Living up to expectation!

[Maserati V8]

Hi all

Thought I would say hello - so hello!

New to forum and new proud owner of a 2004 Coupe 4200 GT. Manual 6 speed. Wanted a Maserati for a number of years and first week of ownership has been great. Love rare powerful cars and so glad I took the plunge for the Coupe.

Previous cars include VX220 Turbo, Renaultsport Clio, Renault-Alpine GTA V6 Turbo...But the Maserati is by far the best, great performance, great style, very rare and perfect for the family with 4 seats and a boot! Ideal supercar with performance and practicality!

Cheers and a great forum by the way.

James

 

[Paco]

Welcome James, you're clearly a brave chap judging by your previous steeds, you have nothing to fear from Maserati ownership!!

 

[Parisien]

Happy days James....have fun..enjoy......do tell us all about it as you get used to her!


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[GransportFan1]

Welcome to the fold James, used to own a Renault Sport Clio, which one? quite like the Renault Sport cars.

 

[Emtee]

Hi James and a warm welcome to the forum. So you found a manual! Great to hear you're enjoying it. Get settled in, but it would be great to hear more about your car? I see you're in Northants. We have pretty regular 'Midlands" meets, usually near Rugby. It would be great to have you join us for the next one, though it'll probably be in the New Year now. Or if you fancy it, we have a Christmas meet on the 11th December starting at Ace Cafe on the North Circular. The details are in the events thread. Regards, Miles.

 

[dem maser]

out of all the cars youve owned the alpine is my favourite...how was that

 

[GransportFan1]

oh dem, they are different, was never a big fan of them though, but they are a special car.

 

[dem maser]

loved them...come on james let me know what it was like

 

[ENZ525]

Congratulations James,
and a warm welcome to the forum,
Regards,
Enzo.

 

[dem maser]

hello ezzo

 

[ENZ525]

Heheheheheh Dem...you spotted that rather quickly

 

[Maserati V8]

The GTA V6 Turbo was a really great car. Owned for 12 years and spent 3.5 years restoring to concourse. Won many shows, looked just right in red with full black leather interior. Typical 80's turbo installation, lots of lag, then oh my gawd...as the power all came in around 3500 rpm, real hard shove in the back, mid range was phenomenal. Quite light, composite shell so no rust issues and an engine taken and tweaked from the 25 turbos so good reliability. Only sold due to getting some good offers following the 2008 NEC Classic and Sports car show where it was on the Maguires concourse stand. The VX replaced the Alpine, the Maserati has replaced the VX. The Maserati is a morph of my two previous cars I think - it has the speed of the VX turbo and the Coupe practicality of the Alpine and rarity too! Alpines are underrated cars in the UK, but the rest of Europe knows better!

 

[dem maser]

Heheheheheh Dem...you spotted that rather quickly

i live on here nowadays.....i spot things very quick ezzo

 

[dem maser]

my 3200 is almost identical to the alpine my friend told me after he had one in blue in 1997

 

[Andyk]

The GTA V6 Turbo was a really great car. Owned for 12 years and spent 3.5 years restoring to concourse. Won many shows, looked just right in red with full black leather interior. Typical 80's turbo installation, lots of lag, then oh my gawd...as the power all came in around 3500 rpm, real hard shove in the back, mid range was phenomenal. Quite light, composite shell so no rust issues and an engine taken and tweaked from the 25 turbos so good reliability. Only sold due to getting some good offers following the 2008 NEC Classic and Sports car show where it was on the Maguires concourse stand. The VX replaced the Alpine, the Maserati has replaced the VX. The Maserati is a morph of my two previous cars I think - it has the speed of the VX turbo and the Coupe practicality of the Alpine and rarity too! Alpines are underrated cars in the UK, but the rest of Europe knows better!

Welcome James and great choice of car .. Don't forget if you get time to post a few pics of your new baby.

Loved the GTA V6 Turbo .. Very underated car and a real steal today. Was it reliable? Oh and again got any pics to share.

 

[lozcb]

A warm welcome to the land of all things Maserati James , great previous history you have , pics of both cars are a must when you have time and have mastered the where with all, look forward to your input , plenty of informative info and people on here as and when those Italian foibles show there ugly heads , hopefully not that often , manuals are rarish only 20% of manufacture , great cars to drive , just make sure those gear linkages are adjusted reguarly when it gets a little knotchy getting into gear , usually starts with 2nd


regards loz

 

[dem maser]

that renault andy was very underestimated

 

[Maserati V8]

Here are some photos of my previous GTA and VX for those that asked. Will get some posted of my Maserati once its been treated to a full wax!

Hope links work - not done this before!

http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a434/MaseratiV8/GTA V6 Turbo MY 1986/GTA05.jpg
http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a434/MaseratiV8/GTA V6 Turbo MY 1986/gta4.jpg
http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a434/MaseratiV8/GTA V6 Turbo MY 1986/gta9.jpg
http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a434/MaseratiV8/GTA V6 Turbo MY 1986/gta10.jpg

http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a434/MaseratiV8/VX220 Turbo/IMG_0971.jpg
http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a434/MaseratiV8/VX220 Turbo/IMG_0963.jpg
http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a434/MaseratiV8/VX220 Turbo/IMG_0987.jpg
http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a434/MaseratiV8/VX220 Turbo/IMG_0984.jpg

 

[philw696]

Very nice pics do like the Alpine always liked them after the bad boy had one in the BBC soap opera Eldorado i know his Spanish girlfriend always looked nice in it.
Phil.

 

[dem maser]

i like the pictures....
vx is good that must be the best handling car you had....
renault love them...vx also...