Totally agree and often drive Ms French's uncles 99 4.0 liter one when I fettle it.
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Totally agreed Tim and having put an engine in the one for Ms French's uncle I got to know the car intimately and have found myself looking at them on a daily basis.
If you can find a rust free one it'd be a great car to own. I looked at them in the UK a couple of years ago before deciding to go for a 3200 because they were relatively corrosion free vs the Jag XK(R) which seemed to suffer from quite a lot of rot and some highly dubious welding / cosmetic repairs ... (It's sister car - the DB7 - is just as bad, probably because it's on the same old XJS platform).
Still have my emerald X reg. one. Here she is being persued down the front drive by an Italian thug!
I know the back seats are next to useless compared to a Maserati but boy it's a lovely looking car and a nice lhd one from Spain will do me fine here in my workshop.
There are a lot of cars out there that are relatively unused and harbouring problems that could cost something approaching the purchase price of the car again to fix at an independent specialist. Add to that the issues with parts cost and (non)availability, then even if you are a very capable DIY mechanic they're going to present problems and suppress prices. Unfortunately, those of us that have well maintained cars on the market that are reliable and kept in regular use are struggling to get much interest. Personally, I'd rather keep mine than give it away whilst the market is at the bottom of the curve ...Few manual £10k and below 4200's just cropped up on Ebay: -
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Can't give them away
Coupled with this GS at £14995 https://shorturl.at/htxEO
A £12 bottle of K-Seal will sort out a drip from the heater matrix. Oil can be changed relatively easy, the oil tank and sump easy accessible and the oil filter changed by taking off the r/h front wheel and wheel liner. Obvious the price of a clutch change is the Achilles heel with suspension parts running a close second especially with our **** roads.
Yes, I see that's one of the 3200's that Emblem have for sale, that someone recently mentioned in another thread on here, as I recall. Needs a head off to deal with a valve problem on a single cylinder at best, so will be beyond the ability and tenacity of most DIY mechanics. Time consuming and frustrating at the very best, or simply beyond economic repair at this low point in the market ... to the breakers?Maserati 3200GT 1999 Auto (engine miss-fire ) Spares or Repair | eBay
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Not sure periods of long non activity on an engine is a good thing. My sunny day cars/motorbikes have more often than not shown a problem after a Winter lay-up.
My twin brother uses his 53 year old Lancia Fulvia every week several times and been all over the UK in it and over to me in France zero problems and still on points and condensor too.
