Gary687
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Hi folks
Well today was the inaugral meet of the Brisbane Boys chapter of the Oz Maserati club! Given the rarity of these beasts over here (and the UK boys probably won't grasp exactly how rare they are here in Brisbane....I've been here 9 years and never seen another 3200 or 4200!!) the fact that there are now 2 of us is enough to make some waves over here!!
I have to say I hadn't driven a 3200 before so Tim was most gracious in letting me have a go in his seeing as he only picked it up on Thursday.
Despite the obvious similarities, they are very different beasts. The driving position is different (maybe down to different design of seat?), the throttle is more immediate it seems in the 3200, much more brutal, and the responses that little bit stiffer (maybe due to it being an AC with the slightly different/lower suspension set up?) It was like a light switch in the way that it delivered it's power so it was on or off etc. Tim's car is a manual and I simply adore my CC so whilst I can definitely see the appeal of a 3200 with it's twin turbos (and boomerangs of course!) and I'd never knock anyone for their particular choice of car, I do prefer the 4200. Tim and I discussed the differences and he may well have a different perspective on the differences & preferences but as I'm 45 and spent most of my working life driving like a loony (and getting paid for it) and the cold, hard performance figures of both cars are broadly the same, I prefer the slightly less frantic approach and feel of my 4200....but then that's me! Tim, at 25, will quite appropriately label me an old fart after that
That's just my opinion anyway and I don't want to start the usual '3200 vs 4200' war
Well today was the inaugral meet of the Brisbane Boys chapter of the Oz Maserati club! Given the rarity of these beasts over here (and the UK boys probably won't grasp exactly how rare they are here in Brisbane....I've been here 9 years and never seen another 3200 or 4200!!) the fact that there are now 2 of us is enough to make some waves over here!!
I have to say I hadn't driven a 3200 before so Tim was most gracious in letting me have a go in his seeing as he only picked it up on Thursday.
Despite the obvious similarities, they are very different beasts. The driving position is different (maybe down to different design of seat?), the throttle is more immediate it seems in the 3200, much more brutal, and the responses that little bit stiffer (maybe due to it being an AC with the slightly different/lower suspension set up?) It was like a light switch in the way that it delivered it's power so it was on or off etc. Tim's car is a manual and I simply adore my CC so whilst I can definitely see the appeal of a 3200 with it's twin turbos (and boomerangs of course!) and I'd never knock anyone for their particular choice of car, I do prefer the 4200. Tim and I discussed the differences and he may well have a different perspective on the differences & preferences but as I'm 45 and spent most of my working life driving like a loony (and getting paid for it) and the cold, hard performance figures of both cars are broadly the same, I prefer the slightly less frantic approach and feel of my 4200....but then that's me! Tim, at 25, will quite appropriately label me an old fart after that
That's just my opinion anyway and I don't want to start the usual '3200 vs 4200' war
