tonym3
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Hi all
My names is Tony I am based in sunny Essex and have a unhealthy addition to cars, over the years I have had a number of different cars including recently a TVR, a Lotus and a 308 Ferrari. So I am not easily scared by stories of what might go wrong!! I have always worked in or around the car trade, presently I help run a Ford Main Dealer, and in my spare time buy and work on my own cars.
I have just sold my TVR Chimera and am on the look out for a 3200 and thought it was best to turn to the experts.
My budget puts me at the low end of the scale, looking to spend around £7000-£10000 on a nice example with good history, mileage doesnt really scare me as long as its in good mechanical order.
I have seen a few around on the normal sites including one in Surrey at a dealerr its a V reg Auto in Silver reg number V209LDA I am off to see and drive it on Tuesday and wondered if any one on here knew of the car. It apparently just had £5000 spent on a engine re-build so my thinking is that the main things should all be OK then possibly just budget for tyres and exhaust if needed.
I have had a good read through a few of the Maserati sites and I think I have read all the scare stories now and yet still I want one. My main concerns with any car are structual problems, gear box and engine. Im confident the one I mentioned above should be OK from the engine point of view, and from what I read the early Auto box is pretty tough, so how are these for rust?
Any help or advice would be appreciated or if anyone has a car for sale that would fit the budget I would be interested.
Just to confirm I am not fixed on the Auto I quiet like the idea but I am consious I never keep any cars too long so re-sale has to be a thought and from what I gather the manual is the more popular.
Thanks
Tony
My names is Tony I am based in sunny Essex and have a unhealthy addition to cars, over the years I have had a number of different cars including recently a TVR, a Lotus and a 308 Ferrari. So I am not easily scared by stories of what might go wrong!! I have always worked in or around the car trade, presently I help run a Ford Main Dealer, and in my spare time buy and work on my own cars.
I have just sold my TVR Chimera and am on the look out for a 3200 and thought it was best to turn to the experts.
My budget puts me at the low end of the scale, looking to spend around £7000-£10000 on a nice example with good history, mileage doesnt really scare me as long as its in good mechanical order.
I have seen a few around on the normal sites including one in Surrey at a dealerr its a V reg Auto in Silver reg number V209LDA I am off to see and drive it on Tuesday and wondered if any one on here knew of the car. It apparently just had £5000 spent on a engine re-build so my thinking is that the main things should all be OK then possibly just budget for tyres and exhaust if needed.
I have had a good read through a few of the Maserati sites and I think I have read all the scare stories now and yet still I want one. My main concerns with any car are structual problems, gear box and engine. Im confident the one I mentioned above should be OK from the engine point of view, and from what I read the early Auto box is pretty tough, so how are these for rust?
Any help or advice would be appreciated or if anyone has a car for sale that would fit the budget I would be interested.
Just to confirm I am not fixed on the Auto I quiet like the idea but I am consious I never keep any cars too long so re-sale has to be a thought and from what I gather the manual is the more popular.
Thanks
Tony