How Can FIVE Parts Cost $15K!? Owners Shocked! 

I don’t see the problem honestly. You’re buying a $300,000 car for chump change. 🤷🏻‍♂️ so what if it needs $20,000 worth of repair. 🤷🏻‍♂️ that’s the beauty of it…. Now you can drive a $140,000 Maserati for 40k. Say it needs a new engine down the road. 20k. Ok, now you’re in it for 60k to drive a nice “exotic” ☝🏼 that’s STILL a small price to pay for a unique vehicle.

@@I_know_what_im_talking_about It's not a unique vehicle. It's some unreliable piece of junk on wheels.

@@jaapaap123 A combination of vanity and stupidity. I'd rather spend the money on restoring a Pontiac GTO or a Tempest.

@@garykeith1048 that's your money. Others have different preferences.

​@@I_know_what_im_talking_about It is a problem when you only had $30k, not $60k.. 😅

😂

Same goes for wives.

Buying a used luxury car is like marrying a divorced, aged, ex-supermodel with a venereal disease..

Maserati is so much waste of money and time.

My 2003 S500L 4-matic needed new struts and I replaced all 4 of them with Arnott rebuilt ones for 3000 bucks. New compressor was 600 bucks. Now it needs a new valve block, the last original part of the suspension. But hey, the car is 20 years old...The ride quality is worth it. I really love driving that car, even after having the EQC400 4-matic for a year.

Agreed if you’re buying it sight unseen. But if you inspect it sometimes you can get lucky. Sometimes the car has hardly seen water and the owner just wanted to get out from under it. I knew someone who bought a newer flooded mustang GT for like 12k. All it needed was the exterior washed and the fluids changed. There was nothing wrong with the fluids, but it was precautionary.

It's a good idea to buy new one

I did a pre--buying inspection on an Altima flood car....NOTHING worked inside the vehicle and at that time complete harnesses were not available. I told the woman potential owner the story and that she should NOT buy the car...even though it was cheap. A week later here she comes with that car wanting everything fixed! Again I told her that I'd have to go to the junkyard and find a good harness, and all the electronic modules and swap everything over which would cost over 5x more than she paid for the car and at least 2x what the car was worth. Some people are just not very smart.

@@recoilrob324 That sounds about right lmao. And I’m sure she knew a guy who was positive he could fix it before bringing it back to you. I’m mechanically inclined, but I’m not a mechanic. So I usually know my limitations and when to walk away. I convince my friend to get a pre-purchase inspection on that mustang because the flooded part scared him. But the pictures showed it wasn’t vacuumed or cleaned since the incident, and no water got inside. The waterline showed it *barely* touched over the side skirts. He stole it for the price. Ngl I was a little jealous 😂 It would’ve been an easy flip. But he’s still driving the wheels off of it so I’m glad I could help

Another reason to get a flood car is for body parts to fix a wrecked car, if you can get the car cheaper than the parts

Not if you can't even buy them from the factory...

Funny comment, but it is insult to injury.

You ain't neva' lied.🤣

Sounds like he'll be buying a hellcat next

Especially since anything out of Ft Myers beach was not just flooded it was submerged in 10 feet of water for hours

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@@MB-rr1fb more like submerged for days.

I can attest to the crazy part prices. Three years ago I picked up a 2012 Grancabrio (the convertible Granturismo) and it's been reliable. Favorite car I've ever owned, I must say. But I did shoot myself in the foot by spraying underneath the front end to wash away salt from a bit of winter driving. Didn't know that the headlight ballasts are right underneath and I flooded the left front ballast, causing left headlight failure. So I call my Maserati dealer and say I want them to replace the left front ballast. The dealer proceeds to tell me they only sell the ballast with a new front headlight, I think the cost he quoted was close to $4,000. And of course you'd want to replace the right ballast and headlight at the same time, so you'd be talking almost $8,000. Fortunately you can buy the ballasts separately from Scuderia (about $400 each I recall) and replace them yourself (or have your local shop replace them). So far I've had no trouble with the convertible top. Sure wish I can a Car Wizard here in Pennsylvania, I've searched for independent shops and not found any close to the Wizard.

Maserati parts arnt bad compared to Aston Martin and Bentley.

​​@@billspinner6092modern headlights on any car are expensive still cheap than fixing rust from salty slush..

​​@@billspinner6092Gran Turismo is a great car just don't buy a bottom end priced one. Spend at least 35 on a good example. 2014 and later models are very reliable

@@rvfinder7997 Agree, I ended up spending $45K for one with 45K miles and in near-perfect condition. The F136 V8 from Ferrari is known to be solid, as is the ZF transmission. Like the Wizard and you say, a bargain price GT is going to end up biting you in the ass. A lot of the gremlins with these cars seem to be battery voltage issues; I keep mine on a trickle charger which virtually eliminated the random warning lights that would pop up from time to time.

I really like the Turbo R Congratulations

honestly 4-5k/ year in maintence is a really good deal compared to the price of a new one.

LoL

Yep. Learnt that on my 2006 Grand Cherokee. $1800 on an alternator and $900 on a key fob. And I knew the turbo was getting tired. When I got the quote for $2500 for suspension work it was time to ditch the old girl. Will never buy a GC again. Parts are too rare now that Mercedes scrapped all their parts which made the parts available so expensive.

I could not afford any of my cars when they were newer. My Maserati is actually pretty cheap and fairly easy to look after. If planning to use garages for maintenance then I sort of agree with what you say, but if you can do it yourself, then a Maserati is actually not that expensive - of course picking a ZF gearbox and fixed head version really helps keep those costs down.

@@2DogsVlogsthat’s the diesel one?

@@2steaksandwiches665 Yes it was a CRD. Pre DPF model.

Do the Q7 and the A8 have the same problem after 6 years?

Bentley is just a fancy VW group. So definitely do your research & source parts that elsewhere don’t bother with Bentley spares.

They figure if you own that car, you can afford it. They aren't mass-produced parts.

I think a fair proportion of the Maserati owners are criminals too.

Luxury products: Overpaying for stuff that is NEVER worth it, just to show off. Crazy margins made with the wallets of wealthy or stupid people. That will always be a business model.

People don't understand the actual purpose of such cars. They are status symbols. You are not supposed to be able to afford them, unless you don't care what it costs to maintain them. Their purpose is exclusivity. Let's say a rich person wants to put his position in society on display. He goes and buys an exotic, because it is rare and expensive. The high price is the goal. He doesn't want to see another one on the road. A Joe Shmoe is not supposed to be able to get a fixer-upper and then actually fix it. This is why exotics are needlessly overcomplicated. This is how they maintain exclusivity. I'm a bit jealous of course, but I also realize they are engineered to be unfixable sh!tboxes, so fk 'em. Get a random classic convertible with good paint and you'll still look like a million bucks. It's a cheat code.

@@NafanyaZX lol, I think we all understand that they are exclusive. A luxury car is way more than just a status symbol. If I earn my way to being able to afford one, I would like to not have the piss taken when I need to repair it. If that manufacturer wants to rip me off, I will go elsewhere. If you think they are unfixable, you've clearly never heard of people like Mat Armstrong, Rich Rebuilds or Tavarish.

when i bought a cadillac it was a hundred per hour at the dealer, I wrench as much as I can 🔧

$150 an hour if you worked on it before bringing it in. $300 an hour if you want to help us fix it.

$75 in 1983 = $237 in 2024

Actually that was ragingly expensive for 1983. 75 bucks in 83 would be 237 today which is way more than most shops. Should have not bought the Lincoln and laid off the Fox News 😅

$75/hour in '83 was crazy expensive! That should have been BMW pricing.

Sounds like my neighbor. He can't afford a pot to pee in but will buy used BMWs, Porsche & Mercedes to impress his friends but can't afford to maintain them.

It’s one thing if you go into it with eyes wide open. If you know how much the maintenance and parts cost but simply would rather pay 30-40K for a used one versus 80-100K for a new one, that’s fine.

Vanity.

Vanity.

now, you can just look it up online and not bother the poor parts counter people - who dont set the prices either

The Italians call it "Bella Figura", or so my missus says, who comes from Rome

​@@frasermitchell9183When all the dash lights come on and you can hear the beep, I call it an Italian Disco.

​@@frasermitchell9183You may think you look good on the side road waiting for the recovery vehicle or bankrupting yourself on maintenance and repairs but everybody else knows you're a fake!

​@@frasermitchell9183Pretending you are something you aren't?

Who are you kidding, most cars are bought with the neighbour's opinion in mind.

I agree with that 100%. I drive a 2014 Toyota Camry. Love it, and the repairs are fairly cheep. Did the transmission fluid and filter at the Dealership last year at about $380 ish. Give/ Take. NOT $3,000. Had all new breaks and rotors and one caliper replaced again at the same dealership, $1,633 cash. NOT $5,000+. Air conditioner, again at a Dealership, so proper OEM parts, $2,500 including a new AC Compresser and two electric parts behind the dash. Works perfectly, zero leaks. The Compresser alone was $750... NOT $10,000 or whaver. I coud pay cash for everything.

Exactly. Most maserati parts are ferrari prices.yet I see people daily driving them..I'm a mechanic and drive mine 2 days a week.lol

@@williambaldwin9346next time put that money on a new jetta 2024 basically an audi loaded for 30k

def not 100% true - if you know what you are doing and what you are getting into - I found a really nice CLK55 AMG, with no ABC and the m119/722.3 drivetrain combination. Sunroof went out but I was able to repair myself (removing headliner) vs dealer who wanted 5k.

That's total BS.

right on , manual tops are the way to go

Yep, makes the $13,000 Tesla Model 3 battery much easier to accept.

@@aussie2uGA 13? last i heard it was 22 just for the battery, not counting any labor

hope the 'friend' did all their homework before settling into a monye hole

@@ghostrider-be9ek nope, I warned him, for some reason he likes German toys. Parody of quality, absolute junk.

If they respray it first because dang, this is one gaudy eyesore.

​@@tellyboy17 ...blasphemy...classic...

Don't buy toyota car s

@@kingsmoin4899 Are you dumb?

@@kingsmoin4899 why not?

you’ll stick with a corolla , because that’s what you can afford , not by choice lil man

Derek Vicegrip was rebuilding one of those a while ago.

I have a 2018 Subaru Outback Touring that has the steerable headlights that angle into the turn. I cannot tell you what a huge difference that it makes on a twisty, dark, two-lane mountain road. Worth every penny.

@@elcastorgrande Cool

@@AlanH-d6r I wish I could find a KIT so I co add Em to me Old Truck and newer car [ It should be standard on all Vehicles ] to this day at nite I still long for this option some 40yrs later.

@@AlanH-d6r

You mean the 60k caddie back there, just a heads up from a classic owner we get that same tax added

never seen a erotic car, whats that?

How erotic!!!

@@jacobpoucherhas built in “features” to pleasure the driver.

The only thing erotic about those cars is when Wizzy is excited when he gives you the bill.

Wrong… I had an XJ6 as my second car when I was 18. Cheapest car I ever had. Trick is fix it yourself.

@@SailingSVPipedream Yeah that was probably a long time ago before cars were computers on wheels that you can't yourself anymore without the dealer diagnostic and programming tools. Just watch Samcrac's latest video on his issues with an auction Austin Martin.

⁠@@Weezedog I know what you mean and most cars newer than 2015 are a nightmare. However the Maserati Granturismo is not like that. I have a 2008 example (they are pretty much all the same electrics wise) and it is quite easy to work on. A $70 Autel scanner reads the modules. Mine was a project car and is now back to good condition. Forums, Google, RU-vid provided many of the answers I needed.

def not 100% true - if you know what you are doing and what you are getting into - I found a really nice CLK55 AMG, with no ABC and the m119/722.3 drivetrain combination. Sunroof went out but I was able to repair myself (removing headliner) vs dealer who wanted 5k.

@@ghostrider-be9ek The majority of people 1. Don't know what they are doing and 2. Don't know what they are getting into. They rely on shops to fix their cars and are more Car Wizard's target audience. Even the shade tree mechanic is going to have a serious problem with modern computerized cars. Samcrac just recently couldn't get his salvage Austin Martin fixed because the replacement module was impossible to get and program, even after going through every connection he had. Yeah you may be able to fix some mechanical-only parts, but if it requires programming and dealer tools you will have issues.

Lol his videos are very low effort

If that S class was older than 1997 it wouldnt be that bad

@@jomaoliveira7949 Parts still aren't cheap and some stuff you can't do at home.

Well it depends. If it was an S-Class or E- Class they had frogs 🐸 headlights. Yes absolutely true for your father. But if it had any sort of Rectangular headlights. He was wrong. They were straight forward and they don’t break down near as often as they are overbuilt rather than under built like the newer post 2000’s era Mercedes with the round ugly headlights. They were junk and I’d never trade my pre 2002 Mercedes’ in for those piles of over complicated plastic garbage. BMW even more so after 2003’. Plastic garbage 🗑️ that cost hundreds to even diagnose. 😂

Buick’s are good reliable cars. And cheap to fix. Why do you think old people have them. Not because they are old fashioned looking but because the old people are cheap. Every old person I know hates to spend anything.

@@jasonknight5863 I think his thought process was more in the line of “this idiot is going to blow all his money on a car he can’t afford to keep running and then he’s going to come to me”. But man,that Buick was still the most fun I’ve ever had in a car. And it flew under the radar for police while still offering comfort and luxury. And the few issues I did have with it I was able to trouble shoot and fix cheap and fairly quickly. I pop the hood on my new car now and immediately remember why I lease.

For car brands that are crap, that is a true statement.

@@hokie9910 What exotic is made by a company that isn't "crap"?

@@Flies2FLL There isn’t….

exactly true - if you know what you are doing and what you are getting into - I found a really nice CLK55 AMG, with no ABC and the m119/722.3 drivetrain combination. Sunroof went out but I was able to repair myself (removing headliner) vs dealer who wanted 5k.

Yup that one way to look at or make enough money so the costs like this doesn't matter too you. Personal I believe you should have at least 10% of the new purchase price in reserve per year just in case for any car out or warranty. If that's not worth it don't buy the car.

I doubt Rolls Royce buyers get advice from comment sections

@@antcantcook960Of all the wealthy people I know…no one drives a Rolls Royce, a Bentley, or anything Italian. Most of them drive a Lexus and maybe a Porsche for a weekend car. I do know people who drive the really high end cars and most of them have a high income and absolutely no net worth.

Gran turismos for maseratis are pretty reliable

@@alexpetree2038 Until they aren’t.

Agree. Sold the BMW for a Tesla and now with 125k miles and zero maintenance, I haven't looked back.

150 is reasonable, some shops charge 180-200

200

There are a bazillion bills associated with operating a shop. 150 an hour is cheap.

I work at a place and there’s a guy devoted to his X/19. Drives it every day.

def not 100% true - if you know what you are doing and what you are getting into - I found a really nice CLK55 AMG, with no ABC and the m119/722.3 drivetrain combination. Sunroof went out but I was able to repair myself (removing headliner) vs dealer who wanted 5k.

Yeah, that’s common for all the more expensive brands. The lights are hugely expensive and you have to replace the entire unit.

That's usually who buys them. They're not meant for the "experts" in the comments section.

People who are rich enough to buy them new without it hurting them financially, buy them new or lease them.

In my case I bought a 2014 MB E350 wagon because I don't like the current 'Outbacked" one. If they still sold them without the nonsense I probably would have bought a new one. Similarly, I bought a spectacularly nice low miles BMW 128i convertible because you can't buy a new 2-series with a stick anymore, and BMW no longer does European Delivery, which I have done twice. That it was $20K cheaper is just a nice side benefit - I really would have rather special ordered one the way I wanted it and driven it around Europe for a few weeks. The "depreciation" really has nothing to do with it. The first years of a cars life are the best years, and you pay for that with that depreciation. The best way to own a car is to buy exactly what you want and keep the thing forever, such that the upfront cost is a distant memory. Which is what I am doing with the first new BMW I bought, an '11 328i wagon. Special ordered exactly the way I wanted it (unicorn 6spd/RWD spec), and I did my first Euro Delivery and drove it all over Northern Europe with some friends for three weeks. 13 years on, it only has 55K on it and it looks showroom fresh. BMW won't sell me another one, so it's not going anywhere. The engine could grenade tomorrow and I would not even hesitate about spending whatever it takes to fix it properly. I fully expect to be buried in it absent it being written off in an accident.