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MINI AUSTIN 1000

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(Picture taken @ Hilgen Sunday morning oldtimer meeting)

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Just a short, little snippet; my Maserati recently ticked over 38,000 miles! After 22 years of driving, it’s definitely looking forward to a few services in the near future.

Since its last detail, I’ve had the car stored at work, where it’s remained charged and temperature controlled. This has certainly helped with some of its minor flaws - specifically a slow oil leak that has developed (likely from age and/or lack of use), as well as the lower oil pressure at start from the dry sump system.

Aside from those, a recent fault on the secondary air injection system has caused the car to throw the CEL, and with its inspection due this month, I had to have the car looked at to be certain there aren’t any glaring issues.

So, with those problems in mind, it will be going in for a 40,000 mile/20 year service - think oil and filter, cabin and engine air filter, drive belt, spark plugs, brake fluid and coolant flush, and a check for clutch wear on the single-clutch Cambiocorsa transmission. I forgot to mention a transaxle fluid change as well, but I will be sure to update my technician on that once we communicate tomorrow.

It does need a replacement driver’s sun visor and I will have to send my replacement center console out to be refinished and matched to my car (I purchased one equipped with the cup holder and relocated 12V socket), but those will come once the core maintenance issues are squared away.

(I think the front left wheel needs to be straightened as well, though the bend seems to be extremely slight. Vibrations have been mitigated by road-force balancing, but I want to make sure I can correct it fully, or replace the wheel before it becomes a hazard while driving. There aren’t really any noticeable vibrations or intrusions until well over 80 MPH, so it’s mostly okay.)

The lovely lad did well this evening, coming out of its short hibernation and immediately hitting Cambridge and Boston traffic for more than an hour. Ideally I wouldn’t be driving this car in conditions like that at all (the automated clutch really does not do well in traffic or city driving), but our best rated Maserati service center is right in the heart of Boston, and I wasn’t about to take any chances with this aging exotic, especially after the experiences I’ve had with our other most prominent Maserati-Ferrari dealership.

So, I suppose we’ll see where we go from here!

Wish me luck! I really love this quaintly charming exotic, and I’d love to keep it maintained and ready for my (highly) spirited runs for a long time to come!

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Pour aller de paire avec la Clio (et resté dans le thême « oh la belle rouge ! » Il est à noter que c’est remarquable de trouver une 205 dans cette état, dans la mesure où la plupart ont été usés à la corde par des proprios au début des années 2000 (dont littéralement dans le cas de mon père, où les sièges se décomposaient à force d’usage), ou dans les Raid 205… Paradoxalement c’est en Normandie que je rencontre le plus de voitures françaises des années 70/80 en circulation, à fortiori dans la campagne normande avec un bon paquet de CitroVisa… volonté et bon sens du campagnard normand ? Caen (Normandie, France) - Décembre 2022 - Apple iPhone 12 Mini

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