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After browsing ebay and about every other online classified listing in the world, I found an 04 Cambio Coupe that was perfect. I flew out to Dallas last week and purchase by early B-Day present, a mint condition '04 in Alfredi Grigio with bordeaux interior and every option in the world and only 7k miles. I decided to drive the car back to socal with a High Def video camera specially mounted inside to the windshield. I did a time lapse of the entire trip by taking 1 frame every 2 seconds. The end result is amazing. But within (5) hours of getting acquainted with my new sweetheart, the car not my passenger, I got nailed in TX for doing 91mph in a 70 zone. I always talk my way out of tickets, but not this time and even volunteered to pay the ticket via $$$ right on the spot. The cop was taken aback and said 'We don't do law like that in Texas!" Oh sh#@#, he thought I was trying to bribe him. He was right. It was worth a try, but he gave me the ticket at the song of $220. But I know I made this jack asses day when he said, "Maserati? never pulled over one of these before. Is it fast?" I simply grinned then went on my way.
After driving the car for 1500 miles, and being an owner of a E46 M3. I'd sum it up like this:
1. An M3 is a 3 series on steroids; looks tough and drives the way it looks.
2. A Maserati is a supermodel coked out of her head; gorgeous, high strung and unpredictable.
In driving comparison, the M3 feels almost boring now. Don't get me wrong it is a great car; quick, quiet, civilized, etc...But the Maserati is special, sure it is a lot louder inside and rougher feeling than the M3, but it has passion and personality whereas the German car feels slightly heavy and docile. I don't care about the slight advantage the M3 may have in a stoplight drag race because the bottom line is--it isn't a Mas-er-ati! Anybody who has ever rolled these magical syllables off their tongue knows exactly what I'm saying.
After driving the car for 1500 miles, and being an owner of a E46 M3. I'd sum it up like this:
1. An M3 is a 3 series on steroids; looks tough and drives the way it looks.
2. A Maserati is a supermodel coked out of her head; gorgeous, high strung and unpredictable.
In driving comparison, the M3 feels almost boring now. Don't get me wrong it is a great car; quick, quiet, civilized, etc...But the Maserati is special, sure it is a lot louder inside and rougher feeling than the M3, but it has passion and personality whereas the German car feels slightly heavy and docile. I don't care about the slight advantage the M3 may have in a stoplight drag race because the bottom line is--it isn't a Mas-er-ati! Anybody who has ever rolled these magical syllables off their tongue knows exactly what I'm saying.