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"I'm changing my car and would like a quote for transferring my policy please",
"What's the make of the car sir?"
"Maserati" - saying it out loud to a stranger was the first time it really hit me that I've bought a Maserati, oh dear what have I done?
"Oh, I don't think we do them sir" - oh sh1t, what have I done - "please give me the details and I'll get back to you, what model is it?"
"Quattroporte",
"Can you spell that please?" Oh dear.
It turned out they do 'do them' and the cost to change the policy was more modest than I was fearing so my new '06 Quattroporte Executive was collected from Richard Grace yesterday and driven back to London.
This has been a long time dream of mine and I can't believe there is finally a Trident in my garage. I have Rasoul (espresso) to blame. His Alfa 166 was totalled earlier this year and rather than replace it with another he decided to go for a QP. Together we started looking at them and once I test drove one I knew I had to have one.
It's a daft car for me. I traded my younger, lower mileage, C6 for it which seats five in comfort, enormous boot, can take skis without them even touching the front seats, costs £99 (fixed price) to service every two years, and drove to Richard's at 41 mpg.
Driving back with Rasoul for company I looked over and asked him what he thought. "Well to be honest your C6 was more comfortable". But then we both grinned, "but this is special, a real sense of occasion"
Leaving the toll gate on the M6 I indulged in a spot of hooligan red-lining and it's all you need to know about why one buys a Maserati.
Michael
"What's the make of the car sir?"
"Maserati" - saying it out loud to a stranger was the first time it really hit me that I've bought a Maserati, oh dear what have I done?
"Oh, I don't think we do them sir" - oh sh1t, what have I done - "please give me the details and I'll get back to you, what model is it?"
"Quattroporte",
"Can you spell that please?" Oh dear.
It turned out they do 'do them' and the cost to change the policy was more modest than I was fearing so my new '06 Quattroporte Executive was collected from Richard Grace yesterday and driven back to London.
This has been a long time dream of mine and I can't believe there is finally a Trident in my garage. I have Rasoul (espresso) to blame. His Alfa 166 was totalled earlier this year and rather than replace it with another he decided to go for a QP. Together we started looking at them and once I test drove one I knew I had to have one.
It's a daft car for me. I traded my younger, lower mileage, C6 for it which seats five in comfort, enormous boot, can take skis without them even touching the front seats, costs £99 (fixed price) to service every two years, and drove to Richard's at 41 mpg.
Driving back with Rasoul for company I looked over and asked him what he thought. "Well to be honest your C6 was more comfortable". But then we both grinned, "but this is special, a real sense of occasion"
Leaving the toll gate on the M6 I indulged in a spot of hooligan red-lining and it's all you need to know about why one buys a Maserati.
Michael
