2004 QP - 80k up

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I do 2k a year in a Maserati as its a 3rd car......perfect for someone like me...now find me a GS with 80k going cheap.....none around
 
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GeoffCapes said:
It certainly does!

That's lovely! Amazing how much of a car you can get for that kind of money now!
If I didn't rack up 20k a year I'd be all over that!
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If you do 20k a year this is the car to buy as no matter how many miles you rack up it won't depreciate much more.
 
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GeoffCapes said:
It certainly does!

That's lovely! Amazing how much of a car you can get for that kind of money now!
If I didn't rack up 20k a year I'd be all over that!
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Surely you are not planning on doing that in a Maserati? I do nearly c8k miles pa in mine and that is plenty viz a viz depreciation, servicing, tyres and fuel. Would it not be better to spread that mileage over two cars?
 
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spread it over 2 cars, makes more sense....then again we drive maseratis....have we got any sense??
 
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dem maser said:
I do 2k a year in a Maserati as its a 3rd car......perfect for someone like me...now find me a GS with 80k going cheap.....none around
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One went for 16.5k on these forums only a few months back, the cheap ones do come up.

Only recently we saw a 13k QP too.
 
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that's what id like, whether I can afford one I don't know, need one to be mid to late teens in the spring.....
 
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Exciting times and no doubt everyone on here will be keeping a good eye out for you come the spring and the right one is bound to come up sooner or later
 
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bigbob said:
Surely you are not planning on doing that in a Maserati? I do nearly c8k miles pa in mine and that is plenty viz a viz depreciation, servicing, tyres and fuel. Would it not be better to spread that mileage over two cars?
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I think doing 20,000 miles a year in a V8 Maser would bankrupt me. Fuel consumption in my Alfa GT JTDm means I get about 700 miles from a tank (on a run) which costs me £75 to fill up.
I reckon I'd be filling up at least twice as much in a Maser.
 
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I think that's where my money would be if I had to move away from the 3200. A GS, there's so little in the price difference between a 4200 that a GS is a no brainer.
 
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GeoffCapes said:
I think doing 20,000 miles a year in a V8 Maser would bankrupt me. Fuel consumption in my Alfa GT JTDm means I get about 700 miles from a tank (on a run) which costs me £75 to fill up.
I reckon I'd be filling up at least twice as much in a Maser.
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I'm maybe coming into this all a bit late but I a not sure what you are looking for. I seem to recall you looking at new Ghibli a while back but they don't stack up at 20k miles pa. For me a more sporty Maserati for 5-7.5k miles pa and a diesel chugger for 12.5-15k miles pa makes a lot of sense whether the Maser costs £10k or £40k.
 
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I'm maybe coming into this all a bit late but I a not sure what you are looking for. I seem to recall you looking at new Ghibli a while back but they don't stack up at 20k miles pa. For me a more sporty Maserati for 5-7.5k miles pa and a diesel chugger for 12.5-15k miles pa makes a lot of sense whether the Maser costs £10k or £40k.
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Test drove a Ghibli diesel a few months ago and was thoroughly underwhelmed with it. Wasn't a patch on the E- Class AMG 350D Merc I drove.
But have now decided to keep the Alfa GT and buy a 4200 facelift as a toy.
However, like the Quattroporte, but make no sense for me as a work car for the reasons above.
 
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