Know anything about the Maserati GranSport Coupe?

[WDRacing]

All of my cars are older, bought and paid for with cash. I don't mind fixing them when they break, but I have 3 cars just for myself. So if one craps the bed, I can just drive something else until I get whatever fixed.

My wife will always have something with a nice bumper to bumper warranty though. You can't beat having something brand new for reliability.

[Kompresshun]

All of my cars are older, bought and paid for with cash. I don't mind fixing them when they break, but I have 3 cars just for myself. So if one craps the bed, I can just drive something else until I get whatever fixed.

My wife will always have something with a nice bumper to bumper warranty though. You can't beat having something brand new for reliability.

Same here. My car is paid for and i'm fixing to buy another used car as well, so I have a backup and something to tinker with when i'm bored.

I will always keep my wife in something new or very slightly used with a bumper to bumper warranty as well. We have 10 years before we have to worry about anything outside of routine maintenance on the KIA and it'll be paid off in less than 5 years

[Looneybomber]

Holy hell, $7 hose (just picked it up), but I gotta remove the intake manifold to get the thermostat housing out of the way just to get this 3" hose onto the thermo housing...WTF! I hate F'n working on cars for that G%# D@** reason. I better just look at a newer, more reliable car. F'n HATE working on cars >1980.

Oh holy hell again! $7 hose at Autozone, but can't do the job myself. Take it to Ford and they quote me $283. For that kind of markup, I might as well get a British or German sports sedan/coupe.

[gwoods]

Your Explorer read your post and saw you looking at other cars.. its just jealous

Can you get to it from the bottom?

[Looneybomber]

Your Explorer read your post and saw you looking at other cars.. its just jealous

Can you get to it from the bottom?

It's home now, $307 after taxes and other fees. Missing a good 1"x0.25" chunk of skin off my hand by my thumb. Not only did it get jealous, it got revenge.

[OriginalWheelman]

I love my Mazda2?

[gwoods]

ouch,

I'm half way through a head gasket/timing belt job on my 2000 Honda Accord LX 4door vtec and lost the middle of my cuticle on my left hand middle finger. Bolt abruptly release slamming my hand into the back of the block, I was wearing nitrile gloves and still smashed hard enough to destroy my finger

[Bubba1]

ouch,

I'm half way through a head gasket/timing belt job on my 2000 Honda Accord LX 4door vtec and lost the middle of my cuticle on my left hand middle finger. Bolt abruptly release slamming my hand into the back of the block, I was wearing nitrile gloves and still smashed hard enough to destroy my finger

Hopefully you make a full recovery as it would be more difficult to drive in NJ without the ability to extend that middle finger out your driver's window.

[gwoods]

Jersey where every lane is a turn lane

[Jesda]

Every single mark on my hideous looking legs is from working on cars. I should start wearing mechanics pants.

[gwoods]

I weld in shorts and flipflops... but I wear a fireproof apron, sleeves and glove

You have not lived until a glowing chunk of metal falls in between your toes and melt through your flipflop while your cutting wiht oxy/ace torch

My worst car injury came from quickly slipping my hand into the empty transmission case on my Hemi Ram... .I pulled back mostly blood the aluminum shaved my thumb down almost to the bone, nothing to stitch just gone. I still had to finish the rebuild.

My second worst car injury came from the catalytic converter heat sheild on my wifes first Sequoia I didn't get stitches but should have. If I ever see a metal theif walking down the road with some catalytic converters I am going to run over him and claim I lost control of my car. I'll just leave these here,

[Looneybomber]

Followup to an old'ish thead.

Went and took a look at an '07 Jag XK coupe and wow are these cars hot in person. You know how they say "the camera adds 10lbs", well in this case, the camera adds 10", everywhere. In pictures the back seats look small, very small, but in real life, once you factor in the roof height (back glass is above rear seat), the back seat is so small, you would have a hard time putting 4 grocery bags back there, let alone a 7 and 3y/o.

So on my quest of finding a "cool dad" car, I may have to scratch the XK off my list. I can also scratch the Mercedes CL AMG off the list because they get sucky MPG.

I'll keep me eyes peeled for an early '00, 911 and maybe a 135i.

[gwoods]

You might try a xf non supercharged are cheap my supercharged has dropped down to about 40k if you can find one. E63's can be had for around 40k too what's your budget?

[Looneybomber]

Not 100% sure of my budget. I'd like a good deal, something I won't lose my butt on in depreciation and maintenance. I'll know more of my budget in a cpl months, but to max out, I could swing 6-800/mo after about 20-40% down. Anything under is better.

I laugh at myself because I always want something outside of my budget.
When I first started driving, my goal was to get something fuel injected.
Once I got something fuel injected, then I wanted something with power (think late 80's early 90's Z28, or TA).
Once I could afford something with power, I wanted import sports cars (think Supra and RX7).
Once I could afford one of those, I wanted German (BMW, MB).
Once I could afford German, I wanted British or Italian (Jag, Maser).
But I suffer from Paralysis through analysis. Inevitably I don't buy anything and just save/invest/spend.

[gwoods]

Well I'll just leave these here for you then.

This is from this morning, letting the computer try to pick a gear that has traction, this is NOT full throttle about 75%



This me peddling 1st gear and short shifting it so I can use full throttle in second.

[Looneybomber]

Wow, 11.1 avg MPG. Kind of a deal breaker for me. My kids live 160mi from me.

A part of me has eyeballed the 335d for a while, but BMWs aren't as eye catchy/flashy as a Jag XK, 911, Aston DB7 V12 (wish I could afford), or Maser Granturismo (maybe one day)

[gwoods]

I normally get 14, my wife gets 20. On LA-PHX trip last month I did 20. Denver - PHX I did 24.

My first two tanks of in town gas mileage were 19 but I hated driving so .... safely.

edited to add,

If you want big and fast be prepared to sacrifice fuel economy. There are no large luxury sedans that return fantastic mileage. Maybe what you need is 2 cars. A zippy fast little car for when your alone and something large and comfortable for when you have the kids?

[WDRacing]

Missed this post...

I weld in shorts and flipflops...

Me too

If I ever see a metal theif walking down the road with some catalytic converters I am going to run over him and claim I lost control of my car.

Solid LOL right there!

[Bubba1]

Wow, 11.1 avg MPG. Kind of a deal breaker for me. My kids live 160mi from me.

A part of me has eyeballed the 335d for a while, but BMWs aren't as eye catchy/flashy as a Jag XK, 911, Aston DB7 V12 (wish I could afford), or Maser Granturismo (maybe one day)

I rode in a 335d at NJ Motorsports Park when they first came out. Great torque, quiet, and comfortable. I liked it a lot, though it was not cheap. None of that clickety clacking noise everyone remembers with those old American diesels. If you're talking regular 160 mile one way trips including hauling kids, a nice diesel sedan makes a whole lot more sense than any of the exotic grand tourers you're thinking about.