- I had one issue with gear selection - it was a cable adjustment apparently - dealer fixed it no sweat - its a '05 in rosso with black interior - I love the uniqueness of it - (traded in a E320 and a 993 to get the price sensible and my garage clear) Just a little worried about clutches seems to be a common thread - I will just go with the flow here - my clutch seems fine - I only go hooligan once a week or so !!! - only comment here is its a little more twitchy than the porker was but what a smile it leaves me with especially with the traction control turned off Gear selection
Hi Colossus,
OK the gear selection thing - this happened while I was thrashing the car - 1st to 2nd became impossible at any speed except stopped - 3rd down to second was sticky but with a throttle blip I could get the gear in - changing from 2nd to 3rd a non issue . I drove the car for about 150 miles without using 1st - I phoned the dealer (in NW UK) who suggested I get the car recovered using Masareti Assist ( a freebee if you are still covered under guarantee) no sweat they were great came and picked up the car - the workshop report says - readjust cable and linkage tested OK - charge £0.00. So your guess is a good as mine.
The vibrations - when I test drove the car there was a small shimmy on the steering wheel which got worse as your speed increased - wtf - I insited that this was not normal and it was fixed in the pre-delivery - which included 4 new tyres and resetting the steering geometry (report says fitting some shims ?) - tyres are Goodyear Eagles 265/35Z rear and 235/40Z front - this made the car much more stable and have not noticed any vibration since, just a small rattle out of the lhs door - screws loose on speaker and sorted at the same time as the gears .
Hope that helps
Tim
Hi Colossus,
OK the gear selection thing - this happened while I was thrashing the car - 1st to 2nd became impossible at any speed except stopped - 3rd down to second was sticky but with a throttle blip I could get the gear in - changing from 2nd to 3rd a non issue . I drove the car for about 150 miles without using 1st - I phoned the dealer (in NW UK) who suggested I get the car recovered using Masareti Assist ( a freebee if you are still covered under guarantee) no sweat they were great came and picked up the car - the workshop report says - readjust cable and linkage tested OK - charge £0.00. So your guess is a good as mine.
The vibrations - when I test drove the car there was a small shimmy on the steering wheel which got worse as your speed increased - wtf - I insited that this was not normal and it was fixed in the pre-delivery - which included 4 new tyres and resetting the steering geometry (report says fitting some shims ?) - tyres are Goodyear Eagles 265/35Z rear and 235/40Z front - this made the car much more stable and have not noticed any vibration since, just a small rattle out of the lhs door - screws loose on speaker and sorted at the same time as the gears .
Hope that helps
Tim
