I Bought a $9,000 Maserati to Drive Across the US
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- I purchase a 2009 Maserati Quattroporte S at auction and attempt to drive it home across the US. I also explain why I think this car is underrated and underpriced in the market.
My Instagram: / waldowelds
I got an $8,900 repair bill just from watching this video.
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Fckn ha-larious
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@@AnitaHanjaaab You're f'n screen name lmao
He HAD NO CLUE how much this will cost him lol
If they ask "are you a US citizen" and you say "Sí" then they pull you over. 🤣
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Or shout orders in German to establish dominance.
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They didn’t even ask for his drivers license to verify
My dad always had me answer the border patrol since I don’t have an accent lol
He really omitted a ton of problems, just to make you think that he got a deal. Both front wheels had a wild wobble, and he was in danger driving the car across the country, bad transmission without changing the fluid, and we need to see what the "recommended" repairs cost. I would estimate $10-20K.
Waldo, this is what I come here to watch and appreciate such content. I wish there would be more follow up on incomplete projects.
Man I have been checking your channel everyday for videos and, when I finally stop checking, you post. We need more Waldo in this world!!
any exotic or expensive German luxury car bought used is going to be a lesson in what a money pit is. I bought a used Mercedes Benz S600 with the 494 horse bi-turbo V12 when it had 23,000 miles on it. It now has 42,000 miles and so far I have but about $14,000 in it for repairs. I told a Benz customer service guy that I'm afraid to drive it because something else could go wrong. He said "that car will break sitting in your driveway" He was right. The rear back up sensor and the soft close drivers door mechanism took a dump while its been parked.
Too much technological features on modern cars makes them unreliable.
@alexidornigie4599 It ain't that, for the longest time additional technology meant far better reliability, most of the even experimental 'flops' of the eighties were dramatically more reliable than cars from 70's, survivor bias colors it as well.
What changed is the financialization of industry, stock markets and publicly traded corporations in todays cultural environment are the very antithesis of sound business practices and quality products.
You could make absolute marvels that would last half a century today if that was the goal. That isn't the goal today however, far from it.
That's the best looking version of that car. The front and rear end look awesome. It's going to look even better with a bit of detailing and cosmetic mods.
22:40 "It says made in Italy which probably means it's just going to break again" that caught me off guard LOL
Bro, I miss your videos.🎉🎉
Yes! The X pipe change made a huge difference in the engine sound. I even putted a smile when I heard start-up, after you changed the cooling liquid. Congrats for the idea and thanks for sharing.
chapter 11 is part of maserati ownership experience
Have you ever driven or owned a Maserati To have an opinion? I own 2 and they more reliable than most German and British cars.
@@rafibalouzian9951 lol.. That's a low bar
@@calholli 👌
@@rafibalouzian9951 I don’t have to own one to know they are pieces of garbage. You are literally lying about them being more reliable than anything
@@rafibalouzian9951Have you ever driven or owned German or British cars?😂
Great car, and even better vid.🙂 Thank you once again for taking the trouble to include your non-US viewers in your data updates e.g. MPG/distances etc. I've driven many tens of thousands of miles in the US and have bought about a $1,000,000-worth of gas, plus I happen to know the size of a US gallon etc. But honestly, doing the miles/km/gals etc conversions is really considerate, and it's another good reason why I subscribed a long time ago.🙂 Love the car too. Cheers. 🇬🇧🏴
Pity others don't do that conversion. Especially since the US is the only country in the world still clinging to the outdated Imperial system of weights and measures.(Not that they do that correctly either.)
Second this
Good idea to replace the other coolant hoses when one fails. At least check that they're not brittle like the burst one was.
This channel is one of the only ones where I'll stop whatever im doing to immediately watch a new video
I have a 2008 Maserati Quattroporte
Sport GT in the color "Bianco fuji". Mother-of-pearl white with the same type of gearbox and V8 405hp and a sunroof.
The engine in the car is of type F136, which is the same type of engine that is in several different Maserati and, among other things, in the Ferrari f430, California and 458.
A quality engine with a lovely V8 sound and good operational reliability.
You have made a good choice and with normal inspection and maintenance you will have a good car for many years.
Its cheap because its a money pit.
Model ?
@@riaskolamulathilabdulla552 consider watching the first 10 seconds of the video
Here's a little trick buddy. If you take the hose to O'Reillys or Autozone. They 99% of the time, they will let you go back to the hose section. You'd be amazed how often you can match hoses.
The buttons behind the steering wheel control the radio (up and down for volume, left and right for next/previous track).
Some ideas for this project: buy many many gloves, a funnel, a head light and move closer to a Maserati dealership (you'll be visiting it quite frequently).
I admire your optimism/masochism (buying money pits such as Land Rover, Jaguar, Range Rover, late Mercedes and now a Maserati).
Fortunately you own a tow truck as a second car.
Im sure he thought they were for the radio but i bet they didnt control it so he assumes they are not for it. Maybe they are but they are broken or maybe they are for something else.
That instrument cluster is identical to my A4 Audi (B7)
Waldo, you are smart for avoiding I40, it's in disrepair, crumbling and so many miles of potholes. I believe one pothole was so bad that it destroyed a womans front end, causing her to lose control, flip her car and she passed away. I do know that her family is suing the state of Arizona.
Jesus, how does a desert get potholes?!!! There no winter and salt to ruin the road!!
@@titaniumoverdrive259Winter seasons hit the desert as well. Ice, snow...etc.
So relaxing to watch. I want to visit US as a tourist someday to do road trips like this.
In 1974 I bought a 1969 Mustang 428 SCJ. I was young and dumb. It turned out I was 13th owner of 5 year old car. The only original engine parts were the heads and valve covers. Turns out it was a very beat 352. Found out years later the dealer was using it at strip as a super stocker.
Great ! one of the first US youtubers who puts on Kmh on the screen! well done!
Still my dream car, in that shape. The nose is similar to my Alfa Romeo 2002 I used to own. The sound this car makes just glorious. Great video fella.
this would cost at least 800K minimum wages to buy (yes, USED.) here in Brazil (a.k.a Hell)
there must be peaceful parts of Brazil.
Apparently the 6 buttons are for the cd/navi/radio control.
This is the kind of content I love! TH-cam, do ya thing
The only Maserati i can afford is maybe a Mazdarati! 🤣 Cool channel Sir 😎💯
That exhaust sound is a crime against humanity.
Owner of W221 S500 facelifted...i was just looking to buy a sport sedan and was between Quattroporte and Panamera...it helps a lot!
LOL.. I loved your comment around the 2 minuet mark... LOL, In 2005 I was hired as a Private Chauffeur, he had just got his Maserati Quattroporte, and yes that thing spent more time at the Dealership ( Ferreri ) than it did in his own garage. LOL he traded it in after it died at the Cleaners one day..... there was something about the gear box when they went back into production, maybe now 18 years later, they might have the issues fix't I dunno....
"It says 'Made in Italy', which probably means it's just going to break again" haha best comment ever
God bless anyone who has the patience to live with these cars. I like to look at them but I could never own one, even if I had bottomless pockets for repairs.
Dont worry about the radiator hose, its done its time, crystallized 👊
Great video! It seems you really want to be mechanically inclined to own one of these. But the return on doing some of the work yourself will allow for an unsurpassed driving experience for the money.
Most electronic controlled dampers will go into failsafe mode if the ecu detects something is not ok, most failsafe modes go to the most stiff setting by default for safety reasons (like this maseratti) but there are a few that have soft failsafe mode.
Sorry if this is 1 month later, the gearbox issues 3rd and 4th is due to bad solenoid.some change individual solenoid or recommended change trans valve body, to replace it you have to pull out the trans ,remove radiatior fluis etc once u do that it goes well.
That was great that they did not search your tires for that contraband at the border station.
I fist bumped the screen when he installed the X-Pipe 💯
You know, that if you re-paint the entire car, you can avoid the corrosion issue. It'll cost 6..8000, but it'll be good.
That 3-4 gear error code sounds like the sychro inside the trans valve body that shifts gears from 3rd to 4th is failing. On that hose bursting you were very lucky it didn't do that out in the desert of Ariz or NM or Texas.
"it's made in Italy which means it's probably just going to break again" I burst out laughing at that one
Bravo. This was a damn good video by a super enjoyable, capable guy. I really like how you introduced all of us to a fascinating car that is overlooked, but stunning gorgeous and super cool on the exhaust sound.
Hard to believe buying a car from an auction --- without prior inspection (sight unseen) --- and taking a chance driving it cross country with no breakdowns or significant mechanical or computer issues, especially a brand that is usually NOT recommended by most mechanics. I suspect there had to be at least a prior-to-auction inspection if not by Waldo, then likely a local mechanic.
Word of advice, take the oil filter off before you put the oil plug back in. You just dumped a bunch of used oil back into the pan.
Nowadays it costs about 23,000 euro in Italy. You really found a bargain.
your technical knowledge is very impressive.
from my past experience, Maserati overcharge for EVERY little thing in parts. Maybe thats causing their rejection from those owners.
22:41 ahaha yeah. btw its not check engine light. its about emissions part that might be connected to sensors or mufflers. yellow one on the left.
What ever you say about Maseratis, they are the most beautiful cars ...! And they have style...!
Seems that these vehicles should come with an inbuilt OBD reader or whatever the unit is being used here
I would not be surprised to see you average 30mpg doing a cross country trip like this. Cool video!
Giovanni shows up on a Tuesday vs Mercedes 1000 man,
Thats James may talking on an old top gear episode.
Good video though.
"The oil looks like oil" 👏👏👏
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the emblem of Maseratti is like an official coat of arms of Ukraine
Buccees is awesome. If that’s the one next to the 20, then that’s the one I stop at. Awesome place.
I am a car guy and an engineer and I loved the exhaust note but I just don’t get why people buy these silly-expensive, complex and hopelessly unreliable cars.
Good luck with the labor repair and part costs with that car!
this video had me going "you go white boy !" for the majority of its durration
You can rent a bay in an auto shop? I never knew
Great car, i am shopping an 09 or 10 currently, About the check engine light, i read that the starting procedure is to goto key position 2 and let it sit there for a min or two while al the ECU's check out before start or maybe that is just the first start of the day, Your thought
There are many different tuning exhausts for the S class 600.
There is even an F1 exhaust for the S class, look on TH-cam. It's really fun. 😂
Finish your other cars. If you turn into tavarish I will unsub.
No doubt it's very unreliable just like waldo's uploads😬
Ouch. It hurts because it's true 😂
@@WaldosWorldfacts
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I had to get a second mortgage on my house because I watched this video.
Midland Cafe has an amazing breakfast.. maybe thinking of midpoint?
9k Protech on a Quattro? I almost bought an 09 in 2012 but all 4 wheels needed the magnetic suspension fix which was super salty, I wanna it’s was like 6500 a wheel
I don't know how i randomly ended up on this video but this was cool
as an italian i find it really entertaining when americans talk about cars they have no idea about
The 458's engine but with a cross plane crank , voila
I got one for 11 k , it has 27 k in maintenance, services and repairs.. that’s 38 k , plus Something don’t start , I have to ride my motorcycle.
The modern day Quattroporte has a lot of FCA electrics (better than Italian), but no more reliable. Dealer network is shrinking. I don't know if I would trust it as "daily driver"
they just sound so good
Great car, great video!
Enjoy it! Not many of us can enjoy a Ferrari derived V8. 😉
Bro that car is sick af
You're too clean cut and you have an easy tell. Those Boarder Patrol flagged your through easy my friend. I have that same experience. lol
5:49 no thats duct tape... those bushings wear out quickly..
Waldo I beg you… please finish a project 😭
You know damn well that ain’t happening 😂😂😂
I know! Instead of us seeing his crazy good fab skills, he's just gonna be another Tavarish-type "I BOUGHT THIS NOW" channel.
Like, dude, buying things is boring AF. Scratch building a frickin gooseneck? That's faaar beyond what most people would ever tackle. I greatly miss that content.
@@chriswithrow3107yeah, basically Samcrac
Come on... if you watch carefully, every video has at least one interesting thing to learn about car maintenance/mechanical tips. I'm not here for the project completion but for that type of content.
@chriswithrow3107 99% of his viewers will never or don't have the skill to build a gooseneck trailer. If you want to circle jerk to a build video that you will never duplicate, more power to you. Some of us enjoy the myriad of projects he takes on.
You are probably the only car TH-cam personality from the United States who drives in the rightmost lane when not overtaking on the highways.
Thumbs up.
Yeah its sad that keep right law is rarely forced in US, They even have it in most stats, no one is forcing it tho so.
You live in your mother's basement???
I always stay in the fast lane even if I’m going 60
@@Duckcalculator where u born retarded????🤔🤔🤔🤔😏
@@Duckcalculator it's free to be dumb
"It says made in Italy on it which means it's just going to break again"
I died. Too real.
Let’s not pretend Italy doesn’t have some of the best car brands in the world, not a country problem
🤣 best comment ever - and very true ! greetings to all fans of Italian vehicles… FORZA 🇮🇹 !!
A fiend had a Fiat. He called it his "Fix it again Tony"
gne gne porco di0 we say in italy
@@dylanstevenson291 Fix It Again Tony (FIAT) is a joke that exists for a reason, you know.
same as Found On Roadside Dead (FORD), some brands are just bad. I dont even think ive ever seen a Maserati being driven in the US, at least in California or new york.
FIATs are also very rare.
This car has steering, suspension and transmission problems. Let's prioritise the work. First off, we need to fix the exhaust note. 😅 Man after my own heart, lol.
Great point! That's the way to take car of an Italian sports car!
I was thinking: "did I miss when he fixed the transmission?"
Mirrors, we don't need to see where we already been!
Maserati charged me $6k and took 3 months to replace a battery. Smh
the shocks are $1000 each plus labor; the transmission is $4,000 (sensor is cheap, but labor is a ****ch); suspension cost $1800/side for the front, i ended up doing that repair 3x over 90,000 miles of driving over 7yr
I have a grudge against the lack of content.
Criminally underrated and criminally under contented channel.
I had the pleasure of driving a new GTS version for a while and still have great memories of it.
I second. One of my favorite channels and I have to wait 4 months for a video! ;) Guess life can mess that up..
Nice $9k POS.
Quality over quantity
As an Italian who owned several of these, i can definitely say, they are great, just buy the ZF transmission models that came after the small facelift, the ones that break are the F1 "Ferrari" transmission ones, here in Europe the F1 equipped cars are worth half what the ZF cars are. It is a great sedan, maybe the best sedan ever made, The engines are bulletproof with the right care and maintenance, comfortable, sounds amazing, check if the transmission had a service, ZF and Maserati say that is lifetime, but all the specialists suggest a flush and filter every 70k miles. As for the suspension going on and off, check the shock connectors, they can get weathered and malfunction, also the accelerometer can go bad. Those cars also like to sort itself sometimes when you leave the battery unplugged overnight, we call it an Italian reset. the Buttons behind the steering wheel are for the radio, the top and bottom ones change the radio station and or changes the CD on the CD changer, the middle one usually makes the navigation come up on the screen.
Wait, if they are reliable, why did you need to own "several"?
@@TheRealCatof i'm a freakin 40 year old. Had about 70 cars in total. still own 13 and just as many motorcycles.
@@lucasdamask I wouldn't trust your opinions on cars if you're only keeping them for a month
@@TheRealCatof a month? sorry buddy, I probably have cars in my collection longer than you are alive. here I thought I was talking to someone with a brain. P.S. I've been a mechanic for 21 years now, spent two years restoring a Lancia Delta HF that just sold for 200k, sure. I know nothing about cars. Pretty sure the kid with a cat for a profile photo knows a lot more.
I have a friend in Switzerland and he bought one of these there. He actually bought the 4.7 gts awards edition even, although I’m not sure what the mileage on it was. Long story short, he has a lot of money but he said that keeping it maintained was horrible and extremely expensive, even for him, that the car was always at the shop. He sold it shortly after, bought an M5 Competition. The sound was amazing, that’s all I can say.
"I don't think it deserves the reputation for unreliability". As it won't shift out of 3rd on day three, and then overheats in the first two weeks. Not to mention that a radiator hose costs $150. And 9 liters of synthetic engine oil... Yeah... you can keep your Maserati. I'm glad you're such an optimist, and I wish you luck.
80mph through the desert in a Maserati feels like walking with handcuffs around your ankles 😂
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A buddy of mine bought a flooded 2021 Porsche 911 for $20k. He brought ot home, changed a batter y and a fuse and it worked great for one month. For the last 9 months, he has been working on it every weekend and realized there is sand and mold everywhere and now the whole electronics is rusted and destroyed. The cost to repair is $45k. It's not worth it.
Never buy a flooded car unless you are a very wealthy car TH-camr with good connections!
He should have stripped it down and cleaned it inside and out.
Never buy a flooded super car unless you are Freddie "Tavarish" Hernandez.
@Bread996 Auction houses clean up the cars so good and you have to have lots of time and expertise to know what you are getting into. He did spend 9 months tearing everything down but he kept discovering more issues. My point is all the time spent is money and by the time you add it up, he could have bought a new Porsche.
@@meenam300zx again your buddy is ignorant or stupid, before showing out unit should have been placed in painters baking spray booth, where upon heat is Volume, totally fluids and electrical dismantling and sprayed using alcohol electronics Drayer... ALL before permission the total electrical assembly to breath moisture via battery voltage. And $45K FURTHER signals ZERO brains $3,500 less any ASE tech foreign too readiness this unit with over nite low baking ..concluding $42,500 and ZERO grease equal gang bang WOW, a dehumidifier and total flood unit dehydration job of such level of objectives too STOP further damage, a min.72hrs tear down task, before the horn is BLOWN, no fan dry and off racing up streets showing off👍
This is the first video I've seen by you and really loved it! No big sensational silliness, just a really wild car purchase, some great mechanical knowledge and an interesting story to follow. Great work!
Ikr, i felt similarly when I came across a video of his sometime ago
Waldo, hopefully a solenoid fixes your trans issue, but the ZF 6 speeds are notorious for worn rear stator bushings which cause an E clutch circuit leak that results in 3-4 slipping. My LR4 had it and I had to rebuild the trans, but not before trying all the easy stuff (seals, solenoids, fluid change, etc). Good luck! I look forward to your part 2 of the Maserati series
And the zf is the more reliable model :@)
One lesson I've learnt from billionaires is to always put your money to work, and diversifying your investments. I'm planning to invest about $200k of my savings in stocks this year, and I hope I make profits.
You are right. The best approach I feel is to diversify investments- by spreading investments across different asset classes like bonds, real estate, and international stocks, they can reduce the impact of a market meltdown
That makes sense. I’ve been using a financial market expert for two years now and I own a six-figure diversified portfolio from investing in stocks. I want to diversify more this year, though.
pls how can I reach this expert, I need someone to help me manage my portfolio
'Sharon Ann Meny' is the licensed advisor I use. Just research the name. You’d find necessary details to work with a correspondence to set up an appointment
Thank you for the recommendation. I'll send her an email, and I hope I'm able to reach her.
My friend had a Maserati that he bought brand new as his dream car. He sold it two years later, no real serious problems, but even minor things on a luxury car cost luxury money as he put it. He sold it and bought a Mazda sedan.
Sure, _if_ bought new, but a $9K supercar is _easily_ worth a few bucks spent on getting it into shape.
This was satisfying to watch. Picking the car up, driving it back, getting it fixed and ending on a high note...one of the better car mechanic channels on TH-cam in my opinion.
I lowkey wish I became a mechanic when I was younger. I feel like buying cheap broken cars and fixing them up is a real nice hustle that you can fill your time with and make decent money if you are good at it.
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Every time I see one of these videos I think the same exact thing Lol
This guy knows about cars wow… he’s definitely that one friend u really need… first time watching definitely subscribing
You have brass balls buying most of these vehicles. My friend bought one years ago, also in Phoenix, from the previous owner. Fantastic car and the absolute most comfortable front passenger seat I've ever sat in. About 4-5 months after he got it, he was going to his office on the freeway and the engine stopped, somewhat noisily. Broken valves, camshaft and assorted other parts and a $27,000 bill from the dealer for the 7 week fix, were enough to persuade him to sell it soon after. Best of luck to the bravest risk taker in buying high end luxury cars for dirt cheap on TH-cam.
the guy that bought from him is lucky. the thing breaks once ever decade, and your friend sold it right after it's fixed
HE DOESN'T HAVE BALLS... HE DOES IT ONLY FOR YOU TUBE LIKES & FOLLOWS !
@@goddesseddog😂 BS. You repair one part, then the next one breaks. When these cars get old you need to replace EVERYTHING.
@shazam6274 Wild guess, he bought one of the first models with the 4.2?
@@jgripen969 I don't know.
Waldo has been found 😅😅😅
For a little while at least, 😁
Little tip for draining oil: loosen the nut with your tool until you can take it off by hand, then you can get it out of the way quick enough to not get oil everywhere
a candle which burns twice as bright ... burns but half as long
This is one of the most balanced, narrated and shot video I have seen, great work.
The radiator hose, I guessed, ahh, $75 dollars... Wow, $150! Yet $8,000 & drove it home. Really, for a Maserati/ Ferrari, it's as mint, as it can get!
I literally always wanted one of these growing up. That exhaust made me fall in love. But now I dont know if I can afford having a money pit in my driveway.
Is Good to see you are back !!
He will probably hide again...next video in november 😥
@@zippo1009see ya on Thanksgiving 🥹