Hi there
I'm new to the forum and looking at buying a Spyder so wondered if anyone had any advice on the following:
1) Since it's the most I'll have spent on a car I'm tempted to get it inspected. Do most people do this? Are they able to provide insight and sensible comments about the potential problems with relatively rare and specialist cars like Maseratis or do they tend to run through generic checks of tyre tread, service history and worn belts? Are there specialists who people recommend? Keen to go in to this with my eyes open although obviously I'm not expecting hassle free motoring and cheap servicing!
2) The car I'm looking at has 71k on the clock which feels a bit leggy but does suggest it has had a reasonable usage rather than sitting rotting in a garage. Other threads suggest people have 100k+ on their cars so it feels like this might have some life left in it? To my untrained eye it looked in great condition, limited rust/leaks, no smell of petrol. It has just had a new clutch, I took it for a drive and LOVED the Cambricorsa gearbox - I found it silky smooth when being gentle around town and not as clumsy as I had been led to believe even when doing the worst combination of foot flat on the floor changes in sport mode. However I've seen examples with far fewer miles on boasting "new gearbox" - do these things have a finite life and is it likely I'll need to replace the whole thing soon, or is it feasible it could continue for the next 30k miles ok? Appreciate it's hard to tell but wondered if it was a known problem at this sort of age?
Cheers
Richard
I'm new to the forum and looking at buying a Spyder so wondered if anyone had any advice on the following:
1) Since it's the most I'll have spent on a car I'm tempted to get it inspected. Do most people do this? Are they able to provide insight and sensible comments about the potential problems with relatively rare and specialist cars like Maseratis or do they tend to run through generic checks of tyre tread, service history and worn belts? Are there specialists who people recommend? Keen to go in to this with my eyes open although obviously I'm not expecting hassle free motoring and cheap servicing!
2) The car I'm looking at has 71k on the clock which feels a bit leggy but does suggest it has had a reasonable usage rather than sitting rotting in a garage. Other threads suggest people have 100k+ on their cars so it feels like this might have some life left in it? To my untrained eye it looked in great condition, limited rust/leaks, no smell of petrol. It has just had a new clutch, I took it for a drive and LOVED the Cambricorsa gearbox - I found it silky smooth when being gentle around town and not as clumsy as I had been led to believe even when doing the worst combination of foot flat on the floor changes in sport mode. However I've seen examples with far fewer miles on boasting "new gearbox" - do these things have a finite life and is it likely I'll need to replace the whole thing soon, or is it feasible it could continue for the next 30k miles ok? Appreciate it's hard to tell but wondered if it was a known problem at this sort of age?
Cheers
Richard