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  1. Fredc51

    Quattroporte replacement

    My dealer (H.R. Owen) thinks that I should be looking to replace my Quattroporte. Rosso Mondial, Dec 2011, 16000 miles. What's he offering, a Maserati A5 (oops, I meant the new Quattroporte, probably in Boring Beige)? So I decided that I'd keeping the car, as it is the Mutts Nuts and much...
  2. Fredc51

    New Quattroporte, Is it an Audi?

    I was lucky enough to be in Geneva last week and took the opportunity to go to the Motor Show. Naturally I made a beeline to the Maserati stand to look at the new Quattroporte. It was nestled in the Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Ferarri section, but what a dissapointment. Their choice of colours for the...
  3. Fredc51

    Maserati Quattroporte on film

    I just came back from the states, and watched a French film on the plane called Intouchables. The film follows the life of a quadraplegic millionnaire in Paris, who ends up with a black guy from the streets as his helper. It's a superb film and if you get the chance, do watch it. The thing that...
  4. Fredc51

    Ouch!

    Just driving in MK mniding my own business, 20 mph when this A-Hole comes out of a side street without looking and uses my car to stop - Bloody ****, it's only six weeks old! Fred
  5. Fredc51

    I keep going back in time!

    I've got a one month old QP GTS but I keep having a problem with the clock. Every so often, when I start the car, I hear a series of quick clicks (as if the battery is too weak to start) and my clock goes back to 00:00 on 1st January 2000. The car went back to the dealer three weeks ago, where...
  6. Fredc51

    I've got a new QP and a dog

    Having recently taken delivery of my new QP GTS, I now find by carting the dog about, I am seriously ruining the rear seats. I have a couple of options, kill the dog!, get a smaller one and put it the boot! or find some way of protecting the rear seats. Anyone got any suggestions. Saw the...
  7. Fredc51

    My Dream Car

    Having come into V8's via a Chrysler Jeep in 2000, I went through a few cars, including a Ford F150 Truck, Chrysler 300C with a 5.7 Hemi, a 6.2l Chevrolet Camaro and finally my dream ca,r a Maserati QP GTS in bright red with black chrome wheels. if you ever see the car on the road, you'll...