Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Maserati Gran Turismo looks good...

[Dan Warlick (edwf430]

I love these cars! I got in trouble over one. I had received the first one 
from the dealership I deal with and I sold it to secondary market dealer. He 
put it on E-bay with the VIN Doh!!! It happened to be the first one on E-bay 
so it was swiftly spotted on radar by Maserati N.A. My ears are still 
ringing. With that much stink, I bought another one. Maybe I am getting old 
but the coolest thing about the car IMO was that I could sit comfortably in 
the back seat. I'm 6'2" and 215ish. I had headroom and was not cramped in 
the leg room department in the least bit. The cars also seem to have held 
value surprisingly for two years now. The original MSRP on them was 120ish 
for a loaded car. The only optional stuff was, wood steering wheel, Painted 
Calipers (color), and 20" Birdcage wheels. The first car I had "ball 
polished" birdcage wheels and when I tried to order them again, I was told 
"no longer available'. The cars are still 80k to 85k wholesale so you have 
to believe that retailish is another 5k to 10k. Not bad considering the 
alternatives in the field. Bentley GT has no back seat room, Aston DB9 or a 
DBS if you really want to throw away 100k, M6 Coupe not a big fan of SMG. 
The ZF is great in the cat. It is a true Grand Touring car. You can fit a 
golf bad and a dead body in the trunk too. Did I say I love these cars?
My random brain farts........

Daniel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Perry" <charles [at] carolina-sound.com>
To: "Daniel" <edwf430 [at] att.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Maserati Gran Turismo looks good...


> I was in Charlotte last week for work and stopped in at Foreign Cars
> Italia's satelite office there. They had a nice cross section of new and
> used cars in the house, including the Gran Turismo and all manner of
> Astons.
>
> I do think the Gran Turismo is beautiful, especially the S with the dark
> convex front grill, but my dollars will still be voting for the Aston.
> Unfortunately they didn't have a DBS to see - I really want to look at
> one of those in person since they took a stunningly beautiful car (the
> DB9) and added a bunch of boy-racer looking bits to it. I can't decide
> from photos whether it works for me or not. I also got to drive a
> friends Vantage V8 recently, and while it wasn't a speed demon, it
> shares the same beautiful lines, Aston Growl, and a forgiving ride
> quality as the bigger cars. I'm looking forward to reading about the
> Vantage V12.
>
> They also had one TR in excellent shape in the back. What struck me is
> how SMALL that car looked, packed in tightly with their other inventory.
> When I look at mine in the garage or on the drive, it looks like such a
> massive car, but it is truly dwarfed by a 360 or even the new 911 Turbo.
> Makes you understand why no one can build a car under 3500 lbs anymore.
>
> I also have to mention how friendly and helpful the FCI staff was -
> attentive without being intrusive. This is rarely the case in exotic
> dealerships. I don't know whether it's the pained economy or just an
> unusually good group of people there, but it was really a pleasant time
> to stop by. I even got a nice Aston Martin T-shirt (silver silkscreening
> on BRG) for just $15. The only Ferrari badged item I ever got for $15
> was a copy of a service invoice... :-)
>
> -- charles
>
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fellippe Galletta [mailto:fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 4:24 PM
> To: Charles Perry
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: [Ferrari] NFC: Maserati Gran Turismo looks good...
>
> I went to the eastern end of Long Island wine country yesterday and ran
> into a white/burgundy Gran Turismo....
>
> Must say that it looked great....very nice road presence. Really
> translated well in the wild...the Aston Martins may have a smoother
> shape, but the Maser looked much meaner from the front, in the spirit of
> a real Italian car!
>
> I think Charles & Steve J should add it to their lists! A nice exhaust,
> perhaps a manual transmission conversion, and you're set...
>
> FG
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