gb-gta
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The only exception is the granturismo as it was still on sale until a couple of years ago and is still viewed as a current car.
So as long as you can afford it and are happy to accept it may throw up a 5k bill at any time you'll be fine but QP and 4200 , £2000 a corner for wishbones , 5k plus to replace a rotten subframe , 4k for a clutch makes Maserati an unviable brand for most people(wives) even when the asking price is under 10k.
You can see that by how long many cars take to sell , unless they're given away or top examples with no miles on that have already had thousands spent on them , like a £1000 service every year even if the only mileage it's done is mot and back they take months to sell in an ever dwindling pool of buyers
It’s a risk, an older maserati for sure. And yes, some years you will get £2k or £3k bill. On top of general servicing costs.
However, I prefer to use man maths.
Buy the right car, and you are not doing big mileage, depreciation should be low. So if you budget for approx 3k a year for servicing/repairs, then unless you are unlucky you should be covered. Some years maybe just a service, some years a service/tyres/suspension bits. It should average out over time. If you are lucky you’ll be up.
Depreciation between £0 and say £2k/year
£250/month for service repairs
£0 - £150/month depreciation
Less than £400/month overall.
This completes my man maths.
Same a leasing a bland mid range new car that no-one questions.