Thinking about a GTS...

Manc5

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Think i just cried a little.. out of mixed jealousy and pure frustration.... i am trying to convince myself not to get a GT and be sensible and go for a Ghibli.... sounds like mission creep is a worry on this forum !!! Great car and looks fantastic in that colour and trim . enjoy !
 

eight

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I can sleep now.
Hood needs retensioning a touch on passenger side - no wind noise that I'd noticed though. Needs discs, which I knew about, other than that and a bit of misting to the cam covers it's all good.
Plan with Marios is : full service inc all fluids - coolant, brakes, PAS, front discs and pads, and rust converter and waxoyl treatment. By then it should have stopped raining...
Autoshield - thank you!
 

eight

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I’ve now got a 2015 model year price list off eBay. My car’s a mid-2014 car but it’s close enough.
List price £112,000 which was eight grand on top of the standard GC Sport.
I reckon I also have anodised callipers, skyhook, metallic or ‘special’ paint, comfort seats, perforated leather seat centres, blu stitching and blu tridents. And an aftermarket non folding wind deflector that I need to get a roof rack for, for when I’m not using it. Just under £120k list with the options. Wonder what the carwow price was. Weren’t cheap these were they?
YouTubers waffle on about ‘next level’. For me, this is definitely the next level and then some.
Battery conditioner hardwired, and booked in for some Autoshield tlc.
Weathers been **** since I got it, but you don’t have to drive it...I just need to make space in the garage for a viewing chair.
I like owning a Maserati.
 

eight

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Just an update.. car going to sunny Chorlton tomorrow for some Marios Magic.
Still awesome.
Before I bought this I hadn't :
1 - driven a Cabrio
2 - driven a facelift car with the downshift blips
3 - heard, seen, sat in, licked or driven an MC
Sport mode is like driving a musical instrument. I think Maserati maybe mislaid the EU driveby noise regs memo. Even with sports off with the roof down it's very loud. And I'm speaking as a TVR owner here...
Faults :
Exhaust valves are a bit mediterranean with their open or close speed - have lubed up my rear exits immensely.
Tramlining maybe more than I remember from brief testdrives last year. It does have wheel spacers which are coming off tomorrow - Marios spotted those - I hadn't noticed. Bushes and arms are a year old, so if new tyres and no spacers don't tidy it up I think a trip to Centre Gravity might be in order.
Clutch foot rest found under floormat.
MC dash badge missing most of it's red stove enamelled inlay. Humbrol pot on order.
Message ends :)
 

JonW

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I remember this feeling of euphoria... and the great thing is it lasts!

Wishing you many months / years of enjoying the car.… sounds like it should be well looked after if you’re connected in with Marios
 

rs48635

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that looks fabulous - love the less seen colours. Is it MC-shift ? (manual gearbox rather than ZF)
 

eight

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Opening the garage is definitely a good feeling.
Gearbox-wise they're an odd one - the Granturismo MC was MC Shift but the Grancabrio MC got the slusher ZF and a bonnet without the big central vent. It has standard seats too - not sure if all the coupe MC's had those thinner racier seats.
As standard it should have fixed rate non-adjustable shocks too but this one was specced with Skyhook. There's a noticeable hardening of the ride as well as the noise in sport mode. I need to investigate a remote exhaust vacuum system so I can luxuriate on soft suspension while having my eardrums blown apart in tunnels.
 

eight

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Aaand another update - service done, new front discs and pads, fluids renewed and rustproofed.
Next stop : tyres - probably Michelins via Camskill, and then geo.
I've worked out with my manmaths calculator that buying tyres online from Camskill and then getting them fitted during a wheel refurb from black to silver is almost sort of the same cost as Costco's while-you-wait service.
But without the carrot cake.
Wheels are black currently, but I think I'm going to go with the brightest silver available, to get those Trident shapes in the wheels to stand out.
Maserati's online configurator is quite useful!
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Gazcw

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Aaand another update - service done, new front discs and pads, fluids renewed and rustproofed.
Next stop : tyres - probably Michelins via Camskill, and then geo.
I've worked out with my manmaths calculator that buying tyres online from Camskill and then getting them fitted during a wheel refurb from black to silver is almost sort of the same cost as Costco's while-you-wait service.
But without the carrot cake.
Wheels are black currently, but I think I'm going to go with the brightest silver available, to get those Trident shapes in the wheels to stand out.
Maserati's online configurator is quite useful!
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Get a bit glitter added to the silver. That will brighten them. Seen some previously and they look better than it sounds!
 

eight

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'Nother update. Silver wheels! Falken tyres too - stop laughing. This is a Caaaaab - a cruiser, chest wig on show, none of that uncouth speedy stuff.
I've had Falkens before and they're pretty good. Decent ride and cheap enough not to worry about shredding the front inner edges off them :cool:
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safrane

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There is nothing wrong, in my view, with silver wheels... as for the tyres, I have no experience of the brand.
 

BennyD

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Falkens were very popular on here a few years ago, but most have moved on to GoodYear F1s or Michelin Pilot Sport 4s these days. The old 452s seemed to be the high water mark for the Falkens but tbh, I’ve lost track of what they make these days.