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    Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $42,500 For A Supercharged Ford V8-Powered Maserati Quattroporte?
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/07/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $42,500 For A Supercharged Ford V8-Powered Maserati Quattroporte?
    I keep wanting to vote "Crack Pipe". But what could I buy new that'd be cooler than this? Yeah, see, that's the problem.


    Nice Pipe.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    01/07/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $42,500 For A Supercharged Ford V8-Powered Maserati Quattroporte?
    Sow's ear out of silk purse?

    No thanks. And what's that freaky thing in the back seat supposed to be?


    He should listen to what the marketplace is telling him about his asking price.


    The invisible hand reaches for the crack pipe.

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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    01/07/09

    @NovaloadMissesPolar: Precisely.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    01/07/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $42,500 For A Supercharged Ford V8-Powered Maserati Quattroporte?
    43 grand and only the engine gets blown? I'll pass. I never really liked the Quattroportly anyway.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    01/07/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $42,500 For A Supercharged Ford V8-Powered Maserati Quattroporte?
    Note to seller: black rattlecan over rusted hubs doesn't make them "flawless".


    I would, however, like to throw those adjustable coil-overs onto my Jag.


    Since those are Jaguar hubs, would those ugly rims fit my XJS?


    hmmmm. I wonder where he parks this at night.

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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/07/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $42,500 For A Supercharged Ford V8-Powered Maserati Quattroporte?
    I can't find the supercharger either. I figured it might be a centrifugal unit mounted lower in the engine bay, and the guy just called it the wrong name, but the air intake position doesn't fit. $180k invested? I don't think so. Looking at the quality of the mods and suspension components, I'd believe $90k. Since it is a good looking car with a reasonably reliable drivetrain, and appears to be well-executed, I voted Nice Price. I'm not gonna buy it though.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    01/07/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $42,500 For A Supercharged Ford V8-Powered Maserati Quattroporte?
    I'll give it a Nice Price, but barely.


    The Biturbo isn't really Italian enough to be a true Maserati. It's the Cressida of Italian sport-lux sedans.


    But a Dearborn heart transplant loosens my grip on the checkbook. And what a heart it is.

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    Image of abgwin abgwin
    01/07/09

    @Elhigh: um, it ain't a Biturbo. it's a Quattroporte - i.e. 4 doors. Much larger, much rarer, much more expensive than the Biturbo.
    Don't get me wrong - it's still a crackpipe, but let's call it what it is.
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    Image of Tier 5 royal, the Manic King Tier 5 royal, the Manic King
    01/07/09

    @abgwin: ...aaand seems that guy have had some kind of exotic as a parts car because those wheels (also steering wheel) are def from detomaso, not Pantera perhaps but some other model
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    Image of Ralph Wiley Is Poised Ralph Wiley Is Poised
    01/07/09

    @Manic King of Corinthia: Actually, the whole car was built by Flam Master Wacky Al de Tomaso.
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    Image of Armand Armand
    01/07/09

    @LucidRalphWiley: And we all know that if there was one thing Alessandro de Tomaso was good at, it was making sure his cars were engineered and assembled for decades of faithful service.

    Honestly, any of the Maseratis from this period frighten me. The Quattroporte in particular is a horrifying collage of boxy Malaise styling, Magnetti Marelli electronics and just general crappiness. If I wanted a scary-fast Malaise sedan with a big motor, I'd get a Mercedes 6.9 and know that at even if it's broken now, it worked properly when it was new.
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    01/07/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $42,500 For A Supercharged Ford V8-Powered Maserati Quattroporte?
    Knock $20k off the price, and it would be a screaming deal. As is, it's sort of expensive.


    Wait, where is that supercharger, anyway?


    Besides, I'd hate to spend that kind of money, and have to explain why my ugly-ass old boxy sedan is "exotic."

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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    01/07/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $42,500 For A Supercharged Ford V8-Powered Maserati Quattroporte?
    What's this thing worth? "Worth" is determined by what someone is willing to pay for it, and nobody has been willing yet. Crack pipe.
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    Image of J-2-da-B J-2-da-B
    01/07/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $42,500 For A Supercharged Ford V8-Powered Maserati Quattroporte?
    putting $25 Gs on a corvette like the 2nd choice sounds more sensible, even if the corvette would cost alot more than $42 grands!
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    01/07/09

    @J-2-da-B: $43k - $25k leave $18k for a C4. $18k would buy almost any C4 other than a Grand Sport or a ZR1. Hell, a nice '84 or '85 crossfire injected, digital dashed, slushbox equipped stepchild of a Corvette could be had for $5k-$6k.
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