https://bham.craigslist.org/cto/d/birmingham-maserati/7851538767.html
That is almost worth the title issues. Has there ever been a better candidate for a stand alone fuel and ignition system.
Motors are ok in these right, just needs updated turbos.
Recently rewatched "The Grand Tour" episode where they buy cheap maseratis (Maseratii?). These may have joined my "casual" searching-for list since then. Not gonna happen for me but looks like a fun project
Don't they all have 25k miles or so?
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
I don't remember exactly, but that might be the timing belt interval. It's either that or 32k....
akylekoz said:That is almost worth the title issues. Has there ever been a better candidate for a stand alone fuel and ignition system.
Motors are ok in these right, just needs updated turbos.
Except for the part where the cylinder heads starve of oil after the filter between the block and head plugs up.
If they are like other Italian timing belt engines, timing belt protection is basically nonexistent.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:akylekoz said:That is almost worth the title issues. Has there ever been a better candidate for a stand alone fuel and ignition system.
Motors are ok in these right, just needs updated turbos.
Except for the part where the cylinder heads starve of oil after the filter between the block and head plugs up.
If they are like other Italian timing belt engines, timing belt protection is basically nonexistent.
To be fair, in my research I read that the oil restrictors were revised at some point and that if the engine had the original problematic ones, the solution was to simply drill them out when you had the valve covers off to adjust the valves anyway.
Damnit. I need to stop thinking about how much I wouldn't mind having another one of those....
GRM wrote an article about ownership and issues these cars can have. Probably a decade ago but would be a reference I'd seek out if I was really interested.
I want to say the steering racks in these aren't long lived, the cooling system is kind of marginal, and definitely they would be made much better with a modern EFI system. I think they're really pretty and present much better in real life vs. in a still image.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:Don't they all have 25k miles or so?
Is that Driven miles or does it include miles on the back of a tow truck ?
I am not in the "LS swap everything" camp, but these seem to be perfect candidates.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:Don't they all have 25k miles or so?
Yep. That's as far as they make it. 😂
This was a Craigslist ad from 2017 , I saved it because some day reading this may save me from buying one ..... or its cousin a Biturbo :)
Copying and pasting the text so it doesn't disappear into the nether world of Craigslist when the add is deleted or flagged.
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"Don't need a 16k Paperweight? Of course you don't! How about an Italian money toilet!
Some of you may recognize this as a 2004 Maserati Coupe' (also known as the 4200 GT). Don't let that gorgeous Italian body fool you though, this car is Satan's chariot to Hell (or bankruptcy).
I do not exaggerate when I say that this car has been in the shop HALF the time I have owned it. In the last 6 months, I have put ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS into it in parts and labor and the thing still isn't right.
I'm not rich. I'm just an average dude that always wanted a Maserati. Since I was a kid I lusted after those Italian curves and exhaust note. Now my own kids come to me and ask me why there's no food to eat and the electricity has been turned off and I have to tell them it's because Daddy's car is sick again.
This car has a new clutch, new clutch actuator, position sensor, F1 pump and relay, gear selector switch (a 2k SWITCH) new tie rods and new tires. It has the miraculous F1 transmission. As in if it works, it is a miracle. It is also seemingly inhabited by evil spirits.
The voodoo priests at the Maserati dealer insist it's fixed. But it's not. And I've seen their facility. There's no tools, just an altar to Alejandro DeTomaso where they place the still beating hearts and smoking wallets of Maserati owners and ask for a vision of what the @#$$ is wrong with their clients' cars.
Come take a look at it! It's Beautiful! It WILL let you down. You might think that since I poured so much money into it, that there must just be one more thing and then it will be perfect. You can drive it home and laugh at the poor slob that you bought it from who did all the work for you. Nope. Not gonna happen. This car will make you cry.
So why am I asking 16 grand for it? Good question. I'm taking a HUGE loss at that price and that's the lowest price I can let it go for and still be able to pay my mortgage. If that's too much, don't buy it. I don't blame you.
Come look at it! Bring a witch doctor and maybe, just maybe, if the stars are aligned just right you can drive it. DO NOT DRIVE IT. If you drive it, you will want it. It is fast. It is beautiful. It makes a sound like angels revving their angelmobiles.
I want this thing out of my sight. I'm tired of sitting in it at night drinking and making engine noises with my mouth while I pretend it is not a huge pile of disappointment and debt.
Do not offer me 5k for it. The Trident badge alone makes it worth more than that. I don't have to sell it. It can sit in my garage and I can continue to hate it. I don't HAVE to sell it. I WANT to. There's a difference."
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