"I love you but I've chosen hooning!" (obrut-2002)
12/28/2014 at 11:53 • Filed to: maserati GT dumb cars
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"I love you but I've chosen hooning!" (obrut-2002)
12/28/2014 at 11:53 • Filed to: maserati GT dumb cars | 0
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Dear Jalops,
today I took to the internets to find a used car with lots'a power in relation to it's price and miles on the clock.
Below my search criteria on Mobile.de:
Output: >300 PS
Mileage: <150k (that is km, not miles)
Price: <€15k
Extra criteria: Car must be in driving condition, manual gearbox
Most cars that came up were people's personal "project: car hell"s - like Opels and Golfs that were tuned to oblivion. Obviously I was looking for something with more class. Next thing in line, Bimmers - lots of them. E36 M3, E39 M5, E82 135i, E60 535i etc.
And then I came across my dream car, the Maserati 3200/ GT - a 1999 model, 2001 model and 2006 model (without manual though) all below 100k miles. I love the shape, the sound the everything about this car. I love the rear lights of the 3200 a bit more than the ones of the GT, but that's just nitpicking.
The question is, how much pain will I have to endure with the car (in general)? How unreliable is it?
Here's my situation: I live in Germany's largest city and frankly speaking I don't need a car. Public transportation is pretty good (even though everybody likes to bitch about it), whenever I need to haul shit from A to B I get a rental or car-share. Driving for me is strictly a fun pasttime, thus it wouldn't be a DD. This spring/summer I'll finish grad school and return to work. Unfortunately, most of the time work does suck. Therefor I want to buy a "dumb" car that'll make my life as part of the machinery of capitalism less sucky.
jkm7680
> I love you but I've chosen hooning!
12/28/2014 at 12:02 |
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Take a look in here. Lots of good opinions from people.
http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/convince-me-th…
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I love you but I've chosen hooning!
> jkm7680
12/28/2014 at 12:06 |
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Thank you!
Schaefft
> I love you but I've chosen hooning!
12/28/2014 at 12:14 |
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Not needing it as daily driver pretty much qualifies any car you can think of. It doesn't have to be dead reliable and fuel economy shouldn't be a big deal either. I thought about getting a 3200GT myself one day, and while they are very pretty cars for reasonable money (you absolutely need to get one with full service history and one or two owners, otherwise its gonna be hell), there are quite a few other cars in that price class I want that would most likely be easier to live with (996 C2, E39 M5 for example). Also like I said earlier, Maseratis, including the 3200gt, do not seem to hold up too well over time, the interior will look used depending on the mileage (general appearance of the plastic surfaces, peeling coating on the buttons and so on), however that is purely based on what I've seen online and might completely depend on the car and previous owner. Its the perfect example of a cheap exotic that is quickly run down into the ground if owned by the wrong kind of person.
GhostZ
> I love you but I've chosen hooning!
12/28/2014 at 13:12 |
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LS-Swapped anything. Done.
Ideally an LS-swapped 240SX or 280Z.
Manuél Ferrari
> I love you but I've chosen hooning!
12/28/2014 at 16:07 |
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BUY IT