giles
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Picked up the 458 today, pretty much the first dry day all year so that was a welcome break in the relentless rain.
This is interesting and it does say something about the main dealers, and an insight into how they operate.
The 458 is 16 years old now, so it should be time for the spark plugs to be changed. (8 year service interval) but even though the garaged asked for a full service, they didn’t do the plugs. Apparently the garage was given a choice of a minor oil and filter or full service, they requested full. Not sure who if someone is being economical with the truth but plugs not changed and brake fluid not changed.
Anyways, I had chat with the people who sold me the car and they agreed to pay for the spark plugs and I’ll get them fitted.
The drive home was great, performed well, a few leather on plastic creak noises but other than that it was spot on. However, when I got home and selected reverse to put in the garage I got my first failure!
I what’s app’d the image to Rob at Portland and he said, get the code read when I take it in for the plugs and he’ll sort it. No quibble, no excuses, just commitment. I’m pretty pleased with that, just got to make sure it does get sorted
I had forgotten a few things about the 458, epic noise in Race, shocking fuelling calibration (when you lift from 5% throttle to 0% you get a hard fuel shut off, very binary, it’s on or off, trying to deliver a smooth transition from very light throttle to coasting is not possible, like it is in the 488).
I don’t miss the carbon interior at all, in fact I think the grey plastics they use look very good, well judged and suit my classy rather than a racey interior.
I miss the cruise control, I might buy the part and get it coded in.
My car is still as per factory spec with the exception of the rims. It should have the standard 20” rims, but they have been changed to a Grigio Corsa gloss finish option forged 5 spoke rim, the rim most 458’s are on. Question is, should I go back to the original as built condition? The option rim does look better in my opinion, but that’s not to say the standard rim is a pig, in fact I quite like it and you rarely see a car with them on…… but obviously there is a reason for that!
That noise, blimey, that’s something that will never get old.
Cheers, Giles
This is interesting and it does say something about the main dealers, and an insight into how they operate.
The 458 is 16 years old now, so it should be time for the spark plugs to be changed. (8 year service interval) but even though the garaged asked for a full service, they didn’t do the plugs. Apparently the garage was given a choice of a minor oil and filter or full service, they requested full. Not sure who if someone is being economical with the truth but plugs not changed and brake fluid not changed.
Anyways, I had chat with the people who sold me the car and they agreed to pay for the spark plugs and I’ll get them fitted.
The drive home was great, performed well, a few leather on plastic creak noises but other than that it was spot on. However, when I got home and selected reverse to put in the garage I got my first failure!
I what’s app’d the image to Rob at Portland and he said, get the code read when I take it in for the plugs and he’ll sort it. No quibble, no excuses, just commitment. I’m pretty pleased with that, just got to make sure it does get sorted
I had forgotten a few things about the 458, epic noise in Race, shocking fuelling calibration (when you lift from 5% throttle to 0% you get a hard fuel shut off, very binary, it’s on or off, trying to deliver a smooth transition from very light throttle to coasting is not possible, like it is in the 488).
I don’t miss the carbon interior at all, in fact I think the grey plastics they use look very good, well judged and suit my classy rather than a racey interior.
I miss the cruise control, I might buy the part and get it coded in.
My car is still as per factory spec with the exception of the rims. It should have the standard 20” rims, but they have been changed to a Grigio Corsa gloss finish option forged 5 spoke rim, the rim most 458’s are on. Question is, should I go back to the original as built condition? The option rim does look better in my opinion, but that’s not to say the standard rim is a pig, in fact I quite like it and you rarely see a car with them on…… but obviously there is a reason for that!
That noise, blimey, that’s something that will never get old.
Cheers, Giles
