williamsmix
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Seems he’s decided to sell after testing the car on a road trip …
And he is a serial car buyer with a need to generate new content for his videos, so some turnover of the fleet must help that … Anyhow it’s an unfortunate decision when he’s done quite a lot to correct some misconceptions about Maserati; I recall his very fair review of the 3200 AC a while back, which certainly helped to encourage me to buy a 3200.It's sad that he didn't keep it for a while, it'd have been nice to have some documentation of ownership, also for the popularity of the brand and model. Now, he's basically conforming to the classic stereotypes IMHO...
Also, his reasons for the decision seemed odd:
1) consumption: 20 mpg does not seem insane for such a car, and is well documented so shouldn't be a surprise. Can't imagine his QPV, 550, f12 etc are very frugal. (though this one was supposed to be the daily)
2) gearbox, well he doesn't live in London so why is it such a thing. Also, well documented , and he'd driven multiple GS and 4200s before.
3) Bottoming out. The car seems low, however (a) that can be adjusted iinm, or something in the suspension needs refreshing.
On top, he's not exactly hung on to it for a long time.
Buyer's remorse and trying to justify?
It’s all about creating content for the channel … that’s king over any logical purchase decision. Hoovies Garage reigns!Sorry don’t get it. You do research before you buy. Get this is what he does in his channel but still don’t get why he purchased it not knowing the bits he has picked up and selling it for. Relevant points or not….
Maybe, but that is **** contents for the channel as it is almost saying the chap doesn’t know what he is doing. Better content would be keeping it longer and giving a proper long term view.It’s all about creating content for the channel … that’s king over any logical purchase decision. Hoovies Garage reigns!
perhaps the car was too good.
I'm slightly surprised he didn't get above 20 mpg out of it on a road trip, but then I'm making some assumptions about roads, conditions and driving style. I know it's not a direct comparison but my Maserati 3200 does about 15 mpg on my typical mixed urban / B road driving, but on a road trip - at motorway cruising speeds around the national speed limit - I get nearly 27 mpg. I find that level of fuel consumption very acceptable in a performance GT car doing its thing, but then I don't drive around with 4 adults in it and a load of luggage! Jay Emm's expectations seem a bit unrealistic to me ... Anyway, I hope someone will get a good Gransport off him at a fair price, after Sports Italia have been through it.I liked the video, but agree with others, that while they do have class-leading space in the back, it's not even as convenient as a small 5-door hatch for hauling people around, so its obviously not going to be good for that in regular use.
Pretty sure the car is lower than stock as well, so hardly surprising if you load it up with stuff it'll be low. Mine is the same.
As for complaining about mpg - one of the highlights of the car is the engine is designed pretty much without compromise for performance (as far as you can for a road car), and is before the era of emissions strangling started holding that back. If you want good mpg, look elsewhere.
I like JayEmm, he’s good egg on the occasions I’ve spoken to him - though I don’t always agree with his opinions (how does a 147 GTA ‘lack torque’?!).
I like JayEmm, he’s good egg on the occasions I’ve spoken to him - though I don’t always agree with his opinions (how does a 147 GTA ‘lack torque’?!).
He might have thought he bought a ‘peril’ car from the off - 100k+ mile Masers are usually the stuff of nightmares but we all knew the car to be very good, as he said did he. Perhaps he was expecting a lot of work and content, maybe not. I think he’s more genuine than some contrived YouTubers so I think this is just one that didn’t work out for the reasons he said - though the algo for a Maser (as I pointed out) won’t have been great.
But then that’s the way with project cars on non-project car specific YouTube channels; Harry Metcalfe’s project car videos, according to the man himself, do not generate huge views, but they generate amazing engagement, the complete opposite of his car reviews.
I think if you do the project car route in any format - video or, like me, in editorial - you have to have the ‘narrative’ in place first, rather than do it as you go along. The Matt Armstrong videos - while I’m not into the modding side - are well planned beforehand; otherwise you’d end up with a situation like Chris Harris’s Mondial… whatever happened to that?
Sorry, editorial/publishing ramble there