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No, Belgian. But been living in Japan for longer than I care to remember.

Would rate them on par with PZero in wet, even slightly better when cold.

You might want to take a look at Michelin Super Sports. I went from PZero to MSS on a GS. Really transformed the handling, allowing to push harder on the front end. Last longer as well.

Miracolare (specialist Maserati workshop in Yokohama, Japan....they maintain most GSs in the country) just put up an MCV for sale: http://miracolare.co.jp/444851.html 066/180 Bianco Fuji, blue interior 2007, 13000km just got a new clutch fitted and has some tasty upgrades (DBW, exhaust,..) JPY...

Just switched from PZero to Michelin Pilot Super Sport XL last weekend. What a difference! Grip level on the Supers is out of this world, even at 4degrees C, while the car runs more composed and calm. Totally GT. And they might even last longer than my last set of PZeros at just 5K km....

You and me together.....never saw a beast like that before either. There were about 100 cars total....lots of bulls and horses, but just two Maseratis. Beauty and the beasts....

The police came in to let people know they were being watched....after the initial meet up at 9h00 am, there was a (high speed) run of about 100km down to the southern part of Osaka.

That's a Super GT NSX.

That Miura was gorgeous, especially in period brown colour with gold rims. But the Khamsin next to it was a real beauty too. The more I see those cars, the more I love the purity of line.....just not sure I could live with the diravi set-up...

A bit of topic, but let me share pictures of the New Year's meeting held today in Kobe, Japan....20 years of economic crisis and recession....really??

Glad to comply!

She came back yesterday from the dealer in Tokyo, and just finished a nice 200 km run. KW v3 installed, she has been lowered to the point that you can fit approx. 2 fingers between the fender and the wheel on both front and rear. Rebound and bump/compression have been turned 2 clicks from...

Luckily there are no speed bumps in Japan, so good there. Planning to settle for this ride height.....how do you think this looks? (but now it looks like I should add spacers as well. This really is a Pandora box.....never ending once you start)

Decided to take the plunge, and get the KWs installed. Should give for a better balance between damper/spring than the FD sport springs on the standard skyhook dampers. Car in the workshop now, won't be back for a week or so. Need to decide on the ride height to settle on. From reading the...

Thanks for the advise, and your nice comment! She has done just 15,000... To be honest, I had been reading for years all these great comments on FD and their customer service. So dropped them an e-mail once (on a totally different subject), and the reply I got back was polite, but not very...

Japan is right hand drive, basically. But it's a bit of a fashion/status thing. Especially for luxury European cars, you just need to have left hand drive. Which is kind of funny, seeing all those Bentley's with LHD :-) As a result, you will find few RHD Maserati's in Japan (most likely on...

Thanks for the advise. Reading the FD website, I got the impression that installing the sport springs would end up lowering the car (is this correct?). Problem is that my house is up on a hill, and at this moment I barely clear the incline with a standard ride-height....

A few pics (sorry, couldn't resist)

BTW, as this is my first post, allow me to briefly introduce. I'm living in Japan, and my GS is a Japan-only special edition, called "10th Anniversary" commissioned by Cornes, Maserati importer for Japan. It was a run of 35 cars (15 black, 17 white) at the end of the GS production run in 2007...

Thank you so much for your reply. Skyhook is there (and will be lost after installing the coilovers). Don't care for the non-sport setting at all, and even in sport there is a bit too much pitching/rolling for my liking. That's what I'm hoping to address with KW, but without lowering the car...