Grant V
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Good day, Gents!
A year ago I realized a bit of a dream when I bought my first Maserati - I found it through Viglietti Motors, the local Ferrari and Maserati agents in Johannesburg. It's a 2007 Executive auto in the perfect colour combination of dark blue metallic with cream interior, and at the time it only had 14000km on the clock. I've used it daily since then and I've racked up a further 25000km.
There have been hassles over the past year, but that's another story. I don't think low mileage cars are a good buy - cars should be used and exercised, and standing for long periods just causes things to fail.
The Maserati influence comes form my father who raced an A6GCS in the early 60s, as well as a 200SI and owned a 300S for a while in the early 70s, which he hauled out of Angola before the civil war broke out. The car now belongs to Martin Halusa.
I'm a bit of a car nut and have a varied collection of cars, all in varying states of repair (does it ever end?): 1964 Mercedes 300SE Fintail, 1970 Citroen DS20, two Citroen SMs, 1978 Mercedes 450SEL 6.9, 1994 Mercedes 300CE Cabriolet, 1991 Mercedes W124 500E, 1994 Audi RS2 Avant - there are a few more.
I also compete in historic racing with a 1967 230S Fintail (www.myfinnyracer.co.za) and I'm currently building a replica of the AMG Mercedes 300SEL 6.8 racer.
It's all a bit of madness, actually.
A year ago I realized a bit of a dream when I bought my first Maserati - I found it through Viglietti Motors, the local Ferrari and Maserati agents in Johannesburg. It's a 2007 Executive auto in the perfect colour combination of dark blue metallic with cream interior, and at the time it only had 14000km on the clock. I've used it daily since then and I've racked up a further 25000km.
There have been hassles over the past year, but that's another story. I don't think low mileage cars are a good buy - cars should be used and exercised, and standing for long periods just causes things to fail.
The Maserati influence comes form my father who raced an A6GCS in the early 60s, as well as a 200SI and owned a 300S for a while in the early 70s, which he hauled out of Angola before the civil war broke out. The car now belongs to Martin Halusa.
I'm a bit of a car nut and have a varied collection of cars, all in varying states of repair (does it ever end?): 1964 Mercedes 300SE Fintail, 1970 Citroen DS20, two Citroen SMs, 1978 Mercedes 450SEL 6.9, 1994 Mercedes 300CE Cabriolet, 1991 Mercedes W124 500E, 1994 Audi RS2 Avant - there are a few more.
I also compete in historic racing with a 1967 230S Fintail (www.myfinnyracer.co.za) and I'm currently building a replica of the AMG Mercedes 300SEL 6.8 racer.
It's all a bit of madness, actually.
