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Maserati Quattroporte


Tim240z

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One just pulled up and parked in front of my house on the street. Never been a big Maserati fan, but this thing is damned fine. Interior is spacious and looks more refined than anything else I have seen from Europe......

More stunning up close than it is in pictures or running down the road!!

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They are very cool cars. A friend of mine had a 1 of 2 ever made Maserati Quattroporte (insert name I can't remember). It was built for some Sultan of Brunei (sp?) or something like that. How would you like to be working around a vehicle that there is only one other in the world of? Man, I didn't even let my clothes touch it as I walked by. What's kind of funny is my Dad was working on ripping off some fascia above his split level right above his garage and I guess the pounding on the roof made the mounting of a fluorescent light break away from the ceiling inside the garage and the light fell right onto the trunk of the Maserati. It was a very odd moment for everyone involved.

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There's a guy in North Carolina that runs with all the local car groups associated with corvette clubs and pretty much does the same track events Mark I., JohnT, and I do. His nickname on Corvette Forum was MaseratiRob until he sold his Maserati Quattroporte to finance a fully prepped Mazda RX8 Racecar. He also has a couple of Ferraris, a 360 Modena Spider and a 430 Coupe. He now goes by MazdaRob! :-) Super nice guy and he offered to let me drive his 360Modena the weekend I blew the Vette up... With the luck I was having with the bad spin and then the blown motor, I politely declined. :lmao:

 

He said the brake pad and rotor replacement every couple of track weekends was running him over $800 per pair for the front.

 

Mike :cool:

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i have a customer at the shop that has one in silver.. soooo nice.

sounds great!

he also has the sypder and a ferrari 550 and old 365!

 

i just had a 348 that was one of 100 made.. his was number 80.

very very sweet car!

 

gonna smoke him with the MR2 turbo swap were doing at the shop :D

 

mike

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Nice car! I am pretty fond of the old Ghibli (late 60s/early 70s era) myself. When you chop the top and rake back the windshielf of a Z, they have a pretty similar profile. ;)

 

The Ghibli...

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ghibli_I.jpg

 

The Chopped-Top Z

 

http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=101672&highlight=chop+top

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