pulling the cover off, fitting the new battery (and vent pipe). Refitted the boot liner, pressed the button, and... With 7 month old fuel and not having started since before Xmas it started first press and ticked over smoothly, no tantrums, no coughing, no...

Still a good 5k off reserve :) On the plus side the farmer is planting his spuds today so should repair the lane past the house this wee, then at least I'll be able to get it further than the end of the drive without risk of grounding or sinking in the mud.

Thanks folks, I figured this would be the response :) Taking them in no particular order... I moved from Devon to Shrewsbury recently (which was about half the mileage I put on the GS this year) so would need someone more local to look at the car. £10k won't cut it,. The money is not really...

Having worked out that my wife and I have 5 vehicles and 4 buttocks between us, and I spent longer sat on the lawn tractor last year than in the Mas, something has to go. Her Z4M would fly out of the garage, however for some reason she seems to like the hard riding hair trigger throttled...

I worked this out when they changed it. About 8 million used cars change hands each year (covid excepted). https://obr.uk/forecasts-in-depth/tax-by-tax-spend-by-spend/vehicle-excise-duty/ reckons average VED of £175/year so 175/12 * 8million is 116million per year.

Thanks all. Well, as the vent pipe is missing, the battery vented into the boot, but as the vent pipe grommet was also missing, there was a much larger gap to the outside world. This explains why I didn't die in a horrible fireball (or a loud squeeky pop if I remember my O-level experiments...

Swapped from Pzero to Mich PS4 a couple of years ago after the wife put them on her Z4M - seemed to feel the bumps a lot less and drive much better and quieter. Don't last well on track though, at least not on the Beemer. One rule in life is not to save money on things that go between you and...

I just got a new battery and realised that for the last 7 years I've been driving around with no vent pipe. So I got a vent pipe, I can see a 20mm ish hole in the compartment floor it should go into, but this seems to lead to the top of the exhaust heat shield and I can't find a route past it...