V8 Levante

So after 3 months what are your thoughts and how big are you? I'm almost 6'1" and all of 250 lbs also well past retirement age and with the front seat adjusted nicely I had a hard time getting into the back seat. This the one I drove.

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It doesn't come with the CPO warranty and the standard warranty is just about done. A lemon law buy back for check engine light. You do wonder if they ever fixed that or just discounted the hell out of it to be done with the problem and then didn't offer the the 6 yr. CPO deal mso that they wouldn't be on the hook for the issue all that much longer. <=== very probable IMHO.

Besides, I really don't want white again. My current MKX Lincoln's white is actually a better looking paint than their plain white. I just don't get how they marketed this car here. I've seen some great colors in YouTube videos but there are never any like that for sale. Tons of black & white. The anthracite color is nice especially with a read or tan interior. No black interior for me though.

But I need a lot longer than a 20 minute drive in a crap location for decision like this. If they'd let me drive it for a couple of days I think I could tell if it was a good fit but I'd put at least 200 miles on it.
I'm not sure the seats were comfortable enough ...

I'm expecting to pay more ike $56Kto 75K for one but I want a CPO warranty.

 

Thanks. The extension support for the right thigh is my problem now. Kind of always has been. When it gets exhausted I have to just stop driving. If I'm going to be spending this kind of money this has to be a non issue.

 

Joe ... we have many, many guests whom we must accommodate.

Capisce?

 

And your Levante is a V8?

 

That's amazing mileage. My 2015 Lincoln MKX with a 300 HP NA V6 goes pretty good, handles like crap and get's 10 MPG around where I live and maybe 21 on the highway if I really work at it.
Which model year is it?

 

So between the GTS, Modena S and Trofeo I'm seeing 3 different styles of seats. Does anyone know what the differences are in terms of leather and cushioning?

From a 2021 trofeo
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From a 2023 Modena S
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Those seem to be the three styles I've seen.

 

The seats pictured in the Modena S are what almost all GTS and Trofeos have. The last set of seats are rather rare in my explorations. The first set of seats are the only ones I've ever seen like that.

 

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I kind of like the look of that silk seat facing. I understand that it serves as the ventilation as well. I wonder how it would hold up? I think you'd have to special order that in GTS/Modena S though and I kind of doubt anyone did.

 

I'm still debating about whether to pull the tirgger on one of these or a V6 S model and then get the chip upgrade.
I sat in a couple of used models last Friday and the seats wee still an issue for me.
Have you done the chip upgrade?

Do you have an update?

 

Add me to the list as yesterday I bought a 2022 with a little over 20K miles. Light grigio with red. Black wheels and calipers ugh! But the price and condition were superb. Photos in a couple of days.

Now ... learning how to use it.

 

Update:

Because of the nearly month long hassle getting Maserati's approval for a factory extended warranty I decided to have the local dealership perform an oil/filter change. The Carfax records indicate that this was done at the dealership in California not that many miles before the car was put up for auction but there's also a 1 year limit and it was bit overdue. It's also a lemon law buyback for a rattle. I think I the found and fixed the rattle. The spare and toolkit weren't tightened down properly. But ... I will say that if you get caught out in sport-mode and hit a really ugly patch of bumpy pot holed road (typical here) then the car makes a frightful racket. I suspect that's not exactly the kind of road they had in mind for Sport-Mode.

So as a part of the oil change it got a general service condition check and the very young tech, they're all very young at my age ... It passed everything with flying colors!

So now onto sorting out the discrepancies between the CarFax records and Maserati's.

Presently I've got a good sized chip near one headlamp that needs touching up. I'll try to do that today. There are a few nicks in the windshield but one looks like the beginning of a crack so I think I'll see if Safelite can inject their magic fix for that.

Then next week it gets PPF on the front. Since I had some damage happen coming home from the car lot I'm reluctant to expose it to major road like I95, I80 and I78 until after the PPF is on.
So I still haven't had a chance to enjoy it.

 

It's not been WO issues. I won't elaborate quite yet as I'm still trying to get some things resolved. Hate the black wheels & black calipers and over all just too much black!