Seems a good value Gransport

[Andyk]

I know this has been for sale for a while and the price has been coming down over the last few months ..... and silver is not for everyone ...... but it does seem good value...

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifi...t/maserati-gransport-4-2-v8-auto-2005/1326037

 

[safrane]

Those miles Andy...although so many talk about the cars being able to handle 100k easy most want a nice low miler that can be sold on easier.

 

[Andyk]

The miles wouldn't put me off. Look at the others for sale and one with 90k at the same price makes this one under 20k look good value....Not many under 20k with less than 80k on the clock.

 

[philw696]

People always worry about the mileage why I don't know. In my past as a youngster in the motor trade before the digital age we would have a motor that wouldn't sell so we would shave 50 k off the mileage and we didn't use a drill it was so simple put the same car back in the Friday night classifieds in the paper and sell it for the right money straight away. Happy days and down the pub. A lot of people wouldn't touch my cars because of the mileages. My 360 has done 3 times the mileage over my good mate Franks and he knows a 360 inside out he couldn't fault her but only flirt with her. Say no more.

 

[Parisien]

Miles do matter...the market says so, whether rightly or wrongly. If engine strong and maintained, then no true worries on that front, but frequently its the ancillaries and other systems that give bother and are very costly to repair, more due to age and a life expectancy of each unit. So come, 6/9/12 years things need replaced and fixed, it can mount up, hence peoples reluctance to buy older cars with higher miles as you can spend 1/2 its value in one year just keeping it on the road


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[BRR]

My GS has now done 60k and as it's my daily driver will have done about 100k by the time I look to move on, i imagine by that time it will be worth about 8-10k? difficult to judge where they'll drop to as imagine they must be worth almost 8k in parts if you broke it?

 

[BennyD]

Ive just doubled the mileage of mine in the last 2.75 years. I got it with 25.6k and is now 51.2k. I'll be keeping it until I or it is no longer roadworthy. Bets on which comes first!

 

[Andyk]

Miles do matter...the market says so, whether rightly or wrongly. If engine strong and maintained, then no true worries on that front, but frequently its the ancillaries and other systems that give bother and are very costly to repair, more due to age and a life expectancy of each unit. So come, 6/9/12 years things need replaced and fixed, it can mount up, hence peoples reluctance to buy older cars with higher miles as you can spend 1/2 its value in one year just keeping it on the road


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Frank you are right..Miles matter on price..Thats why this one is under 20k...but for me 66k is not a lot of miles...

 

[Parisien]

66K isn't a lot of miles............but if you keep it for 2/3 year add another 15k...then gets very difficult to sell....ie have to give them away....but you'll have had enormous fun and enjoyed her for very little too!


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[Andyk]

Think it would good as a keeper.......But then if you keep it pay 18k for her....put 15k on and sell for say 12k in 3 years thats not a lot of money lost really. Buy a new car for that money and in 3 years you will loose lots more than 6k...

 

[Parisien]

.....by that time though over 3 yrs I'd say theres a good chance one of those years you'd be sticking £2/3/4/5K extra into it, must take that into account and not just for servicing or tyres

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[Andyk]

Yep, you have a point Frank....but money well spent...

 

[dem maser]

I do 2k a year so id be looking at it....3 years and itll have 70k.....will it be worth less than 14k??

 

[Parisien]

Yep, you have a point Frank....but money well spent...

.....to some yes, so instead of buying it and only thinking in purely depreciation terms wouldn't really tell the whole story, even though 8yrs old and looks "cheap"........it still needs expensive supercar care ....and that can be an arm and a leg

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[Andyk]

I do 2k a year so id be looking at it....3 years and itll have 70k.....will it be worth less than 14k??

Dem, I think its would still be worth 16k after that amount of time and 17k...But hey who knows...

 

[Chrisbassett]

Dem, I think its would still be worth 16k after that amount of time and 17k...But hey who knows...

This got me thinking, what would happen to the value of the 3200 & 4200 if Maserati brought out a smaller car, 2-door something they could call a GranSport? Initial thought would be that many with at 3/4200 may want to buy one so quite a few of the old cars on the market, but it may also spark interest in the brand with those who like this size, which could get the market moving with new buyers who can't afford the new car...

I must be having an idle moment!

 

[outrun]

Miles do matter but it's like everything - if you buy a 20k miler for £30k and run it to 50k, you'll lose £10,000 and have the same running costs. Whereas if you buy a higher miler, do the same mileage, so 66k to 96k, you should still see £12-14K for it at today's prices. So, you'd lose less money. Running costs would be similar IMHO as a low miler comes with it's own set of issues. For me, I bought Loz's Cat D for not much off that car but with a few valuable upgrades and I intend to use it regularly.

If you have it as a 2000 mile per annum 2nd car, I'd say you're better to buy a low miler and hope that it holds most of it's cost. If you want to use it, a mid-miler is better as fundamentally you have less depreciation to go therefore you should return more cash as a percentage of the purchase value.

I ran a 911 turbo that cost me £68K and had 15,000 miles on in the past. I sold it 2 years later at 30,000 miles for £41k. A big hit and if I was sensible, i should have bought an older car, below the £27K that I lost and not worried about what I would recover at sale time!

It's all subjective though as I also sold a gorgeous 993 turbo for £36k which would now be worth £55k! Who knows what's right?

 

[Brendan]

I think at the end of the day if you thought too much about how much your car will depreciate, costs to run... You would never buy it.

Currently on holiday with the family and Maser in Aviemore. We could of taken the wifes Peugeot, bigger boot, more space double the MPGs... Parked up today at the hotel and a man come up to me. Thought he was going to say you can't park there or something. But he said I wouldn't park there as the birds will poo all over your car and it would be a pity as its such a nice car!

 

[Parisien]

Yup, you spends your money and take your chances.

You're damned if you do and then damned if your don't............we've all been there, but mostly, we enjoyed it whilst it lasted.

Remember guys....nothing is forever!


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[Andyk]

Nothing is forever Frank...........What Frank...Not even my wife...Always thoughtshe was.....Ah well as I always believe what you tell me best start looking for another....I'll explain to Liz ou said it's the right thing to do.