4200 for £25k? Or GS? Differences?

[rossyl]

Talking about the GS:

There are a few at 23k andy.....50k ish miles but that dont bother me....

A blue with black interior also a black with cream interior on autotrader for 23k

That was my car I sold to Si Bradbury, great value but difficult to sell when there's nearly 60k on the clock.

The price range for a GS seems to be:
Between 20,000 and 30,000 miles = £30k
40,000+ miles = £23k

Taking into account what Dicky Grace, a car seller, states above that at 60,000 miles they becoem hard to sell I would avoid a car with what is considered to be too many miles.


I've settled for looking for a 4200, CC box, 2004/2005 preferably 2005, with the deep mesh grill/Gransport bumpers, a light interior tan/cream, exterior colour yet to be decided but red looks nice... and I'd want to spend £18k on it.


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[Andyk]

YOu will get one for that......Most private sales are 17k to 20k........

 

[rossyl]

I may be wrong but I think you can tell the difference from a 2002/2003 car to a 2003/2004 because the early car had a stubby black radio aerial on the back later upgraded cars did not have one.

Hey Andy, this one is advertised by Nuvola as being the 2003 upgrade, but its got the stubby top aerial...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...postcode/kt220qj/page/2/radius/1501?logcode=p

 

[safrane]

Thats the telephone one, the first cars has a large bee-sting on the rear left wing, however there was a 2005 GS with this antenna a few months ago.

 

[rossyl]

thanks very much

 

[Andyk]

This is what you need to look out for....This is the pre updated car aerial.

 

[Emtee]

I had an MY'04 4200 ('03 upgrades) similar to the Nuvola car you linked to Rossyl, however were I to do it again now with your budget I'd definitely be looking for an MY'05 car with the final upgrades. Putting the visual changes aside, the mechanical improvements marked.

 

[bigbob]

A long time ago (2002) I had a 3200GT and took it into Meridien or Maranello (can't remember which, used both) for some warranty work. Anyway, I ended up in a red with avorio 4200GT for a week and hated it. Nothing wrong with the engine/gearbox but the handling was soft and vague. Anyway, in time I sold the 3200GT and was out of Maseratis' for six years (had about a dozen cars in the middle) then I bought a red with black facelift 2005 4200GT. It was a great car and, whilst the back to back comparison with an early 4200 had a huge gap in the middle, I loved it and felt that it was a much superior product to an early 4200.

 

[EnzoMC]

not red but has GS wheels and grill

http://www.emblemsportscars.com/stock.aspx?v=37

 

[dickygrace]

Just shy of £30k, too much for a 4200 surely?

 

[EnzoMC]

Just shy of £30k, too much for a 4200 surely?

didn't see the price listed, went to stock list and.....oh...bit out of budget....

 

[Andyk]

Just shy of £30k, too much for a 4200 surely?

It that sells for 30k then I'm a monkeys uncle..........

 

[Emtee]

It that sells for 30k then I'm a monkeys uncle..........

I thought that about the one at DL Swindon a few months back and it sold in a week IIRC. Nowt as qu££r as folk......

 

[Andyk]

I thought that about the one at DL Swindon a few months back and it sold in a week IIRC. Nowt as qu££r as folk......

Where's my banana's

 

[Emtee]

Where's my banana's

Haha..... We'll have you doing the Funky Gibbon yet Andy.

 

[Andyk]

Christ..The Goodies.....There's a blast from the past....

 

[dem maser]

Is this a 79s band???

Not being cheeky by the way

 

[Emtee]

Oh Dem you missed out on the classic age of ROCK. Vandegraff Generator, Led Zep, The Goodies, Deep Purple, Gabriel era Genesis, The Wurzels...... modern music is bereft of such titans......

 

[dem maser]

I like def lep & Deep purple....

 

[Andyk]

Seen Def Leppard many times Dem...One of my fav bands.....................

Dem the Goodies was a comedy sketch show from the 70's...They also had a few hits......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXq8rELhUkw

They were Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie...