unless they have a true manual and not Ferrari's flappy paddle.. I would not touch them. Those flappy paddle clutches are expensive and need to be done fairly often
unless they have a true manual and not Ferrari's flappy paddle.. I would not touch them. Those flappy paddle clutches are expensive and need to be done fairly often
Its a Maserati they are never fully depreciated. Plus its a 20K car with the service costs of a 100K+ car and the reliability of a perpetual drunk.
Still they are pretty and they make an wicked noise. If the coupes get that low I will be very very tempted.
Also the traditional automatic with the paddle shifters is fine, the "manual" automatic eats 6K clutches for lunch.
I always found the styling on those to be quite underwhelming. Take off the Maserati badges , and it could easily be mistaken for a Buick or Oldsmobile.
For the same money, maintenance costs, and inevitable mysery, I'd go Magnum PI and pick up a Ferarri 308.
wearymicrobe wrote: Still they are pretty and they make an wicked noise. If the coupes get that low I will be very very tempted.
Quoting myself here because what I meant on this line was this coupe.
I hope they keep depreciating - what a glorious donor for this - a custom adapter or two and...although this is probably the reason they won't quite ever hit dirt cheap like the biturbo
My buddy has one. When I was replacing the engine on my WRX, I occasionally had to move it out of the way to get the WRX in/out of the garage. I never even got it out of the driveway, but my favorite sound of the day was firing up that engine.
Pure, unadulterated (or maybe adulterous?) sex.
The flappy paddle gearbox is a pain at low speeds. Clunky and jerky. No modulation at all. And I know this one occasionally gives the maintainers fits. If the battery dies... you may have to use a special red key to bypass the security system and drive it to the dealer to be re-acquainted with the regular key (or somesuch).
I'd love to rock this car, but I'd be afraid (or fairly certain) that I'd have to go to the dealer often.
I actually found the seats to be rather flat and mundane. No support to speak of. The windows do that funky thing where they pop down 1/2" when you lift the door handle, then zip up 1/2" when you close the door (frameless window). This somehow ate away at the corner of the weatherstripping on this car. I imagine that piece costs about as much as the engine on my WRX.
Aero's comparison to the Buick/Olds may be more apt than you think. But that engine. Oh my. What a sound!
Taking advise from my dad (former Service Manager at Ferrari of Atlanta), avoid these like the plague. Service is horrendous on the cost wise, very jerky under city/traffic conditions. I had to drive one for a complete drive cycle to pass emissons, got stuck in Atlanta, with a F1 gearbox... would have rather walked 50 miles...
CEO at work bought a Maser. Used, of course (we're a cheap company). The interior fell off. All the glue holding all the leather let loose. At once. Apparently, Italian glue and Florida summers don't go together very well.
When I bought my Boxster they had four of these for sale at I believe the same 24k I gave for the 986s. All four had 12k or less on them with bad transmissions. I love the looks but the maint really scares me.
Ten times better than a BiTurbo is still 10 times less than typical car ownership.
One on Craigslist detroit for 22k right now.
I would rather have a biturbo
chandlerGTi wrote: When I bought my Boxster they had four of these for sale at I believe the same 24k I gave for the 986s. All four had 12k or less on them with bad transmissions. I love the looks but the maint really scares me.
That's when you offer them 12k, adapt a Toyota w58 or something and either get a manual ecu or run an AEM or enev megasquirt. Bam 15k Ferrari that doesn't eat trannies.
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