Is a Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S a good daily driver proposition?

Andyk

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mondie said:
To bring this thread to a conclusion, BMW finally got their **** together so we jumped on a train this morning and picked her up in Edinburgh.Space Grey with Sakhir and standard 19's. Looked stunning, I was so happy with our choice, the 19" wheels look great against the Grey. The M5 is a very colour dependent car and the best wheel choice is also colour dependent.

Stunning! So much advancement since the E60. Techno overload but after a couple of hours it started to become more familiar. The car handles very sweetly and the power is epic. I kid you not, I haven't even used half throttle. On summer tyres and damp roads its a constant battle for grip, the torque is there at any revs. The gearbox is instant, as a manual changer I was so used to the E60 changes that its taking some adjustment to the instantaneous changes of the F10. Amazing car, it boggles the mind how fast cars like the M5 are evolving.

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Looking good there.....Colour really suits the car.......Are they standard wheels..Always thought the M5 came on those bigger wheels....Thicker spokes......WOuld love to see some more pictures of her...
 
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Looks like a very chosen colour combo, wish you happy times with her. I do like the 19s on it and actually think that M cars often look good on the slightly smaller wheels options. Both previous M3 incarnations looked better without the wheel upgrade for me. Handling should be better too so it's a winner all round.

Well done sir.

Still room for a wee Maserati weekend car....
 
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bigbob said:
I love the clockwise run from Perth up the 93, Balmoral, and back over Cairn O'Mount and through Angus Dundee etc. A lot of roads that were used on Top Gear and some of the Evo drives.
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Its a brilliant drive, we are lucky to have some great driving roads on our doorstep. I love the drive up and around Tomintoul too, and going for a blast out past Braemar. All good fun.

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Looks nice mondie, but that dirty streak on the front wing...???
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Keen eyes! That's a bit of crude from the drive ome, It stayed a lot cleaner than I feared it would. Was a lovley day yesterday

outrun said:
Looks like a very chosen colour combo, wish you happy times with her. I do like the 19s on it and actually think that M cars often look good on the slightly smaller wheels options. Both previous M3 incarnations looked better without the wheel upgrade for me. Handling should be better too so it's a winner all round.

Well done sir.

Still room for a wee Maserati weekend car....
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Yeah not a particularly extroverted colour choice but it works well with the orange leather. The M5 is a very colour dependant shape and even the wheel choice I find it heavily dependant on colour. the 19" look great on grey, not so much on white for example. A Maser may happen again one day, we dont really have shedding space to be able to look after a weekend car how I would like, so for now we will be a 2 car family. Love a Gallardo, thats probably what we will end up with.

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Told you it was a much more advanced car than the E6x. The power and speed of the DCT makes the SMG feel archaic.

Looks nice Mondie, lovely colour and a great combo with the Sakhir. Enjoy :D
 
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yeah for sure Bob, going to order them today actually. The car would be undriveable in snow and scary on an icy rood too I suspect.
 
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Where you are is ok too.

I can get to the roads Top Gear filmed the FF on relatively quickly.....not in Herts mind!
 
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Hi Mondie
Welcome to the UK.
I have just purchased a 2011 Quattroporte GTS and I'm 100% sure it works as a daily driver. In fact I'm so sure that I am considering putting the car on my chauffeur car fleet.
Charles
 
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I have the 2007 QP exec gt it is beautiful
Better looking than the new QP in my opinion
I do about 8000miles and get 23 mpg
No problems (so far)
No regrets
do it
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DAve, you QP without a shadow of doubt is better looking than the new one.......
 
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AndyK
You are so right about the QP(V) being a good looker
Don't know what to change to when the time comes.............maybe next year
Thinking about the Grand Tourismo but who knows
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The new one is a bit of a mess.....Proportions are all wrong to me.....Yours is stunning...
 
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