IS-F vs. Maserati Gran Tursimo
11-06-12, 03:08 AM
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IS-F vs. Maserati Gran Tursimo
So the other night, I'm driving home about 10 greater than the speed limit. All of a sudden, a car passes me driving 10 or so mph more than I was and sounded phenomenal. We both get caught at the red light and I pulled up and it was a Maserati he had his windows down. I commented "Nice car sounds great. Does that have the dual clutch transmission?" He replied "Yeah it's fast too." My rebuttal "When the light goes green wanna see how fast?" He then remarked "Sure what's that? A Lexus IS? Aren't those just grocery getters?" I said "IS F." He said "We'll see."
Light turns green; we tear off; I instantly get about a car length on him before I shift from first. I wanted to prove my point so before I shift I let off and let him get a car on me. I shift to second and start to easily walk him down. Before shifting out of 3rd, I was a half a car length ahead of him again.
We reached the next red light and he said "I guess that's not just a grocery getter." to which I replied with a slight smirk "Guess not."
Light turns green; we tear off; I instantly get about a car length on him before I shift from first. I wanted to prove my point so before I shift I let off and let him get a car on me. I shift to second and start to easily walk him down. Before shifting out of 3rd, I was a half a car length ahead of him again.
We reached the next red light and he said "I guess that's not just a grocery getter." to which I replied with a slight smirk "Guess not."
11-06-12, 06:47 AM
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Lol happens more often than not.
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11-06-12, 07:09 AM
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It's fun hanging with some of the big boys. A buddy of mine has a Austin DBS that I thought would absolutely walk our F's, not the case at all and surprised both of us when I walked away 
But at the same time I have been absolutely ruined at the strip by a highly modified 91 civic hatch.
But at the same time I have been absolutely ruined at the strip by a highly modified 91 civic hatch.
11-06-12, 07:35 AM
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Just goes to show you how important weight is! My turbo civic will destroy my F, it's crazy what FI and a light car are capable of. Nice kill, and the sound of that car is pure sex, heard one the other night when some guy was hot ******* around. Too bad I wasn't in the F!
11-06-12, 07:50 AM
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^When modified correctly civics and integras can pretty much walk anything. The aftermarket availability is endless. They get such a bad name because the majority of them are "riced" out and slow.
As far as the Mas goes... the depreciation on them is just crazy, considering they go for $120K+ new... the price range on 08-10 GranTurismo is $55k - $70k. When you factor in more depreciation and maintenance costs... not worth it. But they do sound AMAZING.
If I had money to burn, I would have gotten a Mas GT instead of the F. A Mas would def turn heads more than the F. But reading up on $1500 tuneups and astronomical service costs turned me away.
As far as the Mas goes... the depreciation on them is just crazy, considering they go for $120K+ new... the price range on 08-10 GranTurismo is $55k - $70k. When you factor in more depreciation and maintenance costs... not worth it. But they do sound AMAZING.
If I had money to burn, I would have gotten a Mas GT instead of the F. A Mas would def turn heads more than the F. But reading up on $1500 tuneups and astronomical service costs turned me away.
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11-06-12, 09:50 AM
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It's fun hanging with some of the big boys. A buddy of mine has a Austin DBS that I thought would absolutely walk our F's, not the case at all and surprised both of us when I walked away
But at the same time I have been absolutely ruined at the strip by a highly modified 91 civic hatch.
But at the same time I have been absolutely ruined at the strip by a highly modified 91 civic hatch.
and the sound is a amazing 
11-06-12, 04:31 PM
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LOL am glad you spanked him situations like this make me a bit mad,he obviously never had a car that had 400 hp before,Maserati's are just a nice,hand made,ferrari engine car but it depreciates like crazy and even depreciated aint worth the cash...they are extremelly slow its all show and no go....and this is coming from a maserati owner...i had 2 quattroportes and drove a gran turismo plenty of times the 4.2 and 4.7s version they come equipped with a zf transmission not as good as the F unless u buy a granturismo mc stradale or a quattroporte gts....poor guy even a bolt on 350z can beat this cars...here is my you tube channel with both of my quattroportes and the exhaust i did for them..the blue got traded for my '12 F and never looked back...now when i see any maserati I just think to myself wow if he only knew how slow it is and how much hes gonna get when he trades it in LOL ..maserati's were my dream cars until I owned 2 of them...they are awesome at pulling chicks though
http://www.youtube.com/user/jcstrada...e=results_main
http://www.youtube.com/user/jcstrada...e=results_main