Taking the easy way out....
I regret to say - I decided I couldn't afford to own a Maserati as a daily driver.
And I REALLY REALLY tried to work it out. Basically, it was a time factor for me along with the maintenance costs. That, and I've got a very hungry '61 Maser that demands much feeding and care.
Based on the many threads here about maintenance costs and comparisons between the GT (stick manual) and the CC (paddle shift manual), I came up with the following breakdown:
2002-03 Coupe GT - owning for 3 years, 10K miles per year: $2500/ year in maintenance costs which assumes about $1500/ year for regular service and minor fixes, and $1000 per year applied to one time clutch change (around $3K - maybe less)
2002-03 Coupe Cambiocorsa - - owning for 3 years, 10K miles per year: $3500/ year in maintenance costs which assumes about $1750/ year for regular service and minor fixes, $1000 per year applied to one time clutch change (around $3K - maybe less) and $750 per year applied to a one time F1 pump change (around $2200)
The other factor was time: It takes about a week to get an appointment with a dealer, and then who knows how long it might take to get any replacement parts from Italy for any work that is not routine service. If the dealer sees the car 3 times a year and offers no loaner car, that can be a significant amount of time budgeted toward getting your daily driver serviced. Oh, and there are no warranty coverage.
That's not to say that I couldn't make the effort to own the car or budget for it if my life priorities would allow - heck, I drove a '79 Ferrari 308 as a daily driver for 2 years, so anything is easier than that! It's just that I've got different priorities now...
PLEASE correct me if I've overstated/ overestimated any of the above - my BMW 335i coupe comes off the boat in 2 weeks and there's still time to change my mind!!!