Maserati Granturismo S - Service Advice

[lotuselan7]

Looking for advice and recommendations guys.
We bought above new in Sept 2012. Its been in storage since Dec 2012. Currently around 1600 miles and only driven the 60 miles back from last Service in Sept 2014. Car now out of warranty and coming up 4 years old. We intend go keep long term and ultimately will export to Aus at right time. Finances changed drastically since we bought. Been out of work for 12 months but loathed to sell what is still a new car as well never be able to afford a like car again.
Maserati want £2400 for service? What can I get away with sercice wise and anybody got recommendation for local spscialist or mobile to help. Car in professional store near Newbury.
Mark

[jshell]

Dunno, but any pics of this great car?

[mario64]

£2400 seems steep for a basic service. HR Owen in west London do fixed price services for less that £1k - I've always been impressed by their attention to detail and customer service as well.

[andymadmak]

lotuselan7 said:

Looking for advice and recommendations guys.
We bought above new in Sept 2012. Its been in storage since Dec 2012. Currently around 1600 miles and only driven the 60 miles back from last Service in Sept 2014. Car now out of warranty and coming up 4 years old. We intend go keep long term and ultimately will export to Aus at right time. Finances changed drastically since we bought. Been out of work for 12 months but loathed to sell what is still a new car as well never be able to afford a like car again.
Maserati want £2400 for service? What can I get away with sercice wise and anybody got recommendation for local spscialist or mobile to help. Car in professional store near Newbury.
Mark

Main dealer is taking the mick. Go to a specialist (you can find one easily on Sportsmaserati.co.uk. I'd imagine you can get it serviced for well under half what the dealer is suggesting! ( I have a Granturismo S and a 4200 Spyder, and I long since gave up on the main dealers as being of no bloody use) Any specialist with the correct computer can reset the service interval too. Don't sweat it, If it ends up just being oil and filters plus a brake check (as it most likely will be for such low mileage it could easily be as low as 750 quid.

[Allandwf]

Most knowledge about whos best closest to you will be over on Sportsmaserati.

[Summit_Detailing]

Speak to Darren at Bath Rd vehicle services 01793 752173 (ex Ferrari/Maserati master tech) he'll be able to advise what will be best for your situation.

£2400 is a joke!

cheers

Chris

[Pork]

Allandwf said:

Most knowledge about whos best closest to you will be over on Sportsmaserati.

This.

If it was me, I'd call a specialist for their view, my call would be to Paul at Bill McGrath and get his view. They'd give a sensible view on what actually needs doing.

[Murph7355]

£2,400 is the going rate for a main dealer 4yr service.

The 2yr service is £1,300.

The difference between the two is that the 2yr forgoes replacing the lambda sensors and the carbon canister. And technically I guess you couldn't truly state you have full Maserati service history...

My car is now 4yrs old and I'm simply going with the 2yr as I have yet to own a car that has the other items as service items every 4yrs. Both will throw up errors if the parts fail, neither will kill the car IMO (the lambdas didn't on my Aston when one went).

I was told dealers are up for negotiating, but that's not really what I found - all quoted these prices were standard throughout the dealer network. The only one who was prepared to negotiate was £300 more on their list price!

You can twist their arm to let you supply your own oil - the exact same oil can be sourced for at least £50 less easily online. And you might try getting them to throw other things in (MOT etc).

Services are only every 2yrs/12k miles so the 2yr price is decent enough IMO.

(Mine's a Sport rather than an 'S' but the prices will be the same).

[EC2]

mario64 said:

£2400 seems steep for a basic service. HR Owen in west London do fixed price services for less that £1k - I've always been impressed by their attention to detail and customer service as well.

No one said it was a basic service. As the previous post says, it's the quote for a 4 year service. Any Maserati dealer will do a mileage service on a GranTurismo for under £1000 but not a 2 year or 4 year. That's the confusion with these cars, you need to be specific as to which service is being talked about.

[HIS LM]

Here you go Gran Turismo service

[EC2]

Maserati dealers keep doing this, they state that as a 4 year service but it is actually a 2 or 6 year service. Nothing wrong with that and the price is good but it's not what it says.

[DKL]

Bob Houghton in the cotswolds or maybe Emblem in Poole are probably your nearest/best indie options.
Not sure about East of Newbury mind.

[Murph7355]

EC2 said:

Maserati dealers keep doing this, they state that as a 4 year service but it is actually a 2 or 6 year service. Nothing wrong with that and the price is good but it's not what it says.

Totally agree.

I expect that bill was +VAT too. So ball park cost.

Oil prices at main dealers of any marque are a complete joke. The exact same oil is available retail for £5 per litre including VAT. That retail seller is making a profit on it already and yet main dealers charge 2-3x more for it. Robbery.

It doesn't seem to be the dealers' fault either. They seem obliged to buy it from the mothership, who must be getting it a lot cheaper than the retail price I get it for. They'll be clearing £10 a litre profit easily. Or around £100 per car per service!

And that on top of £100+ per hour service costs, ludicrous parts prices (check out Maserati lambdas, or Audi oil coolers, etc etc).

We are all mugs