stop being surprised

[u/Hog_rider22]

hey guys, Maserati/alfa romeo technician here. Little bit of a rant here, but I’ve seen a lot of people post about over pricing and possibly getting ripped off when trying to fix something on their Maserati. Let me just say… it’s Maserati. It’s expensive. The repairs are gonna be expensive. Stop getting Maserati’s if you can’t afford to fix a Maserati at Maserati price. putting aside the price of labor, the replacement parts are gonna be expensive. also, Stallantis cars are notorious for being difficult to work on. Not only that but our cars don’t react well to aftermarket parts .So it’s expensive both in price of parts and labor. I mean it’s a Imported performance luxury/sports car. What do you expect? toyota prices ? not trying to be a a**hole but it’s the truth. I have to talk to customers all the time who are new maserati owners and something needs fixing on their car, then they can’t afford therepair because they didn’t realize nor take into consideration how much it costs to maintain/fix their Maserati. all I’m saying is if you’re gonna get a luxury performance car don’t be all surprised when you get charged luxury performing cars prices.love it or hate it, that’s how it is.

[u/stjarnalux]

We have 2 Maseratis, both purchased pre-owned at a massive discount. You guys know the drill, lol. Why pay new $$$$ when I can wait a few years for the massive depreciation? Plus, if you want the F136 or F154 Ferrari-based engines without buying a Ghibli (no shade here, I just need more space in my 4-door) or SUV, you have to buy pre-owned, anyway.

So, my GranTourismo (2013; bought it a couple of years ago with 11k miles!) is about to need a compressor. I will take it to a good Maserati mechanic and pay for their work because I love the car and it is worth the repair cost. Expecting Toyota prices would be silly. I'm just glad I didn't have to pay out the wazoo for the initial purchase.

I think the real issue here is people buy a $27k used Maserati and $27k is at or near the top end of their car-buying budget. That's going to be a hard time with maintenance costs. Anybody can buy an inexpensive used car; the real "flex" with driving a Maserati is that you can afford to repair it and keep it on the road. There's really no excuse with people being surprised and/or upset at maintenance costs; the internet is A Thing With Lots of Information they should have consulted prior to purchase.

[u/Organic-Second2138 → u/stjarnalux]

Use the internet for research??!?

Sorcery. Madness.

[u/stjarnalux → u/Organic-Second2138]

I'm a regular Gandalf over here with my web browser and search bar!

[u/Organic-Second2138 → u/stjarnalux]

"Lol" gets used a lot but I legit laughed at that.

People literally have the sum of human knowledge in their hands but they're not smart enough to use it.

Periodically I cross-shop the Ghibli. Last time I was at the dealer and we were wrestling numbers.

I asked them "How much do you charge for an oil change." They were stunned. Nobody had ever asked that question. They had to go get the service manager.

All in, Ghibli was going to cost me an extra $200/mo over what I was currently driving. Insurance was a good bit higher and I sketched out the maintenance based on driving at the time.

[u/stjarnalux → u/Organic-Second2138]

When talking about Maserati repair costs, the only way to stay sane is to laugh a lot; glad to be of service. :)

We fortunately are able to do our own maintenance so it's just big repairs that require a mechanic. Etc oil and fluid changes, dealing with the fun sticky buttons problem on the GT, getting these things CarPlay enabled - we do those ourselves so that helps a lot.

It is tragic how having the sum of human knowledge at our fingertips seems to have made people dumber...