Recent content by cheshiremaserati

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    Maserati Insurance

    If all this worries you, skip buying a Maserati. Either insure it with good cover through a specialist on an agreed value basis and bodywork repairs through a marque specialist or insure via comparison site on market value basis. It ain't worth the worry. Just skip and look at something else...
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    Battery Maintenance

    I never use the battery isolate switch. I use the CTEK all the time. When laid up from end of September until April or May and throughout the May to September period when on the road.
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    Battery Maintenance

    The CTEK is the gold standard. I have both cars connected permanently when laid up from end September to April/May. I put both cars on the road yesterday, never been started for 7 months. Both perfect! Even now, they are hooked up to trickle chargers, even if it may be only days before being...
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    ZF gearbox service

    Leave it alone if it is fine. Have a SD diagnostic read for any auto box-related codes (if such codes exist). And if all well, leave it alone.
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    Which gearbox oil for 4200 CC?

    Speak to these guys: https://www.opieoils.co.uk/service-packs-for-your-vehicle.aspx https://www.millersoils.co.uk/
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    Gran Turismo Xpipe wanted

    Contact Marios at Autoshield for the X-pipe. He can courier it to you or you can collect it or have it supplied and fitted at his premises. People usually want silly money for used parts such as Larini systems and x pipes.
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    Hello newbie

    C-Tek still the best. I have had mine for 12 years. The cheap ones don't reset if there is a power outage. The C-Tek does. The Aldi and LiDL ones suffered a power outage. Did not reset the charging, the battery died whilst out of the country for weeks.
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    Alloy wheel refurb

    Lepsons in Kent are highly recommended. I had the Porsche Turbo twists done there by a wheel specialist who sent them to Lepsons.
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    Who has third party warrenty?

    Waste of money. Wear n Tear clause exclusions everywhere. The best insurance is a full pre-purchase inspection by a marque/model specialist with report and negotiated work fixed by the seller. If no PPI, don't bother buying a 3rd party warranty.
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    Centennial Wheels Refurb - how and who?

    Lepsons would be my first call. https://www.lepsons.com/
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    Advice Please

    You cannot diagnose without SD diagnostics. My guess is an ABS sensor. But it is built-in with the hub and bearing. SD should tell you the fault and what is the fix. That wheel bearing hub with sensor for a GS is around £400+VAT. Front sensor half an hour labour. Rear sensors more labour.
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    Wheel alignment?

    I recommend a different place near Chesham, but you say that is too far away. https://www.wheels-inmotion.co.uk/wheels-alignment.php Another place is Center Gravity near Atherstone in Warwickshire. https://centergravity.co.uk/ Very good. Chris and Pete know what they are doing. Work on...
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    Car dryer blowers

    I have the RaceGlaze water filter 0ppm for final rinse. Leave to dry with no streaks.
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    ALA Car Warranty worth it?

    Waste of money. The catch-all is the "wear and tear" clauses. They'll be happy to take your money and then argue like **** why the fault is not covered. Caveat emptor
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    Recommendations for a trickle charger

    Both my cars are on trickle chargers continuously. The Turbo has a CTEK MX 5.0. The Gransport a cheap LIDL product. Both are anazingly good and never damaged the battery. BUT In the event of a power outage, when power is restored, the CTEK resets itself, the LIDL obe doesn't. How do I know...
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