Morning all
Yes, it would seem I'm venting my drunken fury in the dead of night, slipping further and further downwards into the bottle. But this is not the case, I am now GMT + 7 hrs, so when I do post I'm in my office, clear-minded and full of enthusiastic bounce. The video of a snivelling nonentity paying homage to The Awards Quattroporte however, has a way of raising my blood pressure to dangerous highs. To be honest the whole company has been a bit on the slide since some marketing tool came up with "excellence through passion" - or is it the other way round? Rarely does one find cheese as ripe and aromatic as that catchy little phrase.
I don't think dog and welly ferrying versions are in line with Maserati tradition, but then again the whole world has gone totally f***ing loopy, so who cares? Ferrari 456 (one-off?) and AM Virage Shooting Brakes were made in tiny numbers, but this was more to cater for extravagant Arabs with more money than sense.
I think it has to do with my lifelong infatuation with the brand coming to an end, like a passionate but stormy relationship that has finally passed the point of no return, so hatred sets in and I'm looking for flaws rather than wishing to cover them up at all costs.
Doesn't matter that much, in a way it's nice to be liberated from the spell, it's only a machine after all, I'll just have to find something else that will fire-up my enthusiasm in the same way Maserati used to. And I'm not in any way sad, just an honest opinion. I'd fill the bloody page full of smiley icons but I don't like' em and don't where they are.
Good to hear from you loz, have you made it three Maseratis yet, or are you sticking with two for now?
