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Been going fast Mel?????? www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=63&t=820436&mid=53930&nmt=Heads up to the Maserati last night
Nice one .........
Nice one .........
on another forum 
bad girl 
I didn't stop smiling for an hour after that one after_shock said:
Haha Mel torturing the exotics! Nearly bought one of them instead of the Ro, looked into it and every thread was a 'problem' one on the owners forum lol so changed my mind!
ME TOO!!
I test drove a couple and actually did a deal on a beautiful red, Asseto Corsa with only 22K on the odd meter. It was a fantastic looking car and gave fantastic aural through a big bore exhaust. However, like you I spent an evening trawling through the Maserati forum and found a LOT of problems, especially electrical. It was a heart vs head competition and although deeply in lust, I kept imagining myself, sitting yet again on the grassy banks of the M40, cursing the day I dumped my reliable German for a temperamental Italian. I bailed on collection day, much top the annoyance of the dealer with whom I have bargained hard only the previous day. Got to LOVE those rear lights though; I wonder how hard it would be to fit them to the Monaro? I have an 'old school' panel man who my Dad and I have been using to restore the bodywork of a vintage sports car we are bringing back from the dead. His work is unbelievably good....... Food for thought!!
I always wanted a V8 after buying a TVR for a girlfriend a few years ago. TVR and Maserati were out of the question due to reliability issues. Then I found this forum and most of the threads were of good things, not bad. So I now have nearly 500BHP of rippling Aussie muscle growling and intimidating my disapproving, Guardian reading uni-lecturer neighbour.
My advice - Never look back. I've seen a few mazzer's on the road and personally I think they look......Peculiar. I like the phat simple looks of the ro and r8 and we all know they are definate head turners because:- a. they are rare and b.they look the dogs underbits. You made the right choice.
Yeah the rear lights on the 3200 are amongst my all time favourite features on a car!
Place I use for exhausts recently had one in just for rear back boxes as they had rotted away, they basically said it was one of the most awkward cars they have ever worked on and it was only for back boxes!
Must admit I love the back end styling and the interior although simple is one of my favourites of any car, even considering how long they have been out its still a great design, however the front end design is not dating too well and the mechanical/electrical worries plus the fear of being bankrupted by the servicing/maintenance eventually put me off. Fortunately never got round to test driving or looking at one properly as that may have ended up with me owning one.
Place I use for exhausts recently had one in just for rear back boxes as they had rotted away, they basically said it was one of the most awkward cars they have ever worked on and it was only for back boxes!
Must admit I love the back end styling and the interior although simple is one of my favourites of any car, even considering how long they have been out its still a great design, however the front end design is not dating too well and the mechanical/electrical worries plus the fear of being bankrupted by the servicing/maintenance eventually put me off. Fortunately never got round to test driving or looking at one properly as that may have ended up with me owning one.
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