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10-21-2005, 10:29 AM
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Anyone with Maserati Exposure?
Thought I would slip over to the SL forum and see if anyone has any Maserati exposure? I am traveling Saturday to pick up a showroom bi-turbo convertible in St Louis (10K on the clock). The car has been PPI, but is their any tribulations to these girls that should be known. I will be driving in back to MS.
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10-24-2005, 06:30 AM
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Very limited exposuer 25 years ago. I havent worked on a bi-turbo but I can say that years ago Masserati was the biggest pain in the A car to work on of any car I worked on. There appeared to be no consideration for making maintenance easy for a technichian, This is typical of all the Italian cars I worked on.
John Roncallo
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10-24-2005, 08:07 AM
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Well all went well once I figured out how to open the hood and gas tank
 Aside from driving a vett and an SL I really don't have any experience with performance vehicles. The 7 hour drive back was incredible!
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BENZ THERE DONE THAThttp://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/...c/progress.gif 15 VW Passat TDI 00 E420 98 E300 DT 97 E420 Donor Car - NEED PARTS? PM ME! 97 S500 97 E300D 86 Holden Jackaroo Turbo D 86 300SDL (o\|/o) Last edited by TX76513; 10-26-2005 at 10:34 AM.
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10-27-2005, 12:34 PM
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Keep a Fire Extinguisher Nearby
If it is the Biturbo from the 80's I've heard they have a propensity to have engine fires. Better keep an extinguisher handy.
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10-27-2005, 01:27 PM
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seriously..I drove one...sweet running car when its running...saw a LOT of them broken down on the shoulder of the road in Italy in the late 80's and early 90's. Could have bought them for about $4K dollars with about 40K kilometers on them from used car dealers back then too. Trust me this was before the WWW and the trove of info availible.
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10-27-2005, 02:42 PM
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Hey, TX... Hows about a pic or two?
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10-27-2005, 03:28 PM
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 BHD - it ran very well   . But my god no gas mileage 3 fill ups comming back and had 3/4 tank on delivery. Like 11 mpg. Ergonomic seating in this car was incredible. Short owneship, back at 5:30 Sunday it belogned to someone else @ 6PM Monday night. This was kinda a risky deal but it worked  . Knowing ZERO about these girls, that's why I was inquiring. Little things like opening the hood WTF  has a push button thingy like remote camera shutter switch.
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10-27-2005, 03:45 PM
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Electrical switches on those are tempermental...and I have heard the same about the cooling systems.. Its certainly no benz but it does have the flair the Italians are famous for. But 11 mpg..I'm going to venture a guess that you have injectors that need looked at...thats mighty bad mleage
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01-06-2008, 08:34 PM
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Had a Citroen SM with that masaratti V-6 with 6 webbers on top with stacks and filters, never had a problem, one of the nicest running engines I ever had...a water pump in 3 years,and adjust carbs for altitude in the mountains....nice car....Mike
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01-06-2008, 10:30 PM
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You are new to the forum, right? This thread is a couple of years old.
I remember doing this when I first hooked up here. Welcome to the Shopforum. Tom W
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