Now I'm ready for a Gran Turismo!

Bobby Dandruff

Bobby Dandruff

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Hello everyone

I first posted on here back in June of this year in anticipation of being able to buy a used Gran Turismo - well the time has finally arrived, and I'm SO excited!

Can I firstly say that I took the advice that I was given last time and spoke to Richard Grace who has been absolutely fantastic and a wealth of information and support - I would recommend anyone in a similar situation to me, to give him a call. He has shown me endless patience for which I am very, very grateful.

Anyway, I am still looking for the right car and have deduced that, despite everyone recommending the evidently superior 4.7, my budget just won't run to one unfortunately (well it could but my wife would go mental!). I don't think that the MC Shift is right for me, based on what I'm going to be using the car for, and so I'm hoping to buy a well looked after 4.2, at a good price.

There seem to be a few around on Autotrader, Pistonheads and eBay (is there anywhere else that I should be looking?) and my perfect colour combination would be dark blue (Oceano is it?), Avorio leather, Birdcage 20 inch wheels (Neptune even better!) with red calipers, with sub 30k miles. One DID come very close to this a few months back from a dealer in the South West, (with only 15k on the clock from memory) but I wasn't in a position to buy at that time :-(

I am also considering another dark colour (black, grey etc) with red/bordeaux interior, but the black leather, grey leather aren't for me. 20 inch birdcage or Neptune wheels are a must (not the 19 inch wheels)

All advice is MOST welcome so please feel free to chip in with any suggestions that you may have.

I am based in Surrey by the way.

Thanks!
 
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Maserati is head and shoulders above all the other cars....sorry for the joke.....

I want to help but have not owned a GT, someone will be here to let you know what to look for....
 
Wattie

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My advice, wait for the depreciation and your budget to align for a 4.7.
It'll be worth the wait.

Cheers Wattie
 
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bigbob

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Nothing wrong with a 4.2 unless you are driving very hard.

The dark blue can be either Blu Oceano or Blu Nettuno, the former has more depth in sunlight.

Let us know what you get.
 
conaero

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Wattie said:
My advice, wait for the depreciation and your budget to align for a 4.7.
It'll be worth the wait.

Cheers Wattie
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Spot on. The Ghibli and QP owners will be taking delivery if their new cars in Q1 2014 and this will flood the market with used GT's and S's

Hold tight and I recon you will get a great GTS MC for under £40k in the first half of next year.

This will in turn push the 4.2GT down into the £20k's
 
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Once over three years old, GranTurismos are falling by £4-5k pa so waiting always saves money. Personally I don't see owners of 3-4 year old GranTurismos selling up to buy new QPs or Ghiblis. I certainly won't as they are very different cars. The new GranTurismo in 2016 - so 2017 delivery - is different but that is a long way off.
 
Bobby Dandruff

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bigbob said:
Once over three years old, GranTurismos are falling by £4-5k pa so waiting always saves money. Personally I don't see owners of 3-4 year old GranTurismos selling up to buy new QPs or Ghiblis. I certainly won't as they are very different cars. The new GranTurismo in 2016 - so 2017 delivery - is different but that is a long way off.
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That seems more logical, to me anyway.
 
Wattie

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Conaero said:
Spot on. The Ghibli and QP owners will be taking delivery if their new cars in Q1 2014 and this will flood the market with used GT's and S's

Hold tight and I recon you will get a great GTS MC for under £40k in the first half of next year.

This will in turn push the 4.2GT down into the £20k's
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As a former GT MC owner my advice would be to wait. Don't want to offend anyone but there is a vast difference between the 4.7 and the 4.2. I appreciate the running costs are different but to fully experience the max maserati gt brand I'd wait. It will be worth it.

I've owned a lot of nice cars but despite its foibles miss my Maserati immensely. It wasn't the fastest, the best handling nor most reliable but it had an x factor I can't explain.......it was special.

Good luck whichever way you go.

Cheers wattie
 
zoros

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I'm on the side lines waiting to pounce. I have noticed a plethora of greys and blacks - very very common in the GT world it seems. Thus I will wait for a different colour. There is a gorgeous private one in dark dark red and a trade one in carbon metallic blue I'm negotiating on at the mo.
I agree with the OP, I have had my hair raising drive with my M3 which would probably pulverise a Masser on the road (especially A roads) but it is a hard and unforgiving beast and can be a little naughty at times. My bones are looking for a gentler cruiser with panache. Lambo and Ferarri are out because I don't have a medallion big enough! R8's are borderline in your face too. Porsche - well what do you say: your either smitten or hate them. I owned one many years ago. It went like a scalded cat but it was like driving a van from an interior design perspective. Nothing in it!
I have allocated a 3 year love affair with the maserati before common sense kicks in / or the wife leaves me before selling it on and rejoining mother earth again. Who knows.

The funny thing is there are 379 licensed GT's on British roads currently. How often (outside London) do you see one? And yet I live in a tiny dot of a village in Wales and shortly there will be two!
 
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what would a 30,000 miler be worth in 2014.?
What do you expect the bottom line to be for GT's - will the stay forever in the 20k region?
 
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zoros said:
what would a 30,000 miler be worth in 2014.?
What do you expect the bottom line to be for GT's - will the stay forever in the 20k region?
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Hard to say but it is a favoured car like the DB9 and the latter are holding up nicely despite being launched three years before the GranTurismo. As for numbers on the road, they are a rare sight - there was one for sale in Mold earlier in the year and one of the trusted independents is in North Wales mind - but 379 must relate just to the 4.2 as Maserati UK sells about 300-400 GranTurismo and GranCabrio pa so there are about 1500-2000+ in the UK.
 
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Gents, thought I would introduce myself, I'm currently scouring the forum to upgrade my knowledge as a Maserati purchase is next on my list. Currently mulling over the pros and cons of Gransport vs Grantourismo. Zoros I note you live in a small village in North Wales, where are you, I'm in Holywell but I've not seen too many Maseratis knocking around
 
hodroyd

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That's where I met my first wife in Holywell, many moons ago..!! Welcome Zoros & M66, hope you both get sorted out quite quickly..!!
 
zoros

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I'm about 5 miles from Holywell.
By around Q1 next year there will be two Maserati Gran Turismo's inside that radius, that i know about!
Keep in touch so we can compare Maserati purchasing notes !!!!

Hello hodroyd.
 
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