Ferrari F430 Spider

[Accelebrate]

It’s refreshing to see someone putting Comma fluids into something exotic, rather than just firing the OE parts cannon.

[Too Late]

Quality thread Mark.

Hope you are well buddy

Nick

[JakeT]

Accelebrate said:

It’s refreshing to see someone putting Comma fluids into something exotic, rather than just firing the OE parts cannon.

XStream G48 is good stuff. The base of it is BASF Glysantin G48. It also helps that lots of other brands use the BASF stuff too, and it’s available in Halfords. Handy if you ever need any.

[mwstewart]

Cheers all.

leglessAlex said:

Always find this stuff interesting, along with your interactions with Ferrari dealers in general.

I've been looking at 599s for a while now and I wonder how much the services and running costs can be brought down by doing stuff yourself, versus just taking it to a Ferrari specialist and getting stuff done to it it might not even need...

The level of maintenance required for these cars is very high but there are fantastic specialists out there (I would put AV Engineering at the top of the tree for these type of models) which are night and day in terms of price and knowledge.

I have the basic service performed at a dealer (it would be AV if they were closer), and perform the rest of the work myself. The cost savings are significant, but for me the more important aspect is I get to know the car.

Davie_GLA said:

Superb. What are the numbers on the discs?

I think they are a Brembo internal ID. I assume something to help with balancing or quality control.

Too Late said:

Quality thread Mark.

Hope you are well buddy

Nick

Thanks mate - likewise! We will have a new addition to the family arriving in January, which is exciting. I haven't been in to the city for a while but will do at some point, so I'll give you a shout. I think I'll need another car with some extra space - does the Westy take a roof rack?

Accelebrate said:

It’s refreshing to see someone putting Comma fluids into something exotic, rather than just firing the OE parts cannon.

My rationale for antifreeze is that I'm happy with conformance to the G48 standard;
Brake fluid: the car is hugely over-braked for the road so it doesn't matter what I put in it, but it should be of reasonable quality
Oil: Shell Helix Ultra;
Fuel: anything E5/E10 95 and above.

[RenesisEvo]

mwstewart said:

Brake fluid: the car is hugely over-braked for the road so it doesn't matter what I put in it, but it should be of reasonable quality

In reality, careful bleeding is going to achieve far more than fancy fluid unless you plan on serious track work where you might see persistent high temperatures.

[RichardCHXX]

any further updates Mark?

[leglessAlex]

RichardCHXX said:

any further updates Mark?

[mwstewart]

I have a backlog of updates for all the cars. I will get to it

[Matt Cup]

[Davie_GLA]

RichardCHXX said:

any further updates Mark?

Burn him!!!! Sake.

[Boleros]

Sake?

[ajprice]

Boleros said:

Sake?

The "For fks" was silent.

[Boleros]

Oh, right.

[DanG355]

Hopefully not been around the Norwich area recently…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-norfolk-6...

[ATM]

DanG355 said:

Hopefully not been around the Norwich area recently…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-norfolk-6...

A little concerned by this potentially being OP's car. His had that rear section of the sill in black. Also all his pics have stopped working for Me. Adding 2 and 2 and hoping not to make 4.

[ajprice]

ATM said:

DanG355 said:

Hopefully not been around the Norwich area recently…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-norfolk-6...

A little concerned by this potentially being OP's car. His had that rear section of the sill in black. Also all his pics have stopped working for Me. Adding 2 and 2 and hoping not to make 4.

Dark wheels too, unless they were changed since 2018.

AmosMoses said:

20180721-9I3Y5195 by Alexander Dunlop, on Flickr

Spotted you at SS Classic, car was looking awesome!

Edited by AmosMoses on Monday 23 July 15:55

I hope both mwstewart and the car are ok .

[AL5026]

The one in the accident doesn’t look to have the bonnet stripe that the OP’s does?

[The Rotrex Kid]

Plate on the crashed one looks to end in DNF. No idea what MWS one is though?

[Dr G]

If you look at other news sources of the crash the car has a light interior; I'm fairly sure it's not the same one.

[TheJimi]

Wheels on the crashed car appear to be black twin spokes, whereas mwstewart's are gunmetal and single spokes.

As said above, the interior of the crashed car is light, whereas mw's is dark.

My money is on it not being the same car.