Greetings from South Buckinghamshire

[hodroyd]

I always knew you were Frank, the stronger you deny it, the more I believe it..!!

 

[87ME]

Welcome, the wheel centres are a known Maserati problem. I've had my car nearly 2.5 years and some of mine are either the 2nd or 3rd set.

I've now ordered a new set of wheel centres with red tridents to compliment the red brake callipers...

As for the tyres, front tyres will crack as they last forever as long as the tracking is ok. As for the rear tyres, they only last 6-8000 miles!

The front tyres were manufactured in 2011 so seems they've degraded pretty quickly whilst still having plenty of tread depth - I'm still waiting to hear back from the garage where I bought the car regards their discussions with Pirelli...

 

[bigbob]

Car probably parked in bright sun? Taken to southern Europe a lot?

 

[87ME]

Not sure Bob - the last owner lived near Bracknell in Berkshire so not much chance of bright sunshine there!

 

[87ME]

Well here it is...

 

[CatmanV2]

Lovely

C

 

[87ME]

Cheers Catman!

 

[hodroyd]

Looks really well, congratulations..!!

 

[87ME]

It looks good but sounds even better!

 

[Andyk]

Looking lovely there 87ME...

 

[Rwc13]

Looks stunning. My car has black wheels, but that makes me want silver wheels again........

 

[VMSRTI]

Just lovely steve

 

[zagatoes30]

Lovely, maybe one day I will be able to afford one

 

[hodroyd]

And so say a lot of us..!!

 

[87ME]

Cheers Chaps. Looking forward to meeting some of you at the next café meeting.

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[BigR]

Looks stunning. My car has black wheels, but that makes me want silver wheels again........

Don't say that...mine's in for (amongst a shopping list of other largely aesthetic things) getting the wheels refurbed, albeit a dark gunmetal colour rather than black. I decided black wheels with black paintwork may just be a stretch too far. Out of interest. has anyone else found the wheel bolt chrome to be 'dodgy' i.e. peeled off? I'm changing the bolts, but not least because of this.

By the way, not had any problems with a rattling dash with mine. I was fortunate with the tyres as the previous owner changed all 4 just before selling it on (with 13k on the clock). Alarming to hear of only 4k on the rears though......mind you, perhaps I'm a little more gentle than I should be with it!

 

[87ME]

I bought the car from an independent specialist dealer (sells Ferrari, Astons, Bentley and Maserati as well as some classics) so they threw in a 6 month warranty. I've already had two new rear tyres out of them and am awaiting news on the front tyres which have cracking inbetween the treads.

Update: Now having two new front tyres fitted courtesy of Pirelli. So, four new tyres for free - I can't complain! How much are they for a set of Pirelli P Zeros?

Cheers

Steve

 

[CliveP1]

that's a lovely car. enjoy. right then I need to do the Lottery

 

[hodroyd]

Steve, Ballpark £800 minimum, but you can pay more and it depends what size wheels you have..!!
Cheers
R

 

[Dyer3200]

Welcome Steve lovely motor

I am also a South Bucks newbie although my ride is a QP - yet to see another Maser on the road although I have only had the car a week !