Pick this over M5? anyone?
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Originally Posted by flyingpuck' post='1032152' date='Oct 14 2009, 12:22 PM
....curves in all the right places
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If pjinca's aunt drives it, I don't want to drive it. 
J/K No, I would not pick it over the M5. I would imagine that when it needs service your options are very limited where to bring it and probably it would be harder to find an independent shop near me.
J/K No, I would not pick it over the M5. I would imagine that when it needs service your options are very limited where to bring it and probably it would be harder to find an independent shop near me.
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Originally Posted by zen68' post='1032159' date='Oct 14 2009, 09:28 AM
We're still talking about cars right?
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Originally Posted by pjinca' post='1031934' date='Oct 14 2009, 01:40 AM
I wouldn't do it, my aunt has that car - it's in the shop more than on the road. Get the M 
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Originally Posted by porsche911targa' post='1032162' date='Oct 14 2009, 09:31 AM
If pjinca's aunt drives it, I don't want to drive it. J/K No, I would not pick it over the M5. I would imagine that when it needs service your options are very limited where to bring it and probably it would be harder to find an independent shop near me.
J/K No, I would not pick it over the M5. I would imagine that when it needs service your options are very limited where to bring it and probably it would be harder to find an independent shop near me.
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Originally Posted by flyingpuck' post='1032152' date='Oct 14 2009, 12:22 PM
That is one sexy beast....curves in all the right places and plenty of power too, but against the M5 it's not a fair contest! 
If you want to be seen in a car that turns everyones head, get the Maserati, if it's about performance, M5 hands down!!
If you want to be seen in a car that turns everyones head, get the Maserati, if it's about performance, M5 hands down!! +1
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Maserati is beautiful, saw it on the road last weekend when driving from Allentown to NJ. It looks amazing but I dont think it can even come close the the M5 in performance (+ the V10 growl!)
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Originally Posted by pjinca' post='1032186' date='Oct 14 2009, 11:54 AM
Yeah, my aunt has an independent mechanic near her, but in her area high end mechanics are not hard to find - Carmel-by-the-sea, right next to Pebble Beach. I still don't understand why she needs them but she has the Maserati, an Alfa Romero and a Bentley Continental GT.