Maserati Coupe NMNA

2002 Red Manual

This belongs to my new neighbor whom I have not met yet.   You know if anyone want eyes on it.  Can verify that it sounds amazing.

We had a barnfind one a few years ago , sold it non running for $3500 which included a $500 key that you needed to get programmed , only by towing the  car to dealership !

anyway at the time , I found this post here ,  halfway down the page is the original ad , saved so someone else does not make the same mistake , 

NMNA: great ad for $16k paperweight| Cars For Sale forum | (grassrootsmotorsports.com)

And the car we had is up in the SF bay area , running now if anyone is interested ,  I think about $7000

Here was the original ad  copy 

"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."

Good thing this one is a manual transmission.

I have a customer with an 03 4200, its almost at 100k miles and still runs great. That car has Formula Dynamic wheels, looks lowered and judging by the exhaust sounding great, probably has a couple other goodies from FD. 

It sounds amazing but the amount of maseratis popping up cheap for electronic issues is scary. 

Unless you are familiar with italian cars and can actually work on cars stay away. They can be very rewarding cars in the right hands.

Not in a billion years. Sit in a Chrysler 300, then a jeep,  then a Dodge ram, then in a Maserati.   The auto group I work for has Maserati store and they tried to get me to go there...nope lol

My across the street neighbor had one of these he bought new to replace a mid-90's 928. His words: "It was the worst car I've ever owned. A steaming incomprehensible pile of E36 M3. Spent more time in the shop over the first year plus of ownership than in my driveway. Got bought back as a lemon." He had it before I met him and a coupla years ago, when I'd heard he had one, I asked about buying one myself. That was his response. And, "Don't say you weren't warned."

I bought an '08 Boxster S instead.

It's like a beautiful women with lots of demons .....

so tempting   :)