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There are a couple threads about this same question.
I kept mine six months due to the maintenance costs versus what you get. This is when they were still exspensive, now there in the 20k's- do a nationwide autotrader search, there was about a dozen. The clutches last between 5-30k miles depending on how much reversing up a hill you do. Plus the fuse could burn out on the clutch pump and it will continue to pump after the car is parked causing the pump to burn up. By the dealer either two repair is close to $5k or if you do it yourself then you still have to have the computer recalibrated by the dealer to the new clutch thickness or it will wear at the old thickness causing it to burn through another clutch.
Maseratilife is a good place to find answers.
The motor is sweet though and back when they were newer some people actually got excited to see one, I mean on a higher level than I get with the Lotus. I mean thats if they could tell it apart from an Eclipse. I personally really enjoyed my car but it was too problamatic. I didn't have dash lights most of the time and it creaked worse tham my Elise- well almost. Watch out for the rear bushings because you have to replace the wishbones and thats not cheap. Enjoy!
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