This price is too good to be true

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As you perfectly said yourself, this is too good to be true. WAY too good. The advertiser is probably phishing for sensitive data, and that is definitely a fake ad. No doubt about it.

Apparently it's a phenomenon:
Story on Jalopnik
 
Two words: Maintenance costs. If you want a car you can realistically live with, you have to set the bar low. Very low.
 
Bummer, how amazing would it be to pull up to school in a Maserati and watch my friends getting out of their crappy little Nissans :)
 
A good rule in life: if something seems too good to be true, it probably is.
 
SkierPS3
Bummer, how amazing would it be to pull up to school in a Maserati and watch my friends getting out of their crappy little Nissans :)
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However they can all afford to get from point a to point b while that car sits if your drive way either waiting for maintenance or waiting for insurance.
 
If that were true I'd buy it, sell it for 50-60k fast, get a 30k 90s NSX and keep the rest for my enjoyment
 
^^^^Yes



When I get my car I'm going to get a clunker, then turn it into a high performance machine. Just for the hell of it.
 
I think they missed a 1.
Probably selling for $119,900.
Either that, or its completely totaled and your essentially buying a shell.
 
Interesting... I was browsing cars.com at work this afternoon and came across a 1997 Ferrari 550 Maranello.... 12,500 miles... $32,000 dollars and claimed nothing was wrong with it. That was a $200,000 car when it was new...
 
When I read the first post I thought this would be a cheap Maserati coupé, which would have to be in totally desperate condition (read - severely wrecked) to be sold for a price like that. Being a Gran Turismo just makes the ad even more fake, since they still are pretty expensive.
 
If you read the carfax, it was in a front end collison and there is probably somthing wrong with the engine... I dont know though.
 
jack21843
If you read the carfax, it was in a front end collison and there is probably somthing wrong with the engine... I dont know though.
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It was only a 3k bill, I don't think there was any engine damage, this looks pretty legit, though the price is just confusing,because it can't be that they forgot a 0 since that would make it cost about the same as a new one
 
Not to mention I don't think an insurance company will take a risk on a 16 year old with a Maserati.
 
^This. And maintenance, and gas, and blah blah blah. Most young drivers do SOME sort of damage to their first car. A dented fender in a Maserati would cost more than the supposed $19K asking price. And you CAN'T drive a dented Maserati, Ferrari, Lambo, etc...
 
Though technically true, I'm going to say he was right the first time.
 
dchPSUone
Interesting... I was browsing cars.com at work this afternoon and came across a 1997 Ferrari 550 Maranello.... 12,500 miles... $32,000 dollars and claimed nothing was wrong with it. That was a $200,000 car when it was new...
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That also sounds too good to be true.

Maranellos have dropped quite a bit price, but not enough to be worth $32,000 for a model that's done roughly 900 miles a year. That example can still fetch $80-85,000.
 
One word as to why it's so cheap...
Automatic! :P
Realistically though I'd stick with the "Scam" option. Since used Maserati GT S' are on sale for a minimum of 50k. $19,000 (about £10,000) is WAY too cheap.
Plus, the fact it's spelt GranDTurismo is quite niggly .
 
motortrend
If that were true I'd buy it, sell it for 50-60k fast, get a 30k 90s NSX and keep the rest for my enjoyment
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Exactly. A young teenager trying to drive a car that expensive would need a loan just to pay for insurance. Obviously its fake but you are right, selling it and putting the money toward a much cheaper car would be a wise decision. Maybe even put the rest toward college. 👍
But as stated, its fake.
 

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