The British Columbia Thread!

2 non Ferrari spottings for today: a white Pantera with a GT5 kit and a black 760Li heading north on Granville St.

 

black diblo on gandville brige slouded awsome very cool car

 

are you sure? lasttime I checked there were no black diablos in vancouver!

 

Perrty sure it was a Lambo for sure and I do not rember the new having a Spollier on the back the ride hight was also right for a diablos but it could have been one of the new one the guy was burn rubber, you could smell it, so I never got a good look awsome car anway you cut it

 

That Pantera has got to be one of the Leong brothers...but I forget which one.... Man my memory is bad!

 

There was a black diablo replica for sale for 50k. Maybe that was it.

 

MB C600 dowtown near sears

 

One non Ferrari was spotted today. A silver maseratti 4 door sedan (forgot the model name) heading north on Hazelbridge Way in Richmond around 2 this afternoon.

 

uh...you mean a quattroporte?
or was it an old model?

 

Even if it was 5km I think it should be burned to the ground. As I have said many times before. Replicas should be banned.

 

It look,sound and smelled great when it was burning relcar or not it could also be a new car in town or someone passing though there seems alot cars here with non-BC plates. It so going too fast to see the plate

 

i am very curious as to this spotting. from what i understand the QP's have not arrived yet, unless you are talking about older models.

i have a silver QP ordered and it is supposed to arrive this month.
are the dealers allow to take your presold vehicles out for a spin?

 

Damn, hopefully not! Only at Fiorano AND THAT'S IT!!! LOLL

 

Yup, Quattroporte

 

Maserati also had a four-door model based on the Biturbo series called, I think, the 428, in addition to the behemoth '80's Quattroporte. The 428 was rather small, almost the size of, say, a Toyota Corolla four-door.

Could this be what you saw? I haven't seen too many of those here in Vancouver, just the two-door versions.

 

The one that I saw is a 2004 model. So bad that I didn't bring my camera at that time.

 

Yeah those were cool. But horrible for maintenance. I had a 425 once, that's what the old Maser 4 door's were called.

Then yes Peter, there was the ultra Miami Vice old school quattroporte. I once drove one and it seemed like It probably would have run better if there were "more weight in the trunk" if yah know whatta mean.
LOL

 

hello there is no 2004 model quattroporte for canada.
i took the time to confirm the one you saw is probably the 2005 aquamarine . tan delivered.
i went and drove the black demo car for a few blocks, as the car hasnt even been run in. will post more on it on another thread.

 

Thanks. I knew it was 420-something.

Horrible with maintenance? I suppose just as bad as the Biturbo? And just what are their problems? I've heard before they had head-gasket problems, but what else?...

 

Yes, the 425 is a bi-turbo as well. And lets just say that the head gasket problem job is worth more than the car itself! I wouldnt even bother worrying about what other types of problems they had heheh.

I had a clean 1987 (or was it 88?) example. With only 66000 KM Original and it had a bad valve, spewing fuel all over the place blah blah blah. Enough said, I sold it right away "as is" and not running. Too bad. They are such cool cars, if I see another b-turbo that runs, I will pick it up. I have always had something for those piles of junk.

Cheers,

Vasco.R

 

I've always liked them too, but was always scared away when I heard stories like that.

 

Cont. gt and SL 55 AMG on ganville
s600 at Save-on-food on #3 road
and ad 742 Li at ubc

 

light blue 360 spider on corwall st
blue gallardo on point grey road
silver murci with chrome wheels on burrard