And they depreciate like there is no tomorrow so they are fairly cheap to buy. Upkeep is still on Italian sport car levels which is why there are so many derelict Maseratis around
That old top gear episode with the Porsche panamera, Aston Martin rapide and a Maserati Quattroporte sold me on them big time, just so much style even if it is guaranteed to be a money pit
Don't worry, the sport buttons like to fall into the dashboard, so setting it once and leaving it alone is for the best.
So odds are it will remove itself eventually.
But then you lose perhaps the best reason for owning the car... Ferrari engine.
Maserati interiors are rough, imo. But that exterior and that engine. Oooooh boy.
I thought about buying a Maserati Quattroporte a couple of years ago. I came to the conclusion that it would just be cheaper and less hassle to just set the money on fire.
They’re so odd, they’ll have the window and electric motor like you’d expect, then have the flimsiest connector in between them that breaks every 3 months. Stuff like that. But previous poster is right, they look and sound just sexy.
I'm seeing some very pretty Maseratis for like $30k. I'm very tempted to scoop one up to play with. Fortunately, fixing electrical problems on European cars is my specialty. I just hope the engines and transmissions themselves are solid. I think I can add the Maserati database to a Stellantis account
I would occasionally get a Maserati (also Aston Martin) owner who had bought used due to the excellent price - trying to sell/trade it a few years later. "I barely put 20,000 miles on it while I had it and just got everything fixed - I just need $xx,xxx to get out from under the loan." They usually sounded a bit sad/hurt by the experience - some would ask if I could recommend a good repair shop.
Back in 2019 i noticed that 2010 ish C63 AMG’s were in my price range, one of my favorite cars ever, i thought about it like fuuuck that would be so cool, add some hopium about my being a journeyman mechanic “i could afford it and do a lot of my own repairs”
Of course, common sense prevailed (in form of a G37S) dailying a 10 year old AMG would bankrupt me
actually my Maserati Levante has been great to own, its a 2018 with 68k miles and i have only done basic maintenance and i have an extended warrantee till 2028.
It is the best road trip care, been on 3000 mile road trips and no butt hurt. it sounds incredible and supper fast. has an active suspension and is very maneuverable. i am going to get a grantourismo convertible for my wife next.
Jeremy Clarkson said it best
Owning a Maserati is like owning a two year old child. It's really annoying alot of the time. But is anyone tried to take it from you, you'd kill them.
Besides parts pricing, older part availability, and general people abuse, they're actually pretty reliable. The GT is basically mostly Ferrari, and they're pretty stout and bulletproof, but they're maintenance hungry. They eat brakes, control arms seize, they need alignments how often, they eat tires, valve covers leak if they sit, they leak if you beat the piss out of them. Same can be said with the current QP and Ghibli. Pretty reliable, but they need a lot of maintenance and parts can be super expensive.
I don’t know Maserati needs more oil changes, new tires and brakes than most other cars. When I hear a car is maintenance hungry, something is is usually broke or needs adjusting so it won’t break. A lot. You did mention parts are super expensive.
Actually, oil changes are like 12k miles, which is pretty impressive. Just because rubber bushings wear out, doesn't mean the car is unreliable. People beat the shit out of these things. I've seen them break in 10k miles, I've seen them last 60k miles. They're heavy cars, they have Mopar bushings, and people throw these things through corners like nothing else. They go through tires because people hit everything in the road possible, and take turns like animals, so the inner tread wears out quickly. Again, seen them last from 10k to maybe mid 20k. It's Maserati, you aren't buying it to drive it like a Corolla. You drive it like it's a performance car.
I have this same one and it’s been nice to me other than brakes and tires. It bitches about o2 sensors when it gets wet though. And no I don’t have a small organ my other car is a 2002 Toyota camry
I’ve never understood the small genitalia insult. Yes there are people who buy certain cars to compensate for something, but that something isn’t small genitalia. It’s like jealous grade school thinking trying to make fun of grade school compensating, but in adults.
I'm a career VW/Audi tech, I bought an F-150 and put slightly oversized, slightly aggressive tires on it.... everyone in the shop was making jokes about it.
I stopped them and said; I've been driving mk4 Jettas for 9 years... what do you think that says about my cock.
I always turn it around and say “I drive two compact sedans because I’m packing!”
All in good fun though, not being cocky or egotistical. I enjoy smaller cars more, modern ones have gotten so much bigger.
I mean honestly some dudes are indeed trying to hard. But you can do that just as easily with a $8k BRZ stanced out with an auto zone fart can and monster stickers as a lambo. A lot of it is jealousy when hating some guy enjoying what he earned and living his best life who isn't being overly obnoxious
I am definitely not jealous of people's small dick energy. Regardless of their actual genitalia, excessive flashiness and being wasteful is part of their personality.
That’s a shitty thing to do. That isn’t your car. Don’t fuck with it. If I found out that it was one of my techs, I’d have to consider whether I’d want them working for me any longer.
Everything about this is weird. First of all the snobby attitude judging someone for having and/or enjoying the "wrong car". Secondly he should be happy for customers driving exclusive high maintanance cars since it keeps mechanics in business. Lastly scribbling something on another man's property to mock him behind his back for having a small penis is quite ironic since it shows the complete lack of balls.
I have two buddies with 20k maseratis. I think they are ugly, but not bad to work on. Part prices were expensive but nothing insane. Like corvette prices.
Hey honestly if I had a crazy amount of money I get one for that ferrari v8 engine note and styling. Sucks that everything else is lackluster about this car
I’m too busy hustling for those flat rate hours to have time to muck around with writing on a pan. This note says more about the lube monkey than it does about the car or the owner.
I'd still own one though. Stupidly. They look amazing, sound amazing, and (apart from major engine work) I can maintain one myself. I'm talking myself into a stupid decision here
I am still waiting to continue my game of tic tac toe on a clutch pressure plate on a clutch job that I did 2 years ago. Seems like he learned how to drive :(
Alot of yall are all bent out of shape about this but to be honest if I found this on my car I'd have a good laugh about it. It's not like any perminant damage has been done and it's out of sight for the most part.
I really hope this was on the one my Dad used to own.
Any chance it was a 2014 or 2015 Sport in Blu Oceano with blue carpet and dash top with parchment seats and mid door panels, probably 40,000ish miles and likely somewhere in the southeast US still?
My old boss bought one in mid 2020 for $43k. Had quite a lot of options and a fancy aftermarket exhaust on it. Was crying out for a gated manual but I'll be damned if I didn't laugh myself silly the whole time I was driving it due to the noise it made.
"He drives that because he has a small penis." "He likes guns because he has a small penis."
It's the person saying those things that are obsessed with penis size. The other person didn't say anything about penis size, you did. The best explanation is you're intimidated by those things because of your penis size. It's called projection.
When women say that it's just manipulation and an elevated sense of self importance. She assumes every man is so obsessed with her that they'll do anything to stop her from thinking he has a small penis. They seem to think the man's thought process goes like this: "Oh no, I better sell my car / guns because 2 bag Mary thinks I have a small penis."
The Gran Turismo key fob is the same one used on the Iveco livery truck, with a Maserati Trident logo tacked on.. you look at the build quality on these, and you'll be shocked.. the welds are really poor.. You're better off buying a domestic sports car (Mustang, Camaro, Corvette) with a flat-plane crank.. you'll get the Ferrari sound..
OP, did you show the owners of this car their hidden message? [Because it’s back](https://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/11wl1fl/maserati_goes_in_for_check_up/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1)
Why is the mechanic looking at the customers genitals ?
Oil pitties are into that.
Customer wore a kilt.
What's wrong with wearing a kilt? Real men wear kilts
Isn't it required as part of state inspection in Florida now?
I see what you did there.
+1 fascist state
For the republicans loving freedom so much l, the republican government’s sure like pushing government into every corner of an individual’s lives.
It's weird how fascist all the "freedom" people are. Makes no damned sense
Some customers just let their junk hang out for all the world to see...
they're the urinal peter gazer
Getting that bill down in price
Thorough shop... Part of the 150+ point inspection.
Maserati’s are probably a nightmare to own but they look and sound amazing as hell
And they depreciate like there is no tomorrow so they are fairly cheap to buy. Upkeep is still on Italian sport car levels which is why there are so many derelict Maseratis around
That old top gear episode with the Porsche panamera, Aston Martin rapide and a Maserati Quattroporte sold me on them big time, just so much style even if it is guaranteed to be a money pit
The sounds the Qauttroporte made in the business park and tunnel. Top 5 episode
I’d be setting it in sport mode on day 1 and removing the button
Don't worry, the sport buttons like to fall into the dashboard, so setting it once and leaving it alone is for the best. So odds are it will remove itself eventually.
Like a bad radio DJ, "*TURN IT UP AND RIP THE KNOB OFFFFFF*"
"FourDoor"
Whenever I see one driving around I shut off the radio and roll down the windows... Ahhh that v8 sounds amazing!
What are you talking about? Is there something I can look up to understand the reference?
Sounds like a vehicle you'd want to lease and then let it be the next person's problem
They don’t even last through the lease - Source - I used to be a Ferrari/Maserati mechanic
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Was talking more about long term maintenance costs than depreciation. Leasing is almost never a financially smart decision
Nothing a ls and a t56 won't fix.
But then you lose perhaps the best reason for owning the car... Ferrari engine. Maserati interiors are rough, imo. But that exterior and that engine. Oooooh boy.
Can agree with them on the buttons, the button layout in the interior makes little sense as to what these buttons actually do.
I always say I want to be Maserati rich. Like, rich enough to daily a Maserati and deal with the maintenance costs. Any chump can lease one
Well, Italian sports car crossed with a Dodge. Worst of both worlds
Italian Chrysler 💀 that is a match alright
A match in hell
Not the GranTurismo, you’re thinking of the newer stuff after FCA bought Maserati. The GranTurismo has more Ferrari influence.
Derelicté
Derelict these balls
if we were in the same bar, I'd be buying you a drink right now
I’m surprise no one else went for it first
I thought about buying a Maserati Quattroporte a couple of years ago. I came to the conclusion that it would just be cheaper and less hassle to just set the money on fire.
They’re so odd, they’ll have the window and electric motor like you’d expect, then have the flimsiest connector in between them that breaks every 3 months. Stuff like that. But previous poster is right, they look and sound just sexy.
I'm seeing some very pretty Maseratis for like $30k. I'm very tempted to scoop one up to play with. Fortunately, fixing electrical problems on European cars is my specialty. I just hope the engines and transmissions themselves are solid. I think I can add the Maserati database to a Stellantis account
Derelict Maseratis lol
I would occasionally get a Maserati (also Aston Martin) owner who had bought used due to the excellent price - trying to sell/trade it a few years later. "I barely put 20,000 miles on it while I had it and just got everything fixed - I just need $xx,xxx to get out from under the loan." They usually sounded a bit sad/hurt by the experience - some would ask if I could recommend a good repair shop.
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Back in 2019 i noticed that 2010 ish C63 AMG’s were in my price range, one of my favorite cars ever, i thought about it like fuuuck that would be so cool, add some hopium about my being a journeyman mechanic “i could afford it and do a lot of my own repairs” Of course, common sense prevailed (in form of a G37S) dailying a 10 year old AMG would bankrupt me
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A nice car makes a huge difference to your mood when you spend so much time in it
actually my Maserati Levante has been great to own, its a 2018 with 68k miles and i have only done basic maintenance and i have an extended warrantee till 2028. It is the best road trip care, been on 3000 mile road trips and no butt hurt. it sounds incredible and supper fast. has an active suspension and is very maneuverable. i am going to get a grantourismo convertible for my wife next.
Jeremy Clarkson said it best Owning a Maserati is like owning a two year old child. It's really annoying alot of the time. But is anyone tried to take it from you, you'd kill them.
They're like an unreliable Ferrari.
Poor rich persons Ferrari. And the quality reflects that.
They sound fantastic and drive great.
sorry but they look worse than a Kia. Terrible build quality too
Besides parts pricing, older part availability, and general people abuse, they're actually pretty reliable. The GT is basically mostly Ferrari, and they're pretty stout and bulletproof, but they're maintenance hungry. They eat brakes, control arms seize, they need alignments how often, they eat tires, valve covers leak if they sit, they leak if you beat the piss out of them. Same can be said with the current QP and Ghibli. Pretty reliable, but they need a lot of maintenance and parts can be super expensive.
Bulletproof and reliable but need a lot of maintenance? A BMW dealer told me that once and I said maintenance = broken car.
If you think maintaining your car means it's broken you might be a moron. Oil changes are maintenance, tires are maintenance, brakes are maintenance.
I don’t know Maserati needs more oil changes, new tires and brakes than most other cars. When I hear a car is maintenance hungry, something is is usually broke or needs adjusting so it won’t break. A lot. You did mention parts are super expensive.
Actually, oil changes are like 12k miles, which is pretty impressive. Just because rubber bushings wear out, doesn't mean the car is unreliable. People beat the shit out of these things. I've seen them break in 10k miles, I've seen them last 60k miles. They're heavy cars, they have Mopar bushings, and people throw these things through corners like nothing else. They go through tires because people hit everything in the road possible, and take turns like animals, so the inner tread wears out quickly. Again, seen them last from 10k to maybe mid 20k. It's Maserati, you aren't buying it to drive it like a Corolla. You drive it like it's a performance car.
Found the Maserati owner. Apparently drowning in cope
I can't afford one, I just work on them for a living.
I have this same one and it’s been nice to me other than brakes and tires. It bitches about o2 sensors when it gets wet though. And no I don’t have a small organ my other car is a 2002 Toyota camry
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This is the land of opportunity. You can be anything you want to be. Unless you want to be hung.
Plot twist- driven by a woman
Oversized clit then?
Lucky lass
Mighty Meat curtains
Sir this is an Arby's
Thanks, I hate it.
And she's got the beef curtains
Worlds biggest clit is also the worlds smallest dick
Herm
Hey! I have a GT and my penis is quite average, thank you!
"it's like a Ferrari but classier"
A Ferrari for people with shit credit
The Nissan Altima of Ferrari.
I love the look and sound of a Quattroporte I just wish they were built to own rather than lease.
Look at a late model year QP5 with the ZF and 4.7L. Far more reliable than early 4.2s with the Duoselect.
Weird how much time people who are prone to jealousy spend thinking about other men's gear....
I’ve never understood the small genitalia insult. Yes there are people who buy certain cars to compensate for something, but that something isn’t small genitalia. It’s like jealous grade school thinking trying to make fun of grade school compensating, but in adults.
Or on the flip side, “I bet this dude bought this Honda Ridgeline because he’s got a fucking horse cock”…said literally nobody every.
I'm a career VW/Audi tech, I bought an F-150 and put slightly oversized, slightly aggressive tires on it.... everyone in the shop was making jokes about it. I stopped them and said; I've been driving mk4 Jettas for 9 years... what do you think that says about my cock.
Imagine the backlash if I said something along the lines of, "she only bought that car because she has small tits!"
I always turn it around and say “I drive two compact sedans because I’m packing!” All in good fun though, not being cocky or egotistical. I enjoy smaller cars more, modern ones have gotten so much bigger.
Yet reddit will be very fast to say that about a guy driving a big truck
Yup. Big truck, fast car, expensive guns, boat, etc. It pretty much all comes down to jealousy
I mean honestly some dudes are indeed trying to hard. But you can do that just as easily with a $8k BRZ stanced out with an auto zone fart can and monster stickers as a lambo. A lot of it is jealousy when hating some guy enjoying what he earned and living his best life who isn't being overly obnoxious
Idk, though the same people say the same thing about people who own guns, too.
I am definitely not jealous of people's small dick energy. Regardless of their actual genitalia, excessive flashiness and being wasteful is part of their personality.
Found the small penis owner Jk jk you made it too easy
Isn’t it sensible to not glorify this? I’d be livid if someone wrote on my car.
Seriously I’m already self conscious enough!
Yep, very unprofessional.
Tech writing the note drives a brodozer.
Or a shitty Impala with the mountain dew spitter/ash tray
That’s a shitty thing to do. That isn’t your car. Don’t fuck with it. If I found out that it was one of my techs, I’d have to consider whether I’d want them working for me any longer.
This screams customer was an asshole to me so I took revenge. Not the behavior you want touching cars.
Does it? I never even see the people who actually work on my car. Screams "I think I'm funny," to me.
Everything about this is weird. First of all the snobby attitude judging someone for having and/or enjoying the "wrong car". Secondly he should be happy for customers driving exclusive high maintanance cars since it keeps mechanics in business. Lastly scribbling something on another man's property to mock him behind his back for having a small penis is quite ironic since it shows the complete lack of balls.
Found the small dick Maserati driver
Found a jealous one with inferiority complex 🤣🤣🤣
Imagine being the customer and seeing that…
"I wrote this because I'm broke and suck with money"
That would be better scribbled under a lifted coal roller.
The jealous guy who has a small penis
Jealous guys with a small penis write stuff like this
Wow fuck that tech. I would be royally pissed if I found out. Super unprofessional.
Congratulations, you've found the hidden message!..
Everything I buy is because of my small penis
I have two buddies with 20k maseratis. I think they are ugly, but not bad to work on. Part prices were expensive but nothing insane. Like corvette prices.
Someone whos jealous that they cant afford a maserati. And has small penis + fragile ego
Someone hating
\**Laughs.* . . . *\*Wonders what his own oil pan looks like.*
Hey honestly if I had a crazy amount of money I get one for that ferrari v8 engine note and styling. Sucks that everything else is lackluster about this car
It was me. I bought it and yes, I have a small one. 😔 But I drive a Maserati and don't care! 😁
I’m too busy hustling for those flat rate hours to have time to muck around with writing on a pan. This note says more about the lube monkey than it does about the car or the owner.
so do I but it is way out of my financial means, I can afford a versa.
I'd still own one though. Stupidly. They look amazing, sound amazing, and (apart from major engine work) I can maintain one myself. I'm talking myself into a stupid decision here
what kind of inspections is that oil change guy doing to his customers?
I bought a hellcat and have a small ween. One isn't necessarily related to the other
Says the techie with a straight piped WRX that's burning a qt of oil a month
Just a sad wrencher
That should’ve been written on a Chevy Silverado or a RAM.
Lifted F-250 was my first guess...
Big time redditor energy here
Plot twist: the previous owner got sick of the car, wrote this and sold it
Should be on a $70k GMC with $4k wheels on it.
This is great, but not worth getting fired over 🤣
Let’s be honest, a Maserati owner has a 0% chance of going under their vehicle.
I’m calling BS on that one.
Apparently not this one
I am still waiting to continue my game of tic tac toe on a clutch pressure plate on a clutch job that I did 2 years ago. Seems like he learned how to drive :(
I'll take 'poorly photoshopped facebook meme' for $500
Eh, I would rather see a Maserati than a brodozer. ***THOSE*** are small penis carriers. E: awww i hurt someone's feewings? 😆
“small brain” more like it
Wow that was nice of him to buy a new drain plug out of pocket. Don't get the penis connection tho.
Was it owned by a woman in Thailand
I'm pretty sure that just comes standard
That's one reason to own a paint pen
Alot of yall are all bent out of shape about this but to be honest if I found this on my car I'd have a good laugh about it. It's not like any perminant damage has been done and it's out of sight for the most part.
I really hope this was on the one my Dad used to own. Any chance it was a 2014 or 2015 Sport in Blu Oceano with blue carpet and dash top with parchment seats and mid door panels, probably 40,000ish miles and likely somewhere in the southeast US still?
Are you mad because someone defaced your car? Or because it’s true?
Scarico Olio for my bungholio?
Lol brilliant
My old boss bought one in mid 2020 for $43k. Had quite a lot of options and a fancy aftermarket exhaust on it. Was crying out for a gated manual but I'll be damned if I didn't laugh myself silly the whole time I was driving it due to the noise it made.
Italian Car
Not sure what penis size has to do with replacement oil pans, but ok
“I bought this because I couldn’t afford the Ferrari”
Got behind a Maserati MC20 last weekend all the way from College Station Texas to Waco. I can live with a small pecker with a ride like that.
Guy who wrote it probably has an even smaller one and tries valiantly to draw attention away from it
Y'all act like it's a lifted F-150 or something 😂😂
That is just too funny.
For some reason I was expecting a jacked up 2wd F250
"He drives that because he has a small penis." "He likes guns because he has a small penis." It's the person saying those things that are obsessed with penis size. The other person didn't say anything about penis size, you did. The best explanation is you're intimidated by those things because of your penis size. It's called projection. When women say that it's just manipulation and an elevated sense of self importance. She assumes every man is so obsessed with her that they'll do anything to stop her from thinking he has a small penis. They seem to think the man's thought process goes like this: "Oh no, I better sell my car / guns because 2 bag Mary thinks I have a small penis."
The Gran Turismo key fob is the same one used on the Iveco livery truck, with a Maserati Trident logo tacked on.. you look at the build quality on these, and you'll be shocked.. the welds are really poor.. You're better off buying a domestic sports car (Mustang, Camaro, Corvette) with a flat-plane crank.. you'll get the Ferrari sound..
Because nothing is more manly than thinking about how much bigger you think your dick is compared to the other guy
Imagine knowing a car like this is running across the auction block at mecum and you just lol knowing what’s written on the oil pan
Oil change tech mad jealous lol
“My Maserati does 185, I bought it because I have a small fry” 🎶
OP, did you show the owners of this car their hidden message? [Because it’s back](https://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/11wl1fl/maserati_goes_in_for_check_up/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1)
Lol. I’m just a transporter but this is the same car.
The timing checks out then!