Great 300Km trip
Had the chance to make a 300Km trip with me on the Porsche, wife on the Maserati and vice versa. It was great to see for so many time your won cars in action, having time to see both from outside while rollling, checking the beautiful lines and little details with time and on the right place, the road. Most amazing part was me cruising in Porsche at 90Kph with roof down at hearing the Maserati passing by at 7500Rpm with Larini exhaust and valves open, just EPIC believe me. Wife made this exercise more than 15 times, and each time was like I just couldn´t feed up of hearing the screaming beast
But the trip started on a bad way as we had a puncture on Mase. It was ripped on the side wall so new tire was needed Front tire is 245/35 20", so not easiest measure to have in stock. We stop by a garage near the road we were and after two phone calls the owner told me to come back after two hours and get the car with new tire!! We went for lunch and while both cars were there everybody was looking at the Maserati, nobody notice the Porsche. The amount of attention this car gets is surprising, I have had the most funny encounters with it ever since day one of ownership. Here´s the Mase getting the tire
Shiny Maserati
So off we went. The weather was good and roads were clear, highway was empty too as you can see by the pic so we could make some side by side test runs . Mase could old on from 150Kph up, but still loosing ground, from 70Kph to 200Kph Porsche destroys the Italian completely.
Empty highway
Let the fun begin with side by side, wife was happy too
Checking the beauty lines of 911 while rolling
Maserati charm
Stopping for coffee and fuel
Maserati blasting by at 7500rpm, woooonderful music
Wonderland
Dont say anynone injection cut it at 310Kph, but in a very soft way.
Finaly at home safe
Some remarks.Wife much prefer the Mase, according to her, rides a bit higher than Porsche, softer, more silent and easier to drive, but didn´t like the attention it gets, a guy asked to mary him while she was in the line to pay the toll , she drove the Mase most of the time.
Maserati has an old school engine and soul, you can only feel the power from 4500rpm up, it´s torqueless, autobox with torque converter, soft at very high speeds and makes 5 more gas liter at each 100km than Porsche, but still, if feels so special to drive the thing I really can´t explain, but I just love more and more this car, it gives me pleasure at 50Kph as it gives at 200Kph. Firing it up in the morning it´s always a special moment, engine sound at any rev band it´s glorious, the Porsche doesn´t give this feeling and became some how "vulgar" ever since I bought the Mase!!! Together with the AM Rapide It´s the only exotic sedan on the market and this GTS version with lower suspension, 20" wheels, lots of carbon and alcantara inside really makes the cabin a very pleasant place to be in, handles much better than expected too. Both cars are very different and both complement each other, happy with this par , and working to buy the real exotic sports car I want to have, Gallardo, or even the Huracan is life goes well
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J.Seven
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