What you won't find is a gleaming city centre showroom that's all smiles,
high hourly labour rates, and
no real knowledge of your car if it's older than
five years.|
AS SEEN ON "WHEELER DEALERS"
and "TOP GEAR" Due to unavailability from Maserati, we now manufacture a range of new and reconditioned parts such as our famous Electronic Throttle Bodies, Throttle Position Sensors, Starter Motors, ABS ECUs, Clutches, and Suspension Actuators. See the "Shop" section of our Facebook site for more details. |
Welcome to , Hampshire and the Solent area's only Nineties and Naughties specialist.
What you won't find is a gleaming city centre showroom that's all smiles,
high hourly labour rates, and
no real knowledge of your car if it's older than
five years.
What you will find is a small, well equipped workshop with the skills - and most importantly - the enthusiasm for 1990s and 21st century Italian sports and performance cars, in an easy to find rural location between Southampton and Portsmouth.
We have the very latest factory Fiat/Alfa Romeo Examiner Smart computer diagnostic
system, and the factory Maserati/Ferrari Sistema Diagnosi 2 (SD2) computer diagnostic system, as
well as lots more for
the older cars (Fiat/Marelli Tester for older Alfas, Fiats, Lancia Delta
Integrales and obscure stuff
like the Lancia Ferrari Thema 8.32 and the Marielli Unitest, Multitest, Pro-One
and others for the first
generation of electronic fuel injected Maseratis).
Our Examiner Smart has all
the various accessories as
supplied to official
Alfa Romeo and Fiat franchised dealers, so can perform all
forms of
diagnostics on these cars including resetting airbag lights, debugging
and adjusting Selespeed gearboxes, resetting service reminders and so on for cars up to the present day.
Our Sistema Diagnosi 2 (SD2) system is the official dealer diagnostic
system for Maserati V8 cars - 3200GT, 4200GT,
Gransport, Quattroporte, and Coupe. With Maserati dashboards often lighting up
like Piccadilly Circus whenever you turn the ignition key, be reassured that we
will be able to quickly track down
the
cause and rectify it before it becomes an expensive problem, or just turn off an
annoying airbag warning light that's come on because you've had a flat battery
one morning...
Having the right diagnostic equipment for these cars is vital, especially
if there is something wrong as it can pinpoint the problem quickly and
accurately avoiding the expensive "replace everything until it's fixed"
philosophy of the non-specialist garage. If considering using another
independent specialist, ask them if they have this equipment. If they don't,
walk away...
We don't supply parts unless we manufacture them or we're working on your car - there are more than enough reputable specialists for that, and links to their sites are in the "Links" section of the menu to the left. To see what parts we manufacture, see the "shop" section of our Facebook page.
We don't sell cars - but, we do help people to buy cars, either by inspecting prospective purchases or providing advice on what to look for.
We
use Petronas Selenia oil products as recommended by Alfa Romeo, Fiat,
and Maserati. Click on "Selenia
Oils" on the menu to find out more.
When your car is serviced please don't forget to order a top-up 2 litre pack of Selenia oil to maintain the quality of your car. Selenia oil is not available through motor factors, garage forecourts, or Halfords, but only through some main dealers and a few specialists such as us.
If you have any questions then please don't hesitate to call or eMail us at:
Or call on:
01329 834016 (Mainly an answerphone that's not monitored daily)
Or Text/WhatsApp on:
077 8755 7408 - (Due to a poor signal, voice doesn't really work on this one)
We are usually available between:
11:30am - 6:30pm Monday 11:30am - 6:30pm Tuesday 11:30am - 6:30pm Wednesday 11:30am - 6:30pm Thursday 11:30am - 6:30pm Friday
Although vehicles can occasionally be dropped off or collected outside of these hours by arrangement. By arrangement, I mean that you have to let us know first by eMail, not just turn up at 8am and hope that someone will be here. They won't be unless you tell us first, and you'll be hanging around for hours.
But, please call before coming round as we're usually so busy that there isn't always somewhere to park unless we make some space for you beforehand.
Directions here DO NOT
USE POSTCODE GPS! It won't be able to find us as we have a postcode that has been
assigned to a number of scattered farmhouses and cottages and most GPS systems
will take you to the wrong place. So, please, follow our directions. And really
do read all the directions. If you end up in the farm next door they'll take a
dim view as they're fed up with people getting stuck trying to turn round on their
driveway.
If you've got Google Maps, click here:
https://goo.gl/maps/Pac4FdY4jd1xBH1G9
Or, just look at this map:
We're very friendly, won't try to talk down to you or patronise you, and are happy to give advice.
Last updated 08 June 2022
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