Introduction
Alan Stuart
Looking for something a little different to the usual Jaguar or Mercedes Grand Tourers, look no further than this stylish and fiery Italian Maserati 3200 GT.
Launched in 1998, the Svelte Italian Design coupe marked the rebirth of Italian manufacturers Maserati. The four-seater grand tourer sparked a new era of design from the Italian manufacturers, using innovative ideas which are common today, but in 1998 it was the first car produced with LED rear lights, on this model known as the "boomerang lights". It was styling and design like this which rewarded Maserati with its best-ever sales figures.
This lovely example comes to the market after a short time with its current keeper. It is a well maintained and has a comprehensive history have ensured the 3200 GT looks to be a fantastic one, some important jobs in the last year or so include new cam belt, water pump, idler pulleys, clutch, the list goes on. With just ~53,700 miles covered, quite modest for this car, there is plenty more fun to be had in the Italian grand tourer.
This auction listing was written from information supplied by Alan after meeting Graeme the owner, and having visited and photographed the vehicle.
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Helle Graeme,
I saw “check engine” indicator in video is always activated in dashboard, but I seems to disappear after a service. Could you confirm ?
Moreover, in photos, I’ve got the impression that grey color is different between right rear panel (behind the driver) and door panel (driver). Do you know if a part has been repainted ? Or may be is it optical illusion with light ?
And finally, why do you sell it only a few months after buying it ?
Best regards. Richard
Hi Richard. Thank you for your question.
So the check engine light came on a few weeks ago. I booked it in for diagnostic immediately. Before the garage could see me, the photographer was booked for the photo shoot, hence the light is on at time of video.
I can now confirm that the diagnostics have been carried out. The light was a brake pedal potentiometer (apparently I pressed the brake pedal and throttle simultaneously which activates the check light). This has now been rectified and has done many miles since without the light coming back on.
I have another vehicle which I own, however I cannot afford to keep them both. So I am advertising both cars with a view to keeping the one which doesn’t sell soonest. No other reason. This car has been fabulous. A real joy and pleasure to drive. I genuinely will be sad to see it go (if it goes).
Many thanks.
Graeme
Hi. There are no oil leaks that you speak of. The car did have a leak on the rear gearbox seal, this has since been replaced, perhaps this is what you can see (old evidence now repaired). The car does not leak any fluids. It is parked on a blocked pave driveway which is free from any oil leaks.
Kind regards
Thanks for the reply Graeme. So that’s old gearbox oil I can see on the rear vallance, the rear subframe and half way up the spare wheel well in pics 35-39 of 46 in the mechanical photo gallery and from 7:46 in the on the road video, is it? Not from the oil on the lower trailing edge of the rear diff casing plate that can be seen in the video? Spare wheel well still looks pretty wet to me as if air flow has drawn the oil mist upwards – unless of course that’s something leaking out of the boot.
Please understand I’m not knocking the car. I want to bid but I’d like to know the source and content of that fluid leak ‘cos I know the cost of dropping the diff to replace the diff’s rear gasket.
Many thanks again.
Hi.
I can say with absolute certainty that what you’re seeing is not oil. Certainly not from anything being generated at this moment in time.
The car went to Giallo cars for the cam belt and other works. At the same time, the car was inspected and I was advised of remedial works needed. The gear box mounts, rear gear box seal and and oil change were the only things noted. ALL items mentioned were done.
Those pictures look to me like water/dirt from general day to day running in this time of year. It doesn’t look like oil. If you look at the driveway underneath the car, it is dry. The diff also looks dry. No signs of oil there. The car was only taken to a car cleaners the night before the photos and it was zero degrees. This could just be water in my opinion.
Hi. In addition, I’ve just looked at the video, there appears to be moisture in a few places which would indicate that what you can see is water. It’s dripping on the driveway. Also, please note that this video was taken after the road test. It’s highly likely we’ve driven on wet roads. The lines on the rear valance also look like dirt where the water would run down from the exhaust tips. Lastly, I screen shot the rear diff video image and zoomed in. The diff is dry from what I have seen.
With everything mentioned taken into consideration, I thinks its fairly safe to say what you can see with limited light and on a damp day is just moisture.
Thank you.
Hi Graeme, Oil leaks are visible on the underside of the rear vallance and the rear subframe that appear to be coming from the diff. Could you comment on this please.
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