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Old 10-03-2005, 10:40 PM
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yes thats a maserati quattroporte

and heres the pic from the maserati website

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Old 10-03-2005, 11:22 PM
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what is it??

and why you steal my signature? lol
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sorry i like my xB betterrrr rawrrrr
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Old 10-03-2005, 11:34 PM
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oh you do too like it, even you said "it is kinda nice"
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Originally Posted by xBeepbeep
what is it??
Originally Posted by hornet_on_flower
yes thats a maserati quattroporte
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Old 10-04-2005, 06:23 AM
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so you see those kind of cars every day? damn rich neighborhoods...
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Originally Posted by Max
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what is it??
Originally Posted by hornet_on_flower
yes thats a maserati quattroporte
i saw that. was messing with hornet cause we were on aim anyway.
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Old 10-04-2005, 11:59 PM
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Saw one of those in Pleasanton on Sunday, one of the Maserati Coupes was parked on the other side, a Ferrari 2 spots up, an SSR and a Z06 half a block away. I thought my box blended in quite well...
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Old 10-05-2005, 07:18 AM
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Pleasanton? You'll see at least a dozen nice cars out there. . . ha!
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Old 12-29-2005, 01:51 AM
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saw it again on back of errrr more like on top of the wrecker

imma thinkin it got repo'ed

i'll let you know if i keep seeing it when i go back to work in the spring time


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My bet would be electrical problems... unless you have some inside info on the owners/former owners...
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Old 12-29-2005, 04:46 AM
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Yeah there are at least two of those in the town I live in.

I see them as well as a couple of newer Ferrari's, Bentley Continental GT's and a Porsche Carrera GT.

Wealthy people and ridiculous cars are pretty common in south Florida apparently.
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Old 12-29-2005, 04:50 AM
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i'm just talking wild guesses here just my speculation's
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thats a nice car...never seen one of those one the road before
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Old 01-13-2006, 12:28 AM
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Caught this rolling down Hwy 24. The guys in it looked like the Crypt Keeper and his older buddies going to lunch or golf or something. Reminds me of the quote someone had on their door in college:

Youth is wasted on the young. Sportscars, on the old...

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Old 01-15-2006, 01:55 AM
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thats cool you were keeping up with him haha
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Originally Posted by hornet_on_flower
thats cool you were keeping up with him haha
Heck, I even passed him... like he wasn't even tryin'...
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actually on nice expensive cars like that, they tow them in like that when they go in for normal service. so it will keep the mileage down as much as they can.
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Old 01-15-2006, 05:02 PM
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i'm not too sure about that...

the woman who drives it just drives around in large circles drives it all the time too

well cars are meant to be driven ya know
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when dealers take it for service, not for what the owners are gonna do with it....
and some could just be refusing to have it towed there.
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