A non-functioning tachometer in a Maserati 3200 is not uncommon. The tachometer is driven directly by the engine ECU so a malfunction can only be in one of three areas: The engine ECU The wiring The tachometer The easiest way to check where the problem lies is to put an oscilloscope onto the tachometer signal … More Maserati 3200 Tachometer
Apologies for the late update (again). Average Ferrari 360 asking prices has softened again, down 1.89% over the last month and we are definitely seeing a falling trend. Not much is happening in the market in the run up to Christmas – all of our cars for sale, as well of those we are trying … More Ferrari 360 Market Watch (December 2017)
Apologies for the very late update. Things have been very busy in the new workshop and this is the first moment I’ve had to pen this. If you haven’t already seen it, please check out this video that was shot in my workshop by a client collecting his first Ferrari: Ferrari 360 prices have actually … More Ferrari 360 Market Watch (November 2017)
Average 360 asking prices have fallen again and are now 1.3% lower than this time last month. The price index is 159.01, some 8% off the peak we saw in the summer of 2016. The overall luxury car market has been slow for some time due to gap between vendors expectations and buyers willingness to … More Ferrari 360 Market Watch (October 2017)
Most modern Ferrari and Maserati use Bosch “hot-film” airflow meters as the primary input into the Motronic for fuel regulation. Unfortunately they are very susceptible to dirt and oil contamination and once their performance starts to degrade it can upset the running of the engine considerably. A failed or failing MAF can be the root … More Testing a Ferrari/Maserati airflow meter
Ferrari 360 prices have fallen back a touch – the average asking price has dropped 1.76% since this time last month. The 360 market is following the broader luxury car market which is slow and not showing any signs of picking up. In some ways it resembles parts of the housing market where sellers are … More Ferrari 360 Market Watch (September 2017)
Apologies for the late update but running a workshop doesn’t leave much time to do anything else. 360 asking prices have crept back up again and the average is back above £80k. The price index is now 163.99, up 2.28% over the last month. This has been driven by new cars being offered at the … More Ferrari 360 Market Watch (August 2017)
This months update was supposed the be full of joy about how the general election of 2017 brought us more of the same and that the supercar market bounced back to normality as uncertainty about the future deminished. Except it didn’t work out like that – we now have even more uncertainty than we did … More Ferrari 360 Market Watch (July 2017)
Average Ferrari 360 prices have remained broadly flat over the last month. The price index stands at 166.46, up 0.25%. Very little is happening in the run up to the election as buyers wait to see what government will be returned to negotiate Brexit. The uncertainty has increased the bid-offer spread for dealers as the … More Ferrari 360 Market Watch (June 2017)
Apologies for the delay in providing this months update. I have been working on a large project which is about to step over an important milestone (I will reveal more when I can). Average 360 prices have pulled back a little – the index is now 166.04, down 1.57% over the last month. This has … More Ferrari 360 Market Watch (May 2017)
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