Masser in China

[duncscot]

Well Im off to China (Tianjin) in September, and the wife has said we should pop along to the Masser dealership in Beijing and see if I can blag a test drive in a QP GTS or Gran Turismo around Tian'anmen Square as its quite close. Look out for me getting into trouble in the International news Lol

 

[duncscot]

Oop's forgot to add the dealership link http://www.maserati.co.uk/maserati/uk/en/index/utilities/dealers.html

 

[Parisien]

Will do.......just keep clear of the tanks!!!!


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[duncscot]

Some might say that my Quattroporte is a "tank"

 

[Parisien]

Some might say that my Quattroporte is a "tank"

Thats cos you drive it like one..........only got one speed.....................both in forward and reverse gears!!!!


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[duncscot]

Lol, you could be right.... I managed Edinburgh to Harpenden in 5 hours 50minutes. Vroooom vroom

 

[Torenno Performance]

Some might say that my Quattroporte is a "tank"

A very good looking tank!!

 

[duncscot]

Cant argue with that noor, perhaps.... as some have suggested before. If I turn up at the Beijing dealership, they may well think Ive got links with the Chinese mafia. As the QP seems to be the car of choice for them!!

 

[Easyplan66]

just smile and look like you have lots of cash and you will be fine. no different to uk dealerships really

 

[duncscot]

I have to agree Andrew, I'll don a suit.... and given that Im a Brit, they will propably assume (incorrectly) that Ive got bags of cash. If I do pull it off Ill try and get some pics of the event

 

[Easyplan66]

I find a post English acsent works wonders abroad. sound like an **** but get things done.

 

[duncscot]

Lol "a post" English accent! Well if thats the case Andrew, they will not have a clue with my "council estate" Edinburgh accent

 

[Easyplan66]

sounds like my school, we can all hide our past with a little polish, nice suit, nice car

 

[duncscot]

Anyway, my wife is Chinese and can act as my "PA", thats bound to swing a road test for me Lol

 

[BigFoot]

Hope you get the test drive mate!

 

[duncscot]

If I do, Ill do my best to get some pics..... even if its police mug shots after they drag me away

 

[Phil747]

I onced lived in China in a small place called Shekou, only saw a Quattroporte once and that had Hong Kong plates on, however with the standard of driving over there i would never dream of driving around in a massa, had a moped, that ended up in the side of a police car so i made a "sharp" exit, the fear of becoming an organ donor was to much, good luck with the blagg, im sure u will pull it off

 

[duncscot]

Nice one phil..... I know what you mean about driving in China.... the roads, well they are just terrible. Im guessing no one drives a masser or anything else nice outside of the major cities. I saw that there are masser dealerships in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong

 

[Phil747]

I found the further north you go the standards do improve somewhat, I was in the south, shenzhen/guanzhou area and it was a zoo, never forget seeing a full size snooker table balanced on the back of a small motorbike gunning it down expressway

 

[duncscot]

Couldnt agree more, I think traffic lights are there purely for extra decoration