Friday, February 18, 2011

Italian Sportscars...

Not always the good idea they seem at first.
Take my Maserati 3200 (no, seriously, please take it) - in the 6 months or so I've had it has caused me more hassle than my old Nissan 200SX did in 7 odd years.
Currently it's out of commission as a result of a leaking radiator, which needs replacing. The replacement needs to be shipped over from Italy!
This is going to cost me many hundreds of pounds.
Also, the boot leaks sometimes.

All things considered, given the various niggles (both major and minor), I don't enjoy the car anymore. It's time to move on. Once it's working again.

Think I might go the other way next time, maybe buy an old classic that needs a bit of restoring. Something like an MGB perhaps.
I know, it probably won't be any more reliable than the Masser, but it won't be costing anywhere near was much. I can forgive a lack of reliability in something like that, in a "premium" brand car like a Maserati? Not so much