Long time lurker, I didn't took the time to present myself yet.
I'm from Belgium and I recently purchased my third maserati.
My first maserati was a very nice ghibli GT, nero siderale with beige leather, bought in Sicily.
A nice start in the maserati world I think...
Two years later, I had the opportunity to buy a quite rare Ghibli Cup 2.8 (spécial japanese edition, 27 made, basically a ghibli cup with a 2.8 engine, a slightly tweaked ECU -305HP, by modifying the boost- and a shorter final gear ratio).
The car is rosso maserati, and as most of the time with the CUP, with a black leather interior.
The car was imported in Estony and was for sale since a long time. No service history and in need of a lot of TLC, but incredibly cheap at that time).
You can find more information about the work done here in english (short version: http://www.repartocorse2.com/t8744-japanese-maserati-ghibli-cup-2-8-no-typo-lost-in-belgium) or here in french (very long version:http://www.maseratitude.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1159).
Since, I've sold the GT, at that time, I didn't had the place for two more cars, and the CUP is way better to drive, so the GT was not used a lot.
But I must confess that the GT was easier to live with, far more subtle than this noisy red brute.
When I look at the pictures of the GT, I'm a little bit sad...
Anyway, the time passed, and I've found some parking space earlier this year.
Since the beginning, I was always in love with the 3200GT, these boomerangs...
The 3200 used to be cheap, but since last year, I have the impression (it's more than an impression) that the price of these cars is on the rise. I've somewhat convinced myself that it was the right time to buy a 3200, and the hunt began.
I didn't want a car too expensive (max 20000 euro), not grey, not black, probably not red, without beige carpet, without wood around the console (often seen in the '99 3200) and with less than 125.000km.
The rest didn't really matter, manual or auto, I wasn't even afraid of a car in need of someTLC as long as the asking price was right.
But I was lucky again, and I found my car not far from Athens.
The car was just serviced (complete service with timing belt) and only 42.500km.
It showed up in front of my door one week after the paiement (less than 20k transport included) and I'm in love since.
A Luna Argento 3200GT, probably one of the only in this color (special order) with blue interior.
The interior is blue (and dark grey) with white piping. Maybe not for everyone, but I really like it.
The engine is immaculate!
Ok, enough for a first post I think. I hope you don't mind that I've posted so many pictures.
I'm from Belgium and I recently purchased my third maserati.
My first maserati was a very nice ghibli GT, nero siderale with beige leather, bought in Sicily.
A nice start in the maserati world I think...
Two years later, I had the opportunity to buy a quite rare Ghibli Cup 2.8 (spécial japanese edition, 27 made, basically a ghibli cup with a 2.8 engine, a slightly tweaked ECU -305HP, by modifying the boost- and a shorter final gear ratio).
The car is rosso maserati, and as most of the time with the CUP, with a black leather interior.
The car was imported in Estony and was for sale since a long time. No service history and in need of a lot of TLC, but incredibly cheap at that time).
You can find more information about the work done here in english (short version: http://www.repartocorse2.com/t8744-japanese-maserati-ghibli-cup-2-8-no-typo-lost-in-belgium) or here in french (very long version:http://www.maseratitude.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1159).
Since, I've sold the GT, at that time, I didn't had the place for two more cars, and the CUP is way better to drive, so the GT was not used a lot.
But I must confess that the GT was easier to live with, far more subtle than this noisy red brute.
When I look at the pictures of the GT, I'm a little bit sad...
Anyway, the time passed, and I've found some parking space earlier this year.
Since the beginning, I was always in love with the 3200GT, these boomerangs...
The 3200 used to be cheap, but since last year, I have the impression (it's more than an impression) that the price of these cars is on the rise. I've somewhat convinced myself that it was the right time to buy a 3200, and the hunt began.
I didn't want a car too expensive (max 20000 euro), not grey, not black, probably not red, without beige carpet, without wood around the console (often seen in the '99 3200) and with less than 125.000km.
The rest didn't really matter, manual or auto, I wasn't even afraid of a car in need of someTLC as long as the asking price was right.
But I was lucky again, and I found my car not far from Athens.
The car was just serviced (complete service with timing belt) and only 42.500km.
It showed up in front of my door one week after the paiement (less than 20k transport included) and I'm in love since.
A Luna Argento 3200GT, probably one of the only in this color (special order) with blue interior.
The interior is blue (and dark grey) with white piping. Maybe not for everyone, but I really like it.
The engine is immaculate!
Ok, enough for a first post I think. I hope you don't mind that I've posted so many pictures.