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jonny
Picking this up from the shop after some fixes next week.
After about 3 years of ownership and a meager 2500 kms or similar i have racked up a bill of about 6500 gbp for fixing and maintaining it. Unless im forgettin something.
It would likely have been quite a bit cheaper if i had bought one in better condition to start with. Not that this was in poor condition but the previous owner had neglected getting the expensive things done as he likely just couldent afford it. Mainly the car needed to have the camchains and cogs changed. This is a service that is scheduled every 60000 kms by Maserati protocol and is a 24 hour job according to the book. So if one exclude this cost for which i paid something like 3800 gbp for it including parts it hasent really been crazy expensive. Unless one look at the cost per milage that is .) On the other hand almost all of the fixes i have now made i knew of before i bought it and factored in to the price so cant really complain about those.
So i (well the shop) fixed new camchains and cogs.
New belts all around (Some twice dont know if bad luck or if its eating them..)
new waterpump
Oil change and new filters twice.
New battery
And now when i pick it up it will have
new steering arm.
New bushing for the steering rod (common problem) and will make the cars steering feel poor and unprecise. Steering wheel will also rattle at least mine did.
New central looking motors.
New power windows as they were getting jammed halfway down before. Dont think they changed the motors only the "belts"
So hardly cheap thus far but considering i knew about half of these issues (and likely 80% of the fees involved) its not really been a money pit either.
Im thinking that it will now perhaps only need oil and filters for a couple of seasons and thats it. Likely something else will pop up but im hoping anyways .)
This year i dident get to drive it at all really which was a shame. I had covid over the summer and then ive mostly been in town and knowing the car needed some service i just took the bicycle instead as its not great fun to drive a car that keeps reminding u it need some fixes. But hopefully now on monday it will feel tight and nice again and with a bit of luck theres a weekend or 2 left in the season to take it out and away somewhere to enjoy it before putting it away for the winter.