New 3200 GT Owner
Discussion
I've recently gone from a Griff 500 to a Maserati 3200 GTA.
Obviously two very different cars, but so far I'm very happy. It's a totally different experience to the TVR, but for the type of driving I'm doing at the moment (London and motorways/fast A roads) the Maserati makes a lot of sense. I must be getting old because I was ready for a more relaxed drive.
I'm really enjoying the comfort and character of the Maserati, and I'm finding the grunt, while not as savage as the Griff, more than adequate and much more useable in a wider variety of conditions. It was covering ground in the pouring rain today at speeds that would be suicidal in the Griff. The build quality and solidity of the car puts my Merc ML to shame.
One question I have is how rigorous to I have to be about warming down the engine before switching off. The last couple of miles of my drive home are usually very gentle, with revs not going over 2k, but I still let it idle for a bit before switching off. Do I need to do this, or is it only necessary if the engine has been working hard shortly before stopping? The manual suggests that it only needs to idle after a "tiring" journey, but I've heard varying opinions on this for turbo cars. The car also whirrs for a while after switching off. Is that fans or a turbo timer?
Obviously two very different cars, but so far I'm very happy. It's a totally different experience to the TVR, but for the type of driving I'm doing at the moment (London and motorways/fast A roads) the Maserati makes a lot of sense. I must be getting old because I was ready for a more relaxed drive.
I'm really enjoying the comfort and character of the Maserati, and I'm finding the grunt, while not as savage as the Griff, more than adequate and much more useable in a wider variety of conditions. It was covering ground in the pouring rain today at speeds that would be suicidal in the Griff. The build quality and solidity of the car puts my Merc ML to shame.
One question I have is how rigorous to I have to be about warming down the engine before switching off. The last couple of miles of my drive home are usually very gentle, with revs not going over 2k, but I still let it idle for a bit before switching off. Do I need to do this, or is it only necessary if the engine has been working hard shortly before stopping? The manual suggests that it only needs to idle after a "tiring" journey, but I've heard varying opinions on this for turbo cars. The car also whirrs for a while after switching off. Is that fans or a turbo timer?
Well done on your new car, I have not owned a Turbo charged car although a friend with a F40 leaves the engine at idle for 2-3 minutes after a blast to allow the oil to cool etc. The cooling fans will probably run until the engine temp is sufficiently low to switch off, this will depend on the weather. It is interesting how many people migrate from TVR ownership to Maser / Horse ownership, I still miss the TVR but I have also moved on from ownership of one. Good luck with the GT.
Cheers
G.
Cheers
G.
You are doing the right thing.
Cars with turbos should be left to idle for a min or so to let the turbo's slow down before switching off, it increases the life of the turbos. This is only important if you been running 'on boost' before hand, the turbos will have been running at >100,000 rpm and glowing red. If you're trundling along under 2k rpm for the previous 5 mins then the turbos arent going to be on much boost so no need to idle the engine for long if at all. I guess you have boost gauges in the Maser?
You can get a turbo timer fitted separately or as a module on some alarms.
The look on some peoples faces as you walk away from a locked car with the engine still running!
A turbo timer allows you to remove the keys from the ignition but the engine continues to run for an allotted time.
Edited to say just found this
www.machv.com/turbotimers.html
>> Edited by dimmadan on Sunday 2nd May 01:22
Cars with turbos should be left to idle for a min or so to let the turbo's slow down before switching off, it increases the life of the turbos. This is only important if you been running 'on boost' before hand, the turbos will have been running at >100,000 rpm and glowing red. If you're trundling along under 2k rpm for the previous 5 mins then the turbos arent going to be on much boost so no need to idle the engine for long if at all. I guess you have boost gauges in the Maser?
You can get a turbo timer fitted separately or as a module on some alarms.
The look on some peoples faces as you walk away from a locked car with the engine still running!
A turbo timer allows you to remove the keys from the ignition but the engine continues to run for an allotted time.
Edited to say just found this
www.machv.com/turbotimers.html
>> Edited by dimmadan on Sunday 2nd May 01:22
Nick - did he say why? Sounds useful to me. However to echo the previous posters, if you're crawling around off bost on your final run home for a few minutes (like I do as my home is inside a fairly long 40/30 limit) then it's less of an issue. Still tend to run mine for 1 minute minimum no matter what.
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