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Since: 22/3/2007
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Morning,
It is probably worth getting an expert to look at it, although I didn't, for mine I spoke to the garage that looked after the car.
In two years of ownership I have had a few minor problems, but nothing serious;
Window would not always go up.
Starting motor wire came loose
Smashed Fog light
Damaged wheel following puncture
Rev counter is sometimes erratic
I had a ss exhaust made.
The previous owner had just changed the chains so servicing has been £600 per year, I will refurb 2 of the wheels and the bumper / bonnet has some stone chips on it - this will be a winter job as I try to use it every weekend.
Things to check
Yes all the electrics - watch the dash buttons if you push them too hard they fall back into the dash.
Make sure you can feel the suspension changes when you are driving along, the difference between 1 and 4 is significant.
Exhausts - these are high grade Italian steel !!
If you look underneath the car behind the front wheels sometimes the metal there looks "squashed", i had seen this on a few I looked at, it is nothing serious just where it has been jacked in the wrong place.
The "lip" of the bonet behind the grill can start to rust, as can the boot lid just around the badge, i think the badges are fine, the boot is fine but they used poor quality screws !!!
The manual will not go into second gear when cold without some work, this appears to be normal, once hot it is fine, I believe this is the same on some Ferrari 6 speed boxes aswell.
When you read about them providing there are well looked after the engine does appear to be reliable, none needed rebuilding during the Open Cup race series ! As with all turbo cars let the oil warm and cool before turning off change every 6000 miles - although 3000 will not hurt. Even if a turbo does die, you do no pay Maserati £3000 for an old/average turbo there are places that will refurb them.
Whilst they may not be as fast as a new M3 / Evo etc etc, people will never come up to them in a garage and ask what they are !!
They should be relatively depreciation proof, Cups tend to be around £17K and don't seem to drop much, a well looked after GT should hold its value aswell.
Del
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