RE: Yuppie-tastic Maserati BiTurbo Spyder for sale
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A girlfriend's mate's boyfriend had a new one back around 1987 or '88.
Great memories of racing round the M25 with the roof down and the girls laughing in the back and getting down to Hampshire very, very quickly.
We were all about 20/21 then, but the memory of it being really quick and sounding fantastic sticks in my mind.
He got an Esprit Turbo after that which limited all of us going out together, so had to make do with my MG Metro.
Great memories of racing round the M25 with the roof down and the girls laughing in the back and getting down to Hampshire very, very quickly.
We were all about 20/21 then, but the memory of it being really quick and sounding fantastic sticks in my mind.
He got an Esprit Turbo after that which limited all of us going out together, so had to make do with my MG Metro.
vixen1700 said:
Jordie Barretts sock said:
It's a 2 seater. Did you put the women in the boot?
The days before health and safety, they were perched up on the hood area. They were screaming as well as laughing. Scarey when I think about the speeds we were going round the M25.
vixen1700 said:
A girlfriend's mate's boyfriend had a new one back around 1987 or '88.
Great memories of racing round the M25 with the roof down and the girls laughing in the back and getting down to Hampshire very, very quickly.
We were all about 20/21 then, but the memory of it being really quick and sounding fantastic sticks in my mind.
He got an Esprit Turbo after that which limited all of us going out together, so had to make do with my MG Metro.
I'm not driving a Mini Metro...Great memories of racing round the M25 with the roof down and the girls laughing in the back and getting down to Hampshire very, very quickly.
We were all about 20/21 then, but the memory of it being really quick and sounding fantastic sticks in my mind.
He got an Esprit Turbo after that which limited all of us going out together, so had to make do with my MG Metro.
ducnick said:
lethal in the wet.
They ingeniously solved that by allowing road water to get into the electrics so they'd go into a 'protection mode' in heavy rain. Also, by making them out of water soluble materials, operators were naturally discouraged from using them in the wet. And people have the audacity to claim it is the Germans who think of everything and are rest engineers. 
Spot on. If you want one of these I'd go for the later 2.8. I do love biturbos but something like a 300/420/500 SL or 320/325i cab far better buys.Shirley there's nothing more Yuppie-tastic than a convertible Guards Red Porsche ..... and it's half the price of that Miserati 
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/16388341
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/16388341
Nish Gnackers said:
Shirley there's nothing more Yuppie-tastic than a convertible Guards Red Porsche ..... and it's half the price of that Miserati
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/16388341
I had an identical one ten years ago, probably less needy than the Maser, but even back then it was a bit of a trial to own. May be bad luck but the previous two owners had spent a fortune. You need to be hands on and pretty committed to own cars like these.https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/16388341
NathanChadwick said:
mart4856 said:
Cars such as a Vauxhall Tigra, Ford streetKa, Renault wind, Ford Focus CC, VW Eos etc will on the right road and day being you almost bring you the same level of happiness without burning a huge hole in your pocket.
I’ve run out of palm to face.Talk about timing, saw a red one of these parked up at Kempston Keep with its top down just a few days back and remembered thinking to myself
- must be one of the last on our roads.
- owner must have deep pockets to keep it going, even as a weekend driver.
- How I fancied one of these when they first came out and I was on my first car. I remember liking the subtle exterior and the plush interior, plus by that stage BMWs and Mercs were becoming a thing and it was Germanic (plus there was always the though of Italian style at the level of the heart).
I do love a Maserati Cabrio and this is a nice looking one.
But… at £20k, you’re really going to want the 80s retro vibe and potentially ruining costs to keep it on the road vs a modern GranCabrio, which start at £25k and you get a 4.7 V8 for that.
Mine has so much character, but it’s not so far been unreliable. Something electrical goes wrong fairly often, but it usually fixes itself by the next time I drive it, so I’ve stopped worrying and focus on the conversion of (lots of) super unleaded into glorious noise
But… at £20k, you’re really going to want the 80s retro vibe and potentially ruining costs to keep it on the road vs a modern GranCabrio, which start at £25k and you get a 4.7 V8 for that.
Mine has so much character, but it’s not so far been unreliable. Something electrical goes wrong fairly often, but it usually fixes itself by the next time I drive it, so I’ve stopped worrying and focus on the conversion of (lots of) super unleaded into glorious noise
I owned this car back in the day. Not the one in the ad, but an E reg Biturbo spyder. It was a piece of s
t. An absolute money pit that never, not even once, worked properly. There was always a problem ranging from not that much fun (electric windows and wipers breaking frequently) to incredibly inconvenient (a persistent refusal to start when warm), to life-threatening (everything cutting out while driving on the M4 and just about managing to get it to the hard shoulder). Do not touch unless you have both very deep pockets and a decent idea about how to work on cars yourself.
t. An absolute money pit that never, not even once, worked properly. There was always a problem ranging from not that much fun (electric windows and wipers breaking frequently) to incredibly inconvenient (a persistent refusal to start when warm), to life-threatening (everything cutting out while driving on the M4 and just about managing to get it to the hard shoulder). Do not touch unless you have both very deep pockets and a decent idea about how to work on cars yourself.Now that is a proper Sunday-afternoon-in-the-summer-drive-in-the-country-car.
Looks fabulous and exudes class.
However, as a person who tends to prefer all things Italian and French and have long learnt the art of ignoring a warning light, this would frighten me to own. I think even bomb disposal experts use these in training as a metaphor for ticking time bombs.
Deep, deep pockets and the patience of many a saint required.
Still lovely to look at though…
Looks fabulous and exudes class.
However, as a person who tends to prefer all things Italian and French and have long learnt the art of ignoring a warning light, this would frighten me to own. I think even bomb disposal experts use these in training as a metaphor for ticking time bombs.
Deep, deep pockets and the patience of many a saint required.
Still lovely to look at though…
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