Pics of your Maserati

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Mustang Baz said:

Many thanks. The colour is Blu Mediterraneo, and the wheels are Matt Graphite.

HMMM Was that from Chris at Baytree cars???

You beat me to it!!!!!

[mattf93]

P14SMM said:

HMMM Was that from Chris at Baytree cars???

You beat me to it!!!!!

That car was at Baytree for quite some time so you must have been a bit slow off the mark

Great looking car in the blue - I happened to see it at the weekend and it sounds awesome on startup! I thought the normal Granturismo sounded loud!!!

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mattf93 said:

P14SMM said:

HMMM Was that from Chris at Baytree cars???

You beat me to it!!!!!

That car was at Baytree for quite some time so you must have been a bit slow off the mark

Great looking car in the blue - I happened to see it at the weekend and it sounds awesome on startup! I thought the normal Granturismo sounded loud!!!

Slows an understatement! I had to wait to get rid of the Ghibli first.
I love masses but that was the worse car I've ever had!

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P14SMM said:

Slows an understatement! I had to wait to get rid of the Ghibli first.
I love masses but that was the worse car I've ever had!

Dare I ask how much you lost on that heap of poo you've got rid of?
Family friend of ours bought a Ghibli for £58k, 2 years 15k miles later and they got £26.5k I think.


5 series is a much much better built saloon car.

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Paid just under £61k almost 3 years in and 30k miles £25k
Had loads of problems.

[mattf93]

P14SMM said:

Paid just under £61k almost 3 years in and 30k miles £25k
Had loads of problems.

What have you replaced your Maser with now?

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mattf93 said:

What have you replaced your Maser with now?

Sold both Ghibli and Rangerover and got Levante and Grantourismo in the pics above.

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P14SMM said:

Sold both Ghibli and Rangerover and got Levante and Grantourismo in the pics above.

How are you finding the Levante in comparison to your Range rover?

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It a very different car.

The range was huge and very powerful 5.0 supercharged.
However a week in and we both love it.
Its a great car to drive and very nice place to be, I don't understand all the bad comments about them.
Yes they are very colour sensitive and can look rubbish but I think the black with black sports pack and 21" wheels looks great.

The info system make the GT feel like the system in that runs on coal, Must find some who can change it but still retain factory look.

[BigR]

Picked this up a few weeks ago, after 18mths without a Maserati. 3rd one now, having initially had a 4.2, moved to a Cabrio MC and then, after a break, acquired this as my (more or less) daily drive...

[Murph7355]

BigR said:

Picked this up a few weeks ago, after 18mths without a Maserati. 3rd one now, having initially had a 4.2, moved to a Cabrio MC and then, after a break, acquired this as my (more or less) daily drive...

Very nice.

[Pork]

BigR said:

Picked this up a few weeks ago, after 18mths without a Maserati. 3rd one now, having initially had a 4.2, moved to a Cabrio MC and then, after a break, acquired this as my (more or less) daily drive...

That's a fabulous looking thing. Lovely colour, nice contrasting interior....a fine choice, congratulations.

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Pork said:

BigR said:

Picked this up a few weeks ago, after 18mths without a Maserati. 3rd one now, having initially had a 4.2, moved to a Cabrio MC and then, after a break, acquired this as my (more or less) daily drive...

That's a fabulous looking thing. Lovely colour, nice contrasting interior....a fine choice, congratulations.

Thanks! I'd previously had a black one and a white one. But having two other cars, both of which are grey, I needed some sense of colour. I toyed between this and a couple of red one's that were for sale at the time, but the interior on this one was lovely (red one's had black interiors throughout) and frankly it was difficult to resist! Well done to the person who specced it as they got it just right.

[tim-8b12w]

Keeping the thread going - my new GTS in Rosso Mondiale with Graphite wheels. 3 months into ownership and I'm loving it!

[jakesmith]

BigR said:

Picked this up a few weeks ago, after 18mths without a Maserati. 3rd one now, having initially had a 4.2, moved to a Cabrio MC and then, after a break, acquired this as my (more or less) daily drive...

How do you find the power diffeence between the 4.2 & 4.7?

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jakesmith said:

BigR said:

Picked this up a few weeks ago, after 18mths without a Maserati. 3rd one now, having initially had a 4.2, moved to a Cabrio MC and then, after a break, acquired this as my (more or less) daily drive...

How do you find the power diffeence between the 4.2 & 4.7?

Interesting question... I was really very naive in hindsight when buying the 4.2. Basically it was my first 'special' car. I saw a few but this one was very good condition, low mileage and affordable. I bought it from some dealer who worked from home, didn't get any checks done on it...and got away with it! Never went wrong. The engine was frankly plenty powerful enough for day to day usage and even to give it a bit of a blast there was enough there, but then I guess it depends what you're used to as well. The only time I found it to be a moderate struggle was occasionally feeling the need to change down when going up hills as it seemed to lack a little torque.

The 4.7 obviously has more power to it and most definitely has a better sound (although more to do with the exhaust system and model I would imagine). Did it change my life? No, but yeah... in that it was my first convertible and loved it.

Now, I've just got this 4.7 which is a little less exciting than the MC Cabrio I had, but when you give it the beans it makes a lovely noise.

So, in summary, if you can only afford to run the 4.2 then you won't be disappointed. But if you've had a 4.7 I can't imagine going back to a 4.2. I don't buy in so much to those that are a bit snarly about the 4.2 - that's just a bit of snobbishness in my opinion.

[Murph7355]

The same thing happens in Aston circles between 4.3 and 4.7. And I made the same conclusions as you