Drove my friend's Masarati GranTourismo yesterday
08-18-2013, 08:46 AM
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Drove my friend's Masarati GranTourismo yesterday
Awesome car. 2007, charcoal grey with the anthricite rims and a blood red interior. VERY Italian.
Has the 4.3L Ferrari V8, paddle shifters, and a wicked exhaust note. 7,500 RPM redline and a wicked wail above 6k.
Drove it fast enough to make my friend pucker up in one particular turn. I wasn't going THAT fast, but I acknowledge that being in the passenger's seat can feel a little helpless sometimes. I consider myself a semi-decent driver and I was WELL within all limits throughout.
Funny thing: My 1970 Corvette is certainly slower off the line but I'd probably catch up at some point. Not sure. More certain with the 500+ HP powerplant I'm building now.
But my car is WAAAAAY funner. The rumble of the exhaust...the "approximate" steering...the snick of the stick. All TOTALLY different, more involving, more "organic", and FUNNER.
Not that "The Maz" (as he calls it) is slow. It was absolutely awesome. It just felt like a really, really, really cool Camry.
Just thought I'd share. Not everyone gets to drive a $120k car. I enjoyed it and was happy to park it again.
I'll take my $7k bucket of bolts every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
(Not that I'd turn away driving it again...)
Has the 4.3L Ferrari V8, paddle shifters, and a wicked exhaust note. 7,500 RPM redline and a wicked wail above 6k.
Drove it fast enough to make my friend pucker up in one particular turn. I wasn't going THAT fast, but I acknowledge that being in the passenger's seat can feel a little helpless sometimes. I consider myself a semi-decent driver and I was WELL within all limits throughout.
Funny thing: My 1970 Corvette is certainly slower off the line but I'd probably catch up at some point. Not sure. More certain with the 500+ HP powerplant I'm building now.
But my car is WAAAAAY funner. The rumble of the exhaust...the "approximate" steering...the snick of the stick. All TOTALLY different, more involving, more "organic", and FUNNER.
Not that "The Maz" (as he calls it) is slow. It was absolutely awesome. It just felt like a really, really, really cool Camry.
Just thought I'd share. Not everyone gets to drive a $120k car. I enjoyed it and was happy to park it again.
I'll take my $7k bucket of bolts every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
(Not that I'd turn away driving it again...)
Last edited by keithinspace; 08-18-2013 at 08:49 AM.
08-18-2013, 10:09 AM
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Awesome car. 2007, charcoal grey with the anthricite rims and a blood red interior. VERY Italian.
Has the 4.3L Ferrari V8, paddle shifters, and a wicked exhaust note. 7,500 RPM redline and a wicked wail above 6k.
Drove it fast enough to make my friend pucker up in one particular turn. I wasn't going THAT fast, but I acknowledge that being in the passenger's seat can feel a little helpless sometimes. I consider myself a semi-decent driver and I was WELL within all limits throughout.
Funny thing: My 1970 Corvette is certainly slower off the line but I'd probably catch up at some point. Not sure. More certain with the 500+ HP powerplant I'm building now.
But my car is WAAAAAY funner. The rumble of the exhaust...the "approximate" steering...the snick of the stick. All TOTALLY different, more involving, more "organic", and FUNNER.
Not that "The Maz" (as he calls it) is slow. It was absolutely awesome. It just felt like a really, really, really cool Camry.
Just thought I'd share. Not everyone gets to drive a $120k car. I enjoyed it and was happy to park it again.
I'll take my $7k bucket of bolts every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
(Not that I'd turn away driving it again...)
Has the 4.3L Ferrari V8, paddle shifters, and a wicked exhaust note. 7,500 RPM redline and a wicked wail above 6k.
Drove it fast enough to make my friend pucker up in one particular turn. I wasn't going THAT fast, but I acknowledge that being in the passenger's seat can feel a little helpless sometimes. I consider myself a semi-decent driver and I was WELL within all limits throughout.
Funny thing: My 1970 Corvette is certainly slower off the line but I'd probably catch up at some point. Not sure. More certain with the 500+ HP powerplant I'm building now.
But my car is WAAAAAY funner. The rumble of the exhaust...the "approximate" steering...the snick of the stick. All TOTALLY different, more involving, more "organic", and FUNNER.
Not that "The Maz" (as he calls it) is slow. It was absolutely awesome. It just felt like a really, really, really cool Camry.
Just thought I'd share. Not everyone gets to drive a $120k car. I enjoyed it and was happy to park it again.
I'll take my $7k bucket of bolts every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
(Not that I'd turn away driving it again...)
