ps1
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Hi everyone,
Just to conclude on the recent issues i've been having.
Took car to Matthew at Giallo this morning. Absolutely brilliant guy and incredible set up he has. Sharon his wife was so welcoming and knowledgeable, and Matthew was super professional and super efficient and had figured the problem out in no time at all.
The cats were completely shot on both sides. Air pumps etc are working fine. Matthew tells me I was lucky to get to him without the cats getting sucked into the engine and causing a whole host of problems. However - he also saw that the exhaust system from the cats onwards had been changed to one sports exhaust system and separate back boxes (he seemed to think it might be an RPI set up?), and with this set up he thought any chips from the cat would get blown out the back rather than sucked into the engine.
Anyway - he told me not to move the car until new cats were on her - and of course he suggested Larini sports cats! Downside is they won't be ready til Jan so I won't be able to show off the beautiful car to all my relatives visiting for Christmas and New Year...!! But she's safe with Matthew until everything is fitted.
Leaves me absolutely cold and pretty ****** off when I think of the 800 quid i left only a few weeks ago with Lancaster to do the service and SPECIFICALLY check out the problem of the engine light - and he let me drive out of his garage with the cats in the state they were. I actually think it is outrageous, and will be calling Simon Kydd on monday to ask for an explanation.
As far as warranty goes, Nareman confirmed that unfortunately the cats are never covered, and Matthew confirmed that he hasn't heard of a warranty that does. Nareman has however shown again why he has such an incredible reputation, and is so highly thought of on this forum (one of the main reasons I bought from him in the first place) and has confirmed he will cover the expense and labour of replacing the cats. Really decent and top notch professional, who takes car dealing to a completely different personal level. It really isn't just the sale to him, and I can't thank him enough.
This leaves the last couple of niggles I mentioned at the beginning of the post:
The info centre issue - when it's cold first thing in the morning it keeps rebooting cyclically until the car warms up a bit, and then it works fine. No loose connections - and Matthew had never heard of anything like it before. I might ask him to take a closer look as he'll have the car on these cold days!
The manifold rattling I think i will have to get used to. I might ask Matthew if there's anything he can do while he has the cats dismantled.
Thanks so much everyone for all your help, advice and support. It's been an awesome introduction to the forum, and I really love the brilliant world of maserati passion that you have created.
I hope everyone has a fantastic Christmas and New Year planned!
Happy festivities, and a 2015 full of great things!
P
Just to conclude on the recent issues i've been having.
Took car to Matthew at Giallo this morning. Absolutely brilliant guy and incredible set up he has. Sharon his wife was so welcoming and knowledgeable, and Matthew was super professional and super efficient and had figured the problem out in no time at all.
The cats were completely shot on both sides. Air pumps etc are working fine. Matthew tells me I was lucky to get to him without the cats getting sucked into the engine and causing a whole host of problems. However - he also saw that the exhaust system from the cats onwards had been changed to one sports exhaust system and separate back boxes (he seemed to think it might be an RPI set up?), and with this set up he thought any chips from the cat would get blown out the back rather than sucked into the engine.
Anyway - he told me not to move the car until new cats were on her - and of course he suggested Larini sports cats! Downside is they won't be ready til Jan so I won't be able to show off the beautiful car to all my relatives visiting for Christmas and New Year...!! But she's safe with Matthew until everything is fitted.
Leaves me absolutely cold and pretty ****** off when I think of the 800 quid i left only a few weeks ago with Lancaster to do the service and SPECIFICALLY check out the problem of the engine light - and he let me drive out of his garage with the cats in the state they were. I actually think it is outrageous, and will be calling Simon Kydd on monday to ask for an explanation.
As far as warranty goes, Nareman confirmed that unfortunately the cats are never covered, and Matthew confirmed that he hasn't heard of a warranty that does. Nareman has however shown again why he has such an incredible reputation, and is so highly thought of on this forum (one of the main reasons I bought from him in the first place) and has confirmed he will cover the expense and labour of replacing the cats. Really decent and top notch professional, who takes car dealing to a completely different personal level. It really isn't just the sale to him, and I can't thank him enough.
This leaves the last couple of niggles I mentioned at the beginning of the post:
The info centre issue - when it's cold first thing in the morning it keeps rebooting cyclically until the car warms up a bit, and then it works fine. No loose connections - and Matthew had never heard of anything like it before. I might ask him to take a closer look as he'll have the car on these cold days!
The manifold rattling I think i will have to get used to. I might ask Matthew if there's anything he can do while he has the cats dismantled.
Thanks so much everyone for all your help, advice and support. It's been an awesome introduction to the forum, and I really love the brilliant world of maserati passion that you have created.
I hope everyone has a fantastic Christmas and New Year planned!
Happy festivities, and a 2015 full of great things!
P