Considering buying a QP Duoselect

daverichardson

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When I bought my 2007 QP (auto) there was no manual so i complained to the garage I bought it from.
They contacted JCT600 in Leeds who had one. It was bought by the garage and given to me for £45.00 plus VAT
I have a 2008 Auto manual in pdf form if you want it.
 
daverichardson

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Good
I will dig it out. I used it for mine before I took the real one and there is little difference.
So PM me your email address and hopefully you will get it soon
Incidentally I printed it out on A4 landscape and put it in a folder, but that is cumbersome
 
rs48635

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Fortune favours the brave - well done!
The Sport T is the sweet spot for me in the QP range. What colour is your interior?

Call lancaster colchester, who have been a delight to deal with for all of my spares and tons of information about the car. Sure they could supply a manual.

Mr K said:
Dinner was served, had to go, sorry :)

Anyway, it wouldn't start, despite it starting and running fine the day before. Could it just be out of fuel? Funny how one's worst fears cloud one's thinking. There was a Shell station 150m away so I borrowed a petrol can and went off. Ten minutes later after puttng in 5 litres I tried starting it again. After a few turns the glorious Ferrari sound that got me hooked was back! No errors or warning lights. Another £93 of fuel and ~125 miles of trouble-free motoring later and it's on the drive. There's not much wrong with it as far as I can tell. Suspension bushes need doing - I knew aboiut that. The main owner's manual is missing - I have the wallet with the various other manuals & service history. Looks like my 3rd and most adventurous car auction purchase has paid off :)

The auctioneers did a pretty poor job. They:

Claimed incorrectly that it had no MoT - it actually runs until November.
Put so little fuel in it that it ran out in front of the rostrum the first time I saw it.
Claimed it had a gearbox fault when it didn't.
Let the battery run flat.
Photographed it with transient errors on the dash.
Listed 0 keys at the first auction location, and only 1 at the second. It actually came with both.

The battery seems fine - they must have either re-charged or replaced it.

Anyone know where I can get an owner's manual for a sensible price? I found a PDF download for an american auto model, which covers everything apart from the Duoselect gearbox, but would like to get my hands on the correct manual for a 2007 QP.
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Mr K

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AdamN said:
Well done, Mr. K! Fingers crossed she stays sweet for you. As you're only in Ipswich I would strongly suggest swinging by Lancaster Colchester and getting them to give it a good once-over - plug in the diagnostics wotsit and so on. You also have Grimaldi in Halstead, kind of on your doorstep and a well regarded mender of Italian cars.

Let us know how you get on.
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The car was originally sold by Lancaster Colchester, so it's practically back home! What are they likely to charge for the check-over/diagnostics?

I spoke to Roberto at Grimaldi for advice a couple of times - he's very friendly and helpful.
 
Mr K

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drewf said:
I can scan the correct pages from my manual next week for you if you can't find one.
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That's very kind but I'll see if I can get the full printed manual first. I do have the quick start pamphlet thingy. Mine could still be with Manheim, so I'll try them. Failing that I'll buy one unless they're massively over-priced.
 
drewf

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No worries. There's almost no difference to the version you already have, so don't lose any sleep over it until you get one!
 
Mr K

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rs48635 said:
Fortune favours the brave - well done!
The Sport GT is the sweet spot for me in the QP range. What colour is your interior?

Call lancaster colchester, who have been a delight to deal with for all of my spares and tons of information about the car. Sure they could supply a manual.
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Thanks :)

Black leather and carpets. Carbon fibre trim. Nice and warm on cold sunny days.
 
Felonious Crud

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Mr K said:
The car was originally sold by Lancaster Colchester, so it's practically back home! What are they likely to charge for the check-over/diagnistics?
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Nothing, the last time I went in but I don't know if that's normal policy. They can reasonably assume I'll pay them to do any work which needs doing so it's probably worth the effort. About a year ago they were running a free health-check so worth getting on the SMS promotions list. Anyway, check to make sure it is free! :smile:
 
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I have a spare owners manual for a 2004 duoselect quattroporte in as new condition if any one is interested in one.
 
Mr K

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Well, I've had the car a week now and have covered about 200 miles. I've only found 2 faults, both minor and I've fixed them both. The driver's side windscreen washer jets were blocked and the cupholder in the rear armrest didn't stay in. The car reached its 8th birthday on Saturday, just a couple of months after my yongest son reached the same age.

It's quite a blast to drive on twisting, undulating A and B roads. Best in Sport mode, which firms up the suspension significantly, without making the ride harsh. Great for overtaking Sunday drivers :)

So far, so good!

Some photos:

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drewf

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Was the rear cupholder an easy fix? Mine does that too, and I've never actually got round to looking at it.
 
Mr K

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drewf said:
Was the rear cupholder an easy fix? Mine does that too, and I've never actually got round to looking at it.
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Very easy. I could have left it but I'm a bit of a perfectionist! It's the subject of a TSB and Maserati supplies an updated part which will take about 5 mins to fit and cost about £30. If you object to paying that for tiny piece of hard plastic, you can do what I did - find the broken piece and glue it back together with a bit of reinforcement. I can post a guide with photos in the appropriate forum later in the week if anone's interested. I found out about the TSB and how to get into the mechanism by searching, which yielded a thread on another Maserati forum.

While I'm writing - I confirmed one other fault on my car today. I get nasty rumbling when I press the A/C switch. This means I need to replace the A/C compressor. Right now I'm planning to get the gas removed, take off the compressor, which looks fairly straightforward according to the shop manual I downloaded, send it for refurb to Compressor Tech in Warwick, re-fit it and get it re-gassed professionally. Total cost should be around £350 excluding my skinned knuckles.

The odd thing is that the previous owner lives a couple of miles from Compressor Tech, who would charge a max of £550 + VAT for the full job. So I reckon that after spending £6.8k having the brakes replaced (disks & pads), a service and cam cover gaskets done at Ferrari Birmingham he may have felt enough was enough and called We Want Any Car. Whether he was aware of the A/C compressor issue is not clear. It's not that obvious with all the other sounds and sound insulation. He clearly wasn't hugely knowledgeable about cars, so may have gone to the main dealer and been quoted £2k. Who knows. Something else I spotted was that he's had a 35 profile tyre fitted instead of a 30 on one side at the rear. Lancaster tells me that the 4% difference in radius won't cause problems with the diff, but it's something I will fix. I may get the alloys properly refurbed at the same time as they have some light kerbing.

One plus that I forgot to mention earlier. The previous owner has confirmed that he got the suspension bushes done for the MoT in November. I'm taking up AdamN's suggestion of a free health check at Lancaster Colchester next week, so shoud get a view on whether they were done properly. The feeling that they might not have been done goes away when I press the Sport button, so I'm not too worried :)

I also plan to adjust the wipers - they make slight contact with each other, making an annoying slight clunk, with each wipe.

I've bought a replacement Parrot screen and got the Parrot bluetooth installation working. I have the manual on order.

The car should be perfect soon.
 
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