no real knowledge of your car if it's older than
five years.
Unfortunately, due to myself and my assistant being ill at the same time, we've got a bit behind on answering eMails, so if yours hasn't been answered, please be patient and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. |
Welcome to Roberts Aerospace & Automotive, Hampshire and the Solent area's only Nineties and Naughties Maserati and Alfa Romeo 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.
Both our vehicle lifts are made by the Italian firm of Ravaglioli - perfect for your Italian car, and a Blackhawk body jig for those "oops, what tree?" moments and minor body repairs. However, for major bodywork we would recommend an outstanding local body shop that produces consistently higher quality work than we're capable of.
We have the very latest Fiat/Alfa Romeo Examiner Smart computer diagnostic
system, and the Maserati 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 5000 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, and so on for cars up to the present day.
Our Sistema Diagnosi 2 (SD2) system is the official dealer diagnostic
system for the V8 cars, both Maserati and Ferrari engined - 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 also have some other diagnostic equipment that is far better at debugging some of the trickier and transient problems associated with older cars. We also have the previous generation Examiner 1 system that is better at diagnosing pre-1999 car and even the very first official Alfa/Fiat/Lancia dealer diagnostic system for cars from the 80s onwards - very useful for Lancia Integrales, and some early Maserati Biturbo diagnostic equipment.
We don't supply parts unless 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.
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 Selenia oil products as recommended by Alfa Romeo, Fiat,
and Maserati. All cars serviced by us receive the correct Selenia oils as
specified in the manufacturer's documentation. 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 very select few specialists such as us.
If you have any questions then please don't hesitate to call or eMail us at:
But, please put "[RAA]" in the subject heading so that it will get through our Spam filters. We are currently dealing with over 1000 spam eMails a day and some genuine eMails are not getting through.
Or call on:
01329 834016 (24Hr Answerphone if no-one is in, or we're stuck under your car)
Or text on:
077 8755 7408 - (Due to a poor signal, voice doesn't really work on this one, so text only please)
We are usually available between:
9:30am - 6:00pm Monday to Friday 10:30am - 12:00pm Saturday
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 an hour. In particular, I've got to take my son to college in the morning and will be doing this from around 8:30 until 9:30 depending on the day.
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 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 shout at you as they're fed up with people getting stuck trying to turn round on their driveway.
We're very friendly, won't try to talk down to you or patronise you, and are happy to give advice.
What's in a name? Well, before cars, we did aircraft. And still do, occasionally. So, if we're good enough for Airbus, Boeing, and the RAF, we can keep your Alfa 156 on the road!
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Last updated 02 September 2010
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