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That’s not sticky I might add..The original Blu Nettuno is actually a very nice combination with the light interior - as long as it has a sport button you’ll be fine
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I'm guessing that Maserati doesn't provide the option of that colour, but I like it.
That strikes me as a pretty good asking price off a forecourt.
Incidentally. If you get into the car and the dash lights up like the Blackpool illuminations.
Its a weak battery. Most likely. Either from sitting too long, or on it's way out.
There ought to be a tyre Maserati inflation kit in the boot. If its been used and not replaced.
Obviously, you'll need something else.
The 'Blackpool experience' was what happened to me. First time I turned the key.
A new battery is the only unexpected item that I've had to buy in about three years of
ownership. My car is the same spec and year as yours. Its been ultra reliable.
That strikes me as a pretty good asking price off a forecourt.
Incidentally. If you get into the car and the dash lights up like the Blackpool illuminations.
Its a weak battery. Most likely. Either from sitting too long, or on it's way out.
There ought to be a tyre Maserati inflation kit in the boot. If its been used and not replaced.
Obviously, you'll need something else.
The 'Blackpool experience' was what happened to me. First time I turned the key.
A new battery is the only unexpected item that I've had to buy in about three years of
ownership. My car is the same spec and year as yours. Its been ultra reliable.
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My car was called 'Roary - the tatty rati' - its now just Roary (but on purchase we knew it would be a rescue mission - makes you love it all the more!)
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They are advertising the trim as Rosso Sigillo - doesn’t look like it unless they wrapped it - I hope not for you… this is Rosso Sigillo (not the leather obviously)
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MOT history shows the front subframe has come up a couple of times so ask the seller how it's been addressed ?
Has it been replaced as it's a fair bit of work trust me as I came over to Yorkshire to do one on a QP and had to re bush the whole front end too.
Phil.
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What does that translate as? Red sick? Reminds me of some of the old trim colours at the loony end of the Porsche palette.
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Sounds like you've fallen on your feet and are dealing with the better end of the motor trade. That was lucky.
I can't recall the mileage and service intervals. I service mine annually anyway. If a big service is due, you might
ask whether this was done, or is due. I'm not asking, however if you paid the asking price which in this case, as I said seems reasonable, there must be margin enough for the guys to service it, if its about due.
A 'mini' service is oil, NGK plugs and filter, so far as my booze addled brain can recall. Costs me a few hundred including labour.
Just had a look at my own pack and all it states are the items to be checked each year. One year being the 'mini' service and every other year, the 'major' service. If I'm wrong guys. Please correct me.
Same as mine, your franchise and indy services may not be written into your service record.
The franchise dealer where the car was serviced ought to have retained these records on their IT system.
You can request a hard copy, which is something I keep meaning to do, as you can't depend on them keeping
records for ever.
Hopefully I'm not tempting fate, when I say that despite you completely ignoring the buying advice that we trot out here regularly, you've struck lucky and landed on your feet. You ought to have a huge amount of fun with the car.
I'll spare you the details. However despite reading all the advice here, I did exactly the same as you. Except, I went one better and bought private. It was an impulse, but as I know three of the four previous owners and they all have deep pockets, the odds were that the car was very well looked after. Apart from the 'Blackpool' scare initially, I've loved being the custodian of this fabulous machine and have spared no expense. When it comes time to sell. Possibly soon. I'll be counting the days, a few years away, until I buy another.
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Either way I would be checking the weld repairs very carefully.
Some of the factory welding looks like it was done by Stevie Wonder.
A lot of the rust is internal and you can't see it properly until you have the subframe on the floor.
Lots of pictures on here as to what they look like.
The one I did was a 2007 back in early 2019.
Some of the factory welding looks like it was done by Stevie Wonder.
A lot of the rust is internal and you can't see it properly until you have the subframe on the floor.
Lots of pictures on here as to what they look like.
The one I did was a 2007 back in early 2019.
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Trust me that's the most important check you can be doing for starters.
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Simples get it inspected by a specialist and your local man can do the other maintenance.
If he can work on Renault's he can work on anything.
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Welcome Mr Spoon to the forum, Phil's said everything that I would have said.
Believe me that service stamps are not the be all and end all without a proper inspection of the car by the technician involved. They should inspect the underside of the vehicle and not just change fluids. It has been known that subframes rust from the inside out since 3200s including QPs. So early detection and treatment is paramount. Like cancer, it doesn't just go away.
Also see if the variators and suspension bushes have been done.
Believe me that service stamps are not the be all and end all without a proper inspection of the car by the technician involved. They should inspect the underside of the vehicle and not just change fluids. It has been known that subframes rust from the inside out since 3200s including QPs. So early detection and treatment is paramount. Like cancer, it doesn't just go away.
Also see if the variators and suspension bushes have been done.
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For a GTS the service schedule is every two years, with different services each year. In ascending order of cost, it’s year 2, year 6, year 4 then year 8. All services are supposed to include oil, filter, gearbox oil (F1), brake fluid, coolant air filter etc. Then you add things like A/C, carbon canister, plugs, F1 fluid and lambda sensors which bumps up the price.
Annual servicing was required for Coupe / Gransport era cars.
Some people choose to do oil every year anyway, I do.
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You won't sleep tonight thenBeing delivered to my work tomorrow
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You must be getting excited, like an early Christmas when you know you've been good and you know you're getting what you wanted
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Hope you have a 'special' parking space sorted out in your works car park so no one can ding you or birds sh!t on you??!! Or will it not be making the trips to work?..........Good luck for tomorrow BTW!
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Are they fuel tanks? They will come in handy.