Pistonheads recommend buying a Gransport quickly.. at £20k

conaero

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Buy that for £15, sit on it for a year and I would not be surprised if you made yourself £7-10k
 
mjheathcote

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wifedrivestheclio said:
Apologies if this car has been discussed before but £16k for what appears to be a UK 50k mile gransport with no reported accident damage?!

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It is always interesting looking at MOT history.
The suspension appears well worn, with failures and advisories, then suddenly it passes! Has all the suspension advisories been fixed as well as the failures? That would cost thousands!
How come the advisory is now front tyres worn, when failure before was bald front tyre with cords showing? Has second hand worn tyres been fitted to pass the MOT?
 
wifedrivestheclio

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Nothing from the MoT would put me off subject to inspecting the work and negotiating new tyres. Obviously I’ve not seen the car so could be other issues.
 
leeq61

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ADG has that up for sale a while back. Belonged to a reality Tv family who traded it in for a GT MC from what I recall. It was the one with the Red Trident on the front grill.
 
Phil H

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breezer said:
Couple that with the reputation for shocking reliability and nobody who’s in the market for an exotic classic car wants a Maserati anymore.
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Well firstly, other prestige and performance marques have their fair share of problems, whether due to design flaws, poor build quality, or the lack of dealer interest when something does go wrong.

Secondly, the assertion that Maserati has a reputation for ”shocking reliability” suggests that commentators have either been very unlucky with Maserati ownership or they have listened to too much uninformed hearsay.

I think that prospective buyers may ‘ask around’ or explore forums such as this and come away with accounts of everything from mechanical failure to software problems, and get a dose of the collywobbles, but what they don’t then do is put an issue into context to see whether there really is a problem or whether it’s just one of perception. Neither do they consider the ramifications of poor maintenance, especially on older models.

I’ve owned 3200(AC)/4200CC/QP V/QP VI with my combined ownership being more than 12 years, and in all that time my worst car was a Jaguar for which the main dealer wanted c£150/hr to fix problems!

IMHO FCA/Maserati at corporate level don’t do themselves any favours with either marketing or customer support, but that said, I am extremely pleased with the local sales and after-sales support I’ve had from Dick Lovett who supplied my latest car.

I’ve been very happy with the Maseratis I’ve been lucky enough to own and whether that’s down to luck or not is debatable, but I always do my homework before purchase and only buy decent cars; you can never entirely de-risk ownership but thus far a bit of up-front effort, and advice from the right people, has paid off.

PH
 
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Phil H said:
Well firstly, other prestige and performance marques have their fair share of problems, whether due to design flaws, poor build quality, or the lack of dealer interest when something does go wrong.

Secondly, the assertion that Maserati has a reputation for ”shocking reliability” suggests that commentators have either been very unlucky with Maserati ownership or they have listened to too much uninformed hearsay.

I think that prospective buyers may ‘ask around’ or explore forums such as this and come away with accounts of everything from mechanical failure to software problems, and get a dose of the collywobbles, but what they don’t then do is put an issue into context to see whether there really is a problem or whether it’s just one of perception. Neither do they consider the ramifications of poor maintenance, especially on older models.

I’ve owned 3200(AC)/4200CC/QP V/QP VI with my combined ownership being more than 12 years, and in all that time my worst car was a Jaguar for which the main dealer wanted c£150/hr to fix problems!

IMHO FCA/Maserati at corporate level don’t do themselves any favours with either marketing or customer support, but that said, I am extremely pleased with the local sales and after-sales support I’ve had from Dick Lovett who supplied my latest car.

I’ve been very happy with the Maseratis I’ve been lucky enough to own and whether that’s down to luck or not is debatable, but I always do my homework before purchase and only buy decent cars; you can never entirely de-risk ownership but thus far a bit of up-front effort, and advice from the right people, has paid off.

PH
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Well said , and dare I say it, my 3200 has been great! Yep, I've denounced the Lord God Almighty and chosen to run a 3200....
 
philw696

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I have only had two 4200 cambio corsa Coupés that I rate very highly.
Served me well both in Europe and Oceania.
 
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