right bear with me here

 

driving through boldon (fancyish estate near me) and i spots a maserati, lovely light blue color and mentioned to my boss that i would have loved one of those but they are out of my price range

 

my boss then told me that it is his mates and that he is selling it, had a couple of issues lately and he wants to sell

 

one issue was that he sent it to london to a garage to sell and they kept the car and wouldnt give him it back, he went to court to get the car and has cost a fortune

 

second issue was the exhaust was goossed and it was cheaper to get a stainless one made rather than buy a genuine one

 

third issue was something to do with the heater controll panel which he sorted at a cost of about £600

 

fourth issue is that an engine managment light has come on but hasnt effected the car at all and even maserati in edinburgh (where he takes it for all servicing and probs) cant find ouit what is wrong

 

the car has 33000 miles on it and when he bought it it had no keys and had all the locks and what not changed at maserati at a cost of quite a few thousand

 

thre guy has his own accountancy business and is well loaded and the car want for nothing

 

now here is the clincher and if i handnt had already bought the m3 i would have had it, my boss reckons he would let it go for less than 7k with the dash light fault as his missus is getting at him to get rid as he has spent so much on it lol

 

now, if anyone is genuinelly interested in such a car i am willing to go round and take a few pics and get some more details and find out exactly what model and spec it is, please dont pretend to be interested just for the pics as im very busy ATM and havent got time to run about unless it is for genuine interest

 

let me know what ya think

Dont burn your hands when you touch it do you??

 

Walk away sounds like a world of trouble.

fook knows mate

 

i dont know the owner, my boss does, just thought i would mention it incase someone wanted one cheap

Cheap Italian performance? Reciepe for disaster - I wouldn't buy anything like that unless it had a warranty from a main dealer. Stunning cars and I would love one but that one sounds a risk! Still I'm sure somone would buy it!

 

Have u fixed your m3 yet? managed to get all the bits okay?

m3 is on the way mate, ordered back panel the other day then its off to the jiggers, still hoping for middle of august for on the road but who knows lol

m3 is on the way mate, ordered back panel the other day then its off to the jiggers, still hoping for middle of august for on the road but who knows lol

 

an M3! :)

 

my mate has the 4200 ferrari engine massa convertable, its fast as fook :)

and expensive to fix, and prone to electrical faults

ooh mr cadpaul, yup and e46 m3 cabby

 

http://300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=139271&highlight=project

 

you sticking around a bit more then??

ooh mr cadpaul, yup and e46 m3 cabby

 

http://300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=139271&highlight=project

 

you sticking around a bit more then??

 

very nice mate

 

what happened to the Zed?

 

i'm hoping Liam will take me for a blast in me Z, then you will see a grown man cry LOL

Hi Allan,

 

Personally I think you've done the right thing buying your M3 mate!

 

I do love the Mazza; and I have thought on more than one occasion about buying one as a daily driver......

 

......But even with newer, lower mileage examples, I've seen sense and walked away. That Ferrari engine is a peach; but I just don't fancy the maintenance costs. German all the way for me too - that's why I bought a Merc.

 

Richard:cool3: