Chrisbassett
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Exactly, Andy. It's like buying one new...drive it off the estate and depreciation smacks you in the wallet.
Nice (but expensive) 4200 for sale...
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When you look at Phil's car at 8750 it makes this one look very expensive and in some ways Phil's car is the better one!
Grill is much more modern and until seeing Doris yesterday I had never seen one on a 4200/Spyder. I always thought the facelift had the lined grille on the front.
Grill is much more modern and until seeing Doris yesterday I had never seen one on a 4200/Spyder. I always thought the facelift had the lined grille on the front.
An interesting subject and it makes sense that some rubber will deteriorate regardless of mileage. I just think if I was in the market for one of these cars right now, and the 4-5k mileage car in as-new condition came up, plus I had a budget in the high 20s, then I would be very tempted by this car. It does look a peach IMO.
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It's an argument that goes on and on!
Mines low mileage, bought it with 11K and its now done nearly 15K in a couple of years as a play toy.
Been absolutely fine!
If something fails due to age, (rubber perish) its going to fail whether its done 10K or 100K.
Tell me something that will fail 'due to lack of use', when I mean lack of use, I don't mean stood still not moving for years, but used relatively frequently but when used, like mine, might do 50 or 100 miles in a weekend (pure pleasure) but not say 300 or 400 in a week as a daily driver (75% stuck in traffic). So enough to keep everything moving and oiled, but not to put a lot of miles on the clock, and being low miles, has fewer failures due to wear and tear.
I rebuilt my Triumph Stag back on the road nearly 20 years ago, using mostly new parts where ever possible, a true bare shell rebuild. Again used as a weekend toy, and in the last 20 years I have done on average less than 1K a year, again no trouble at all apart from normal servicing. You get the same banter, they are always breaking down when used infrequently...no, if they are worn out and not used, they will break down when they are used, if they are not worn out, they won't break down!
I'm quite tempted to change the front and rear grills for chrome mesh - I believe they were options on the Facelifts. They do look very nice
zagatoes30
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I like the facelift front on the older car, I would say that as I have one on mine.
This is a lovely car but I would prefer a good example with more miles and less price to suit the way I would use it. As always each to there own
This is a lovely car but I would prefer a good example with more miles and less price to suit the way I would use it. As always each to there own
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I agree with MJHeatchcote, spot on. Many of us on here seem to talk low mileage cars down, yes they're dearer, but they always sell. There's no shortage of people looking for a low mileage, cherished car.
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Ferrari, Lambos etc normaly have very low miles as thkse who buy from new have plenty of choice when it comes to selecting what to drive each day and can afford to keep large amounts of money tied up in a sparingly used car. Maserati has always been a usable car and as such has normally done the extra miles.
I spoke to Emblem re thjs when I collected the GS the other week. They had just recomissioned a super americana which had done 4k over its fifteen year life. The major re commissioning and the purchase price were close to a million pounds on a car that was origionaly £250k...a tidy return if you can afford to have that much tied up in metal.
I spoke to Emblem re thjs when I collected the GS the other week. They had just recomissioned a super americana which had done 4k over its fifteen year life. The major re commissioning and the purchase price were close to a million pounds on a car that was origionaly £250k...a tidy return if you can afford to have that much tied up in metal.
I agree with Mike (as Gordon Brown would say) - I don't think low mileage-but-used regularly like this particular car is a bad thing at all.
Just a shame for the owner(s) if they have stored it to look at just to see the car depreciate in value...but great for the next owner!
not yet...GS hopefully next year but looking for bargains now or a good Alfa V6 for a year
