Maserati to be crushed in "Cash for Clunkers"

"He said that he could drive it down the road for about 10 minutes, and then he had to call his mechanic," Guthrie said of the owner's experience"
Yes relatives have the same issues!

 

Doesn't surprise me, nor do I fault the owner.

If C for C had been in effect 9 years ago, I would have been there like rocket with my '85 BMW 635. Though fun, it was a money vacuum; I got $1900 for it on a trade for a new '01 VW Beetle, and good riddance.

I won't be surprised at all when a Ferrari hits the news, probably a deep-underwater 308 or GT4 owner.

 

Should have pulled the Nardi* and the emblems before the trade in.





* Yes, I steered my Opel for 2 months with a pair of Vise-grips while in college.

 

Maserati should be crushing Biturbos itself as part of its marketing efforts.

If a couple of Chrysler TC by Maseratis got thrown in by accident, I would be OK with that.

 

i would love to have that steering wheel, even if just to hang on my garage wall!!!!




doug

 

A new genuine Nardi will set you back close to the car's C for C worth. I would have parts-stripped it beforhand.

 

Seriously?! The wheel is worth that much? I agree though, he should have stripped as much as he could before trading it.

 

Maybe I was exaggerating, but not excessively.

I've seen new signed Nardis for sale at around $2.5K, one for a special app such as restoration of a low-production late 50's-early '60s Ferrari would top $3k, IMO

 

Yes a nice clean though unreliable 85 bi turbo is going to be crushed.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/08/14/delozier.maserati.cash.KUSA

 

A fitting end to a nightmare.

 

I wish ppl would stop advertising those as Maseratis.

 

Bi Turbos have nice interiors

The rest isn't too fantastic

 

LOL! +1

 

C4C only requires that the drivetrain be "disabled" and scraped. The rest of this "exotic" can still be dismantled. In fact it would still be permissable for the new car buyer to take the car back to dismantle and sell piece by piece under the rules AFTER the dealer kills the engine and transmission.

 

Now is it properly pronunced as "Bee"-Turbo, or as I understood it, "By"-Turbo?

 

Haha... My sister just sent me the same link:

http://bigcountryhomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=166151

 

Jeremy crushed one on Top Gear a couple years ago. No big loss.

 

No he's very misinformed. Wish it were so. They were a $200 option at the time and only slightly more than that now.

 

That would be a good idea if the interior is in good nick.

This was obviously a badly maintained car and who want's to dump the effort into resurecting a car that might top out at $4K in perfect running condition?
It's sad. Mine is is very good mechanically and comestically and runs like the wind but most do not. It doesn't matter what marue or model car if it's left to rot this long there's no hope unless it's very valuable.

Bob S.

 

Yes, yes, yes.

 

Have you ever driven a properly set-up one?

 

Does such a thing even exist?

 

Once at the site - Press the little red speaker to hear correct pronunciation
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junk