2008 Quattroporte Reliability

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That deep wine paint is super. Is the two-tone interior (tan/black) specific to the GT?

Something Maserati did on an '09 that I've never seen before is wide directional stripes on the carpeting. Typically in the past, one has to use a vacuum to achieve the stripes. What a ride!

 

The two-tone was a paid option. I have always been partial to a tan and black interiors. A Black and Tan is also quite nice, when I'm feeling my Irish half...

 

Our first Maserati was the '05 Neiman-Marcus Quattroporte
my girlfriend selected from the department store's 2004 Christmas Book.
We upgraded to a 2009 QP Executive GT to replace the manual-shift with a full automatic.
Super sedan...the interior smells awesome. The tie-rod recall wasn't too big a hassle.
It's a heavy car, I affectionately refer to it as The QuattroPork. The depreciation
for the NM Limited Edition was so remarkable, I plan on enjoying the '09 for it's duration.

 

Bob, sponsor FCI (Greensboro) has a couple of really nice ones in stock, I noticed.

 

Five of Foreign Cars Italia's pre-owned Quattroportes exceed in mileage
or are the wrong colors (black, white, and charcoal).

The sixth, a burgundy 2011 QP S with 21,000 miles for $82,000 fits.

FCI's '08 Gran Tourismo Automatic in burgundy has only 6,000 miles for $77,000 but
with only a 4.2 liter instead of the 4.7 the QP S has.

6,000 miles sure beats 21,000, but the QP is 4 model years newer. With 21,000 miles
kind of high, I'd demand a lower price.
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I laugh at statements like that There is something cultural about when a car is considered "a high miles car". Friends from Germany sell cars with barely a few thousand miles on them, just because they are 3 years old.

Just for the record, 21k miles is peanuts for the QP. I've seen a QP with 250,000 miles if you want to know and it is still going without any problems, just regular maintenance. I've seen a 4200 Spyder with 120,000 miles and a 4200 Coupe with 150,000 miles. All working fine and still going strong.

If the previous owner took good care of the car then the miles play a very minor role. For example, if that 6,000 mile car was owned by an idiot who didn't do a single service, then you are looking at a car that is about to explode.

I think mileage should not be such a consideration if the car has been well maintained.

 

Piper,

A local low-priced QP available.

2005 Maserati Quattroporte, Teal Blue, mileage 36,540.
4.2L 6-speed automatic w/autoshift

$34,800

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227 Derwood Circle
Rockville, MD 20850
866-414-4621

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2008 Maserati Quattroporte M139
Automatic Transmission
18,500 miles

$56,595

Brickell Luxury Motors
590 SW 8TH STREET
MIAMI FL 33130

http://www.brickellluxurymotors.com/

866-647-2212
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