Daily driven maserati

[jkb1989]

Hi all

This isn't really a question, just a musing!

My wife's car broke down so we've been using my 2009 Quattroporte S Exec GT as the family car for a few weeks now

Every day is a glorious occasion, and we feel like royalty wherever we go!

Just a shame that the fuel bill may bankrupt me, and an electrical fault I thought was gone has come back but other than that it's a brilliant way to live

Is anyone else genuinely daily-ing their Maserati?!

 

[Brendan]

Nope. Not that the car couldn't do it, but it would spoil it. Only use it at the weekends, and after nearly a year its almost like the first time each time I use it.

 

[MarkMas]

Yes daily 2009 QPV 4.7.
9,000-11,000 miles a year.
Special every day.

 

[CatmanV2]

Always have done with all of mine

C

 

[jkb1989]

Nope. Not that the car couldn't do it, but it would spoil it. Only use it at the weekends, and after nearly a year its almost like the first time each time I use it.

Meh I thought that, mine was the same, one day a week use, but turns out I never get bored of it!

 

[jkb1989]

Yes daily 2009 QPV 4.7.
9,000-11,000 miles a year.
Special every day.

Lmao that's £5k a year just in fuel! How long do you find tyres and brakes last?

 

[Harvey_Tim]

My QPV is my daily although realistically I only use it a few times a week as I work from home.

 

[Italiano]

My GTS is used everyday

Still have a grin on my face on pushing start button. I have never bought a car based on mpg, tax, insurance.

My days off is spent pre soak then wash then dry.
it's 3/4 hours of my life I will never get back, but who cares.......its a Maserati

 

[Bebs]

My GT-S MC is my daily. Use the 360 for ‘weekend blasts’ now.
To be fair, I’ve previously used the 360 as a daily for 3-5 years.. rain or shine, never let me down. Used to deliver ‘goods’ in it for work.
They are cars… use them. You’ll find they behave much much better if you do.
360: on 120,000 miles now, all done by me.
GT: on 90,000 miles now, 30,000 done by me.
Drive them.

 

[Ewan]

Used my Maseratis as daily cars for 20 years. From Ghiblis, to QP V’s, to GranTurismos. Generally for about 10k miles a year.

I don’t do this with my current ones though, as both are approx 30 years old. The QP gets used maybe once or twice a fortnight. The Spyder maybe once a week, but in the summer months only.

Any Maser from approx 2004 can happily be kept outside and used daily. Just keep on top of the maintenance.

 

[Harvey_Tim]

My QPV is my daily although realistically I only use it a few times a week as I work from home.

I forgot to say that it puts a massive smile on my face whenever I start it

 

[Ewan]

Lmao that's £5k a year just in fuel! How long do you find tyres and brakes last?

On my 4 QP V’s I used to average about 10-12k miles on a pair of rear tyres, and more like 15-20k miles on a pair of fronts.
Brakes lasted far longer.

 

[Scaf]

I “associate” my daily with work as I do so many work miles therefore I don’t want to drive the “daily” at the weekend. So the Maserati and or my classics get use at the weekend and for most none work journeys.
When I eventually get into the position of retirement, then I can see it becoming a daily.

 

[Alan Surrey]

My QPV is a daily, except for short journeys. I also make a point of using it less when there's lots of salt on the road.
These cars are absolutely lovely. But they are cars. So drive them
From what I read and what I hear, lots of niggly things go wrong if the car doesn't get driven enough. They seem to like having our company and absolutely need our attention.

 

[Ebenezer]

If i needed a daily, it would be used as such. Still, I manage to average 5K a year going the long way to the petrol station at the weekend though! SM Euroblast also puts a few miles on it too, and gets rid of the cobwebs
Eb

 

[Guy]

I love to read @Bebs comments about his cars and their daily use but I do think it depends on mileage and type of driving. At 10k miles pa I would love to do the same. I have always done at least 40k miles per annum, mostly social and fortunately mostly traffic free as we live in a rural location and I mostly choose to add the odd half an hour to a journey to avoid the motorways and take the B roads. When I have used special cars as daily driver with high mileage, it doesn't take long before the negatives start to detract from the experience and the positives taken for granted. These have included a 928S4 that needed new rear tyres every 6 weeks, a C63 with it's small tank needing refuelling every other day, the NVH in a 993 that is character at the weekend wears you down when you drive it every day etc. After trying so many different options from sports cars to Range Rovers, I have personally concluded it best to have a small selection of relatively inexpensive but brilliant cars in their own category. Total value of all 7 cars is probably 85k. So today I will be driving my CL500 (bought for 7.5k @ 48k miles 18 months ago) 180 miles to collect my elderly mother from Sussex to spend a few days with us (in the summer I would consider the SL320 (bought for 9k @ 38k miles on it 4 years ago) and if the rail network isn't running on Sunday evening and its more torrential rain as forecast I will take the Cayenne (bought for less than 20k @ 100k miles 18 months ago) 160 miles to drop my youngest back at school in Dorset passing countless deep puddles and avoiding pot holes. If the sun shines and I need to do the 20 mile round trip to Waitrose I'll jump in the TVR etc. Once the salt has gone I will take the GS for a blast or a trip to France or even the occasional school run in the summer term. That way I enjoy them all, pay the same insurance (2k per annum) for 7 cars as I used to for 3 cars (due to ltd mileage on 4 of them) and the biggest motoring cost by far (depreciation) is practically eliminated. I calculated by doing this balancing act, I have now halved our total car running costs vs what they were when running a 4 - 7 year old RR, a new - 3 year old 335d and a Maser in the garage at 5k miles pa. Variety has proved the spice of life for me! (I don't recommend it for all areas of life as divorce is very expensive!!)

 

[Andyk]

I used to use my 3200 as a daily drive all year around. Work was only a few miles away though so didn’t do massive miles but it was all the better for it. Never let me down once and was reliable and I am a great believer that it was because it was used daily. All those moving parts moving and getting coated with oil etc. use as intended I say.

 

[zagatoes30]

I used my 4200 Spyder as my daily driver when I had it, even fitted a set of winter tyres to give a bit more grip in those colder months of the year

 

[Ewan]

I love to read @Bebs comments about his cars and their daily use but I do think it depends on mileage and type of driving. At 10k miles pa I would love to do the same. I have always done at least 40k miles per annum, mostly social and fortunately mostly traffic free as we live in a rural location and I mostly choose to add the odd half an hour to a journey to avoid the motorways and take the B roads. When I have used special cars as daily driver with high mileage, it doesn't take long before the negatives start to detract from the experience and the positives taken for granted. These have included a 928S4 that needed new rear tyres every 6 weeks, a C63 with it's small tank needing refuelling every other day, the NVH in a 993 that is character at the weekend wears you down when you drive it every day etc. After trying so many different options from sports cars to Range Rovers, I have personally concluded it best to have a small selection of relatively inexpensive but brilliant cars in their own category. Total value of all 7 cars is probably 85k. So today I will be driving my CL500 (bought for 7.5k @ 48k miles 18 months ago) 180 miles to collect my elderly mother from Sussex to spend a few days with us (in the summer I would consider the SL320 (bought for 9k @ 38k miles on it 4 years ago) and if the rail network isn't running on Sunday evening and its more torrential rain as forecast I will take the Cayenne (bought for less than 20k @ 100k miles 18 months ago) 160 miles to drop my youngest back at school in Dorset passing countless deep puddles and avoiding pot holes. If the sun shines and I need to do the 20 mile round trip to Waitrose I'll jump in the TVR etc. Once the salt has gone I will take the GS for a blast or a trip to France or even the occasional school run in the summer term. That way I enjoy them all, pay the same insurance (2k per annum) for 7 cars as I used to for 3 cars (due to ltd mileage on 4 of them) and the biggest motoring cost by far (depreciation) is practically eliminated. I calculated by doing this balancing act, I have now halved our total car running costs vs what they were when running a 4 - 7 year old RR, a new - 3 year old 335d and a Maser in the garage at 5k miles pa. Variety has proved the spice of life for me! (I don't recommend it for all areas of life as divorce is very expensive!!)

A great plan. Having several cars with different talents provides variety and interset. But you do need the space/garaging, which not everyone has. And with the older cars, there's always the threat of a "surprise" bill. All part of the fun.

 

[Guy]

A great plan. Having several cars with different talents provides variety and interset. But you do need the space/garaging, which not everyone has. And with the older cars, there's always the threat of a "surprise" bill. All part of the fun.

Indeed Ewan! It helps living rural but then every trip for anything ends up being 15/20 miles, not necessarily long in time and I would rather that than spend the same time crawling in traffic but less miles. Having done this now for the past 4 years the surprise bill was a 3k one on the SEC (timing chain and top end rebuild) but I sold it or a small profit after 3 years and 20k miles so still cheap motoring. Now if the 612 chose to surprise me in the 2 years I had it I might still be crying!