Calling Tavarish: Buy This Maserati Coupe For Less Than A FiST

"Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero" (sampsonite24) 01/06/2015 at 18:49 • Filed to: None

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saw this the other day as I was driving past the dealer. Checked it out on their website and they want 19 grand for it. If only I had some disposable income. Also I wonder what person trades a Maserati in at a Ford dealer. Maybe they bought it at auction. Who knows.

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Flavien Vidal > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 01/06/2015 at 18:51

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Still too much :)

Jagvar > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 01/06/2015 at 18:52

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I know all exotics are maintenance nightmares, but I seem to remember there was something about this model that was especially bad, maintenance-wise. Don't remember what, but I remember being told to keep away from them.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Jagvar 01/06/2015 at 18:53

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I just remember Wheeler Dealers did one of these once but I think it's called the 3200GT over there or something. I just remember it had the same back end. Thought it was an interesting car at the time lol.

Jagvar > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 01/06/2015 at 18:55

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A quick Google search tells me that this car eats clutches. The clutch needs to be replaced every ~15K miles, to the tune of $4K.

BATC42 > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 01/06/2015 at 18:57

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Not the same car, the 3200 GT has rear lights in the shape of boomerangs.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 01/06/2015 at 18:58

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3200GT is sort of a different car. Looks pretty much the same, but has a twin-turbo 3.2 V8 instead of the NA 4.2.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > BATC42 01/06/2015 at 18:58

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Still that looks pretty damn close

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Jagvar 01/06/2015 at 19:00

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Haha its not a serious thought. Not sensible for A) baby duty and B) chicago winters. I just thought it was an odd car at a dealer and I just don't see them very often. The GranTurismos and QPs are way more popular in my area

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/06/2015 at 19:01

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Ahhh ok I gotch .

jkm7680 > Jagvar 01/06/2015 at 19:08

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Yup, Same deal with the manual version if I recall correctly.

Manuél Ferrari > jkm7680 01/06/2015 at 19:31

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Really ?

:(

AdverseMartyr > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 01/06/2015 at 19:33

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The internet price is affordable. When you get to the lot the price doubles and has an additional 30% closing fee for the paperwork.

jkm7680 > Manuél Ferrari 01/06/2015 at 19:33

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Yup, Apparently it's "a bit" better than the horrible automated one.

Manuél Ferrari > jkm7680 01/06/2015 at 19:44

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what a bummer! i was hoping that it was WAY better

jkm7680 > Manuél Ferrari 01/06/2015 at 19:45

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Same, I was a bit disappointed to hear that also. I'd love to have one, But I'd probably drive it a bit more than 20,000 miles.

Manuél Ferrari > jkm7680 01/06/2015 at 19:54

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One good piece of news - the clutch for the Manuél is probably cheaper

I know the clutch for the 6MT F430 is a bit cheaper than the F1 clutch

And you could change the regular clutch yourself

jkm7680 > Manuél Ferrari 01/06/2015 at 19:57

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That is true, They don't cost all that much for what they are.

http://www.amazon.com/Maserati-Spyde…

Manuél Ferrari > jkm7680 01/06/2015 at 20:00

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nice find!

not bad at all!

further proof that our lord and savior manuél is always better than paddles!

jkm7680 > Manuél Ferrari 01/06/2015 at 20:01

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Oh there is no doubt that Manuél is better than Paddles. Manuél is in charge of me.

Manuél Ferrari > jkm7680 01/06/2015 at 20:04

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He watches out for our pocketbooks

And he makes sure we get home

I almost didn't get out of downtown LA ate night alive cause DCT paddles went bonkers

jkm7680 > Manuél Ferrari 01/06/2015 at 20:08

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Haha, He does.

I can totally imagine DCT paddles going crazy and randomly shifting to first gear at 60 mph, Lol.

Manuél Ferrari > jkm7680 01/06/2015 at 20:12

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It was the opposite! Which was also bad.

The dark lord robo-manuel was upshifting way too soon. Car was running bad to begin with and he kept going all the way up to 7th gear even though I was going 25 MPH. No attempts to take over with manual mode worked. The computer had taken over. It was like Skynet becoming alive.

jkm7680 > Manuél Ferrari 01/06/2015 at 20:17

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Ooh, That doesn't sound very fun! Lord Manuél is watching out for you, You said it yourself!

Which car was it?

Manuél Ferrari > jkm7680 01/06/2015 at 20:30

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It was the E90 M3.

Should have got stick. My commute was much longer when I bought it. Now I'm close and automatics are useless.

jkm7680 > Manuél Ferrari 01/06/2015 at 20:34

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Still a nice car! How's the Porsche doing?

If I were commuting a long distance, I'd be fine with an S4 with Tip or an M3 with the DCT. Only new though, I would refused to accept an older one like that.

shop-teacher > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 01/06/2015 at 23:58

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It looks exactly like the one that sat at Castle Chevy in Villa Park for a long time. Maybe they dealer traded it?