Which picture there is a few.
Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio and McLaren 600 LT Spider and Lotus Exige are currently in the garage.
A return to form: Say hello to Banana MK2, the Italian Prancing Horse (Ferrari 458 Italia)
Which picture there is a few.
Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio and McLaren 600 LT Spider and Lotus Exige are currently in the garage.
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the purple one
the purple one
Its a big thread, which picture please?
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There is no purple car. That is red and it Mclaren 600 LT.
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The car has been collected today by Stratstone Ferrari, they have collected for free so great service by them so far. Car started and drove fine onto the trailer whilst dropping more oil, still no error lights or weird noises:
Now fingers crossed the bill is not too insane, I am having them change the output seals on the half shafts as well as drivers side is weeping.
To brighten the mood a photo collection I was sent from a meet last year in the car.
The car has been collected today by Stratstone Ferrari, they have collected for free so great service by them so far. Car started and drove fine onto the trailer whilst dropping more oil, still no error lights or weird noises:
Now fingers crossed the bill is not too insane, I am having them change the output seals on the half shafts as well as drivers side is weeping.
To brighten the mood a photo collection I was sent from a meet last year in the car.
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Ferrari have started work on the car this week, they sent me some images of the car dismantled:
Good to see there is still oil coming out of it, had no news other than photos so guessing its come apart OK and next step is to rebuild the gearbox, not sure if Ferrari will send images of that as I know they won't release images of the engines on site. Will have to wait and see but thought some may appreciate what it is like to see one in pieces.
Good to see there is still oil coming out of it, had no news other than photos so guessing its come apart OK and next step is to rebuild the gearbox, not sure if Ferrari will send images of that as I know they won't release images of the engines on site. Will have to wait and see but thought some may appreciate what it is like to see one in pieces.
Hope they do send pictures of the actual insides / repair work.
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It's fascinating how low the engine is in the chassis.
Well for something that weighs circa 1500kg it is still easily the best handling beyond the limit I've driven and owned, the Mclaren has superior steering feel though by some margin.
Next best was then the Boxster Spyder and then your heading down towards the likes of a Caterham.
Fingers crossed they find no further gremlins inside the gear box and its back on the road next week fingers crossed.
So another update:
Gearbox needs a new casing as it has wear, rest of gearbox is fine no signs of damage.
Also having them change all the sensors whilst it’s open and also changing both driveshaft seals as one was weaping.
Awaiting parts now and hopefully be finished next week with a bill of £8600 for all the work, not great but could have been worse. Just looking forward to getting it back.
Gearbox needs a new casing as it has wear, rest of gearbox is fine no signs of damage.
Also having them change all the sensors whilst it’s open and also changing both driveshaft seals as one was weaping.
Awaiting parts now and hopefully be finished next week with a bill of £8600 for all the work, not great but could have been worse. Just looking forward to getting it back.
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well if 9k for a fix is not bad your living the dream .. lol 
are they going to change out that rusted drive shaft ?? or just paint it
are they going to change out that rusted drive shaft ?? or just paint it well if 9k for a fix is not bad your living the dream .. lol
Put a new one in and a month or two later it will look like that, so it will get painted as there is nothing wrong with it.
Well 9k is better than 20 or 30k.
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So I had this pain early this morning:
All in all it could have been worse, should a gearbox be failing on a car with 26,000 miles, absolutely not! However that is supercar life and you should always have at least 10-20% of the cars value in preparation for repairs. Have Stratstone Ferrari Manchester been good? YES, a really high level of service and willingness to help, they did the rear casing at cost (the cost to dealership) and reduced the labour rate, so all in all have save me close to £2000 of the bill for been a repeat customer. They also changed the differential seals as requested whilst the gearbox was out and noticed the car was getting intermittent AVH warnings, something I've seen so a new brake pedal switch was installed considering its an inexpensive part.
The car gets delivered tomorrow back to me.
I've kept the casing as a momento of the 8k bill, will maybe turn it into a table or hang it of a wall.
Grabbed some photos before setting off for home:
Looking forward to getting the car back tomorrow and driving it.
So I had this pain early this morning:
All in all it could have been worse, should a gearbox be failing on a car with 26,000 miles, absolutely not! However that is supercar life and you should always have at least 10-20% of the cars value in preparation for repairs. Have Stratstone Ferrari Manchester been good? YES, a really high level of service and willingness to help, they did the rear casing at cost (the cost to dealership) and reduced the labour rate, so all in all have save me close to £2000 of the bill for been a repeat customer. They also changed the differential seals as requested whilst the gearbox was out and noticed the car was getting intermittent AVH warnings, something I've seen so a new brake pedal switch was installed considering its an inexpensive part.
The car gets delivered tomorrow back to me.
I've kept the casing as a momento of the 8k bill, will maybe turn it into a table or hang it of a wall.
Grabbed some photos before setting off for home:
Looking forward to getting the car back tomorrow and driving it.
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£24 for an O-ring
They reduced labour rate by around 20% as discount in fairness, but yeah some places are £200 +VAT per hour and more.
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