anyone have any experience with cambiocorsa? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Kirk · 11-08-2008, 03:03 PM

Good luck finding one to test drive. Maserati only made them from 2002 - 2007, so you won't find one new at the dealer. Still living in Chicago you've got a good bet of finding a used one to test drive somewhere. Report back on your impressions!!!

Personally I think it's worth checking out. With the back seats and trunk it's actually somewhat practical, and for an exotic it's somewhat affordable. If you want the prestige of owning a fine Italian machine, than it's really not a bad choice. I'm actually strongly considering one to replace my old daily driver. I don't think it's an even replacement for the Boxster. The Boxster is most definitely a sports car, while the Maserati Coupe/Spyder is not, it's a grand tourer. So I'll be keeping my Boxster for weekends, as I use it now. But the Maserati might work for me as a DD, especially as I actually enjoy working on cars and have a second car to drive when I am inevitably doing some work on the Maserati. I just have to be lucky and not run into major and very expensive repairs. I'm also considering the Audi TT, Infiniti G35, and RX-8 as those are also more practical 2+2 sporty cars. Unfortunately the Jaguar XK8 and 911 do not have practical (for my pre-teen daughters) rear seats.

Kirk

djomlas · 11-08-2008, 04:24 PM

honestly i dont care for backseats at all...i have nothing/noone to carry there...and for summer i ridy my bike, so i need somethign to drive daily, but dont want to 'downgrade', and honestly boxster is not doing anythign special for me anymore

i use it as winter car hahaha, and scraping everything daily haha

Kirk · 11-08-2008, 06:13 PM

If you're looking to use the Maserati as a daily driver, then either be prepared to work on it yourself or have deep pockets. I'm only considering it because I would do the work myself. Parts are not cheap though - $1,600 heavily discounted price for the clutch and throw out bearing for a manual. Rotors and pads are pricey too. The F1 transmission gets even pricier ($1,300 for the F1 pump). Fortunately these cars don't seem to need big repairs too frequently. Here's the best advice on costs I found on Maserati Life:

"Cost of ownership depends on your willingness to open the hood and crawl under the car yourself, just like a ferrari. You either have got to pay to play, or know what you're doing. If you don't want to do either, then this car (or any exotic) isn't for you.

Cost will depend on many things, mainly related to driving style. Drive hard and fast? Be prepared to buy tires often. Want the flappy paddle gearbox? Be prepared to replace the clutch and or pump to the tune of a couple K every 15-20,000mi. Want to abuse the car? Be prepared to fix any host of things that will break on ANY abused car, except add a couple of 0's. As a note, the 6 speed manual goes through clutches less quick than the CC, and also doesnt have an F1 pump to replace.

Every type of car, from any make out there will have a few horror stories, chevy or ferrari. When buying one of these, you should do your due diligance, investigate the car thoroughly before purchasing, and go with the logical decision. Not emotional. An example- i felt that i higher mileage car would be better sorted than a low mileage garage queen. I went, found a good example, took a chance, and 10000 miles (and 7 months) later, she performs beautifully. I had to fix the reverse switch, the A/C control knob, and change the oil."

djomlas · 11-08-2008, 06:29 PM

well, unless its impossible for me to do, then i would have to take it to a shop, otherwise, just like this porsche, i do everything myself...how much is an oil change at the porsche dealer? yeah, im not paying that, same with everything else, like doing pads and rotors and shifters and so forth, i do everything myself.
the only time that i took any of my 10 cars i owned to a shop was to replace the transmission on a bmw, thats all...
i did a suspension swap on the porsche myself, shofter install, oil, pads, rotos, brake fluids, lights...blav bla, and then mod list gets bigger and bigger with my other cars that had cheaper parts to get (ls1 mods)...

so all in all im not scared to do anything that anyone else can do (as long as it doesn't require an expensive piece of machinery that cant be replaced by something that i would have in the garage)

Blkboxster · 11-08-2008, 08:20 PM

Trust me i was soooo close to buying a 06 grandsport.. only get one of you have warranty, and if you dont get a warranty save about 20grand for repairs, i guarantee u will need it

djomlas · 11-08-2008, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Blkboxster

Trust me i was soooo close to buying a 06 grandsport.. only get one of you have warranty, and if you dont get a warranty save about 20grand for repairs, i guarantee u will need it

20 grand of repairs?
what do u expect to break? and y would it break?

Blkboxster · 11-09-2008, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by djomlas

20 grand of repairs?
what do u expect to break? and y would it break?

everything lol, my bro-in law has already spent about 16k in repairs in his 2003 coupe, ill try to get a detailed write up of what services were done and what was replaced..