My Ferrari F430 Spider F1 Ownership Diary

Oh. That’s a buggar.

Poor quality components or shoddy workmanship fitting?

 

Good job their hourly rate isn’t expensive then…..oh….hang on….

You have every right to be furious. Supposedly highly trained technicians. I hope they make this up to you.

 

Same as many other garage technicians….
Sh1te…….
But in this case ( Ferraris), your supposed to have so much money that you don’t really care about missing the odd drive or 3 or 4…. Etc etc…. I presume
And to add to that …. They definitely don’t expect you to get under the car yourself and identify the exact cause of their failure …… my god… what are you thinking man…

Good luck…
Expensive hobby eh…?


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Oh me!
That is poor workmanship!
Think I’d be passing the keyboard to the misses as I’d likely break a finger typing the snottogram

 

I hope they do the right thing by you and do not try to dodge their responsibilities as some dealers do.

Just goes to show there can be "spanner monkeys" anywhere irrespective of car brand.

Good luck getting it sorted

 

Jeez that's appalling... and i dread to think what their labour rates are

 

Must take the edge off the ownership experience a bit, not at all what you'd expect.

Have they offered a courtesy vehicle, and if so, what? Any other kind of recompense in sight? Free servicing etc??

 

Hopefully they act accordingly and fix as a matter of urgency so you can carry on enjoying the car now the weather is better


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I clicked on to this thread expecting to read a 'good news' story. Now I can't believe what I've just read about the shoddy workmanship. Hope Dick Lovett's do the right thing and get it fixed.....sharpish!

 

I was somewhat curious as what the item does, and also how on earth it could have detached itself. A little research took me to:

https://www.fabspeed.com/fabspeed-universal-90-degree-o2-spacers-with-catalytic-converters-pair/

The first thing of note, it's for off-road only, obviously so given it defeats emissions regulations. Not that I'd expect it to be spotted during a MOT, but that's what it does.

From the photographs you've provided, and from your comments, its looks impossible for the sensor's spacer to have unscrewed itself if it was assembled correctly, ie if all of the available threads were screwed in. I'm guessing that for whatever reason, the mechanic has only used a couple of threads, which was incapable of withstanding the load of the locking nut, exhaust pressure, and the various vibrations from engine and chassis.

I'm not convinced as to needing to remove parts in order to fit a new spacer. Clearly the spacer could be mounted first, then the catalytic converter screwed into the spacer. The only difficulty may be in screwing the sensor into the cat. Whatever, it still needs a new spacer, and a mechanic that knows what they are doing.

I wouldn't let that firm near my vehicle.

Beautiful car by the way - but you already knew that.

 

At the moment there is not a lot else they can do. If it were me, I would wait and see when they call you next and see what they say.

Happens to me at work where something goes wrong. Apologising is one thing, sorting it out correctly is another!


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Mk3 MR2 owners do the same thing, the 1.8 VVT engines are renowned for ingesting the ceramic components of the pre-cats. From experience, SIL bought a few back in the mid 2010s, these are relatively cheap and easy to do, if you don’t mind taking the manifold off.
Fingers crossed the car is back to you asap and all sorted.

 

Can’t ask for more than that really. Problem fixed in a decent time frame and at no cost to you and delivered back? Happy days. You can start enjoying it now.

Cheers


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