GS gone QP in it's place UPDATE 2.7K later
Well I made the jump to a 2006 Grigio Palladio/Beige with 19's Front comfort package and rear seat heater, rear parking sensors etc. Well I must be getting old, becuase I love the ride, not as sharp as the GS but 80% of the performance yet a 50% better ride. I think what pushed me over the top was the price the DS QP have come down so much I could not pass on the car. I wanted a sport GT but at 60K for a near perfect car with new tires and brakes plus a tune up with 15K miles it was to good a deal. This makes 3 maserati's in 4 years, I guess I have the bug.
Paul
Well it’s been 2700 miles on the new to me QP and time for an update… the wife and I (funny saying that) spent our honeymoon out in west Marin by the coast. For those who have never been, there are some great driving roads in that part of Cal: lots of nice tight turns through the hills and up and down the coast some mid size sweepers, tight up and down hill hairpins and the lot. Now I have driven these roads in all the Maserati’s I have owned as well as the Cayman S, E55 and so on but after a week of non stop hops up the coast (dinner, beaches, and just for fun) the differences between the GS and the QP stand out. The GS is a much harder edged car as most know and one of the reasons I made the switch as I wanted more comfort in-between my back road driving and I could only have one car. But I must change my performance number to 75% of the GS and 50% better ride. This is not to say the QP was not wonderful, we had some incredible drives and must have added 400+ miles to the car. The sounds and feeling you get driving the car in a true GT style makes it worth every penny. Driving with the windows down (80-90 degrees out) listing to the sound of the car bouncing off the hill side hammering the throttle with a little tire chirp coming out of a turn is magic. Then latter on the same night doing the same thing with some nice tunes, sunroof open, high beams lighting the way car in third with the motor singing along. The Maserati magic in full effect, it’s why you buy an exotic, the head to toe emersion in a car that demands a relationship and gives back in full if you’re wiling to take the journey.
Paul
Well I made the jump to a 2006 Grigio Palladio/Beige with 19's Front comfort package and rear seat heater, rear parking sensors etc. Well I must be getting old, becuase I love the ride, not as sharp as the GS but 80% of the performance yet a 50% better ride. I think what pushed me over the top was the price the DS QP have come down so much I could not pass on the car. I wanted a sport GT but at 60K for a near perfect car with new tires and brakes plus a tune up with 15K miles it was to good a deal. This makes 3 maserati's in 4 years, I guess I have the bug.
Paul
Well it’s been 2700 miles on the new to me QP and time for an update… the wife and I (funny saying that) spent our honeymoon out in west Marin by the coast. For those who have never been, there are some great driving roads in that part of Cal: lots of nice tight turns through the hills and up and down the coast some mid size sweepers, tight up and down hill hairpins and the lot. Now I have driven these roads in all the Maserati’s I have owned as well as the Cayman S, E55 and so on but after a week of non stop hops up the coast (dinner, beaches, and just for fun) the differences between the GS and the QP stand out. The GS is a much harder edged car as most know and one of the reasons I made the switch as I wanted more comfort in-between my back road driving and I could only have one car. But I must change my performance number to 75% of the GS and 50% better ride. This is not to say the QP was not wonderful, we had some incredible drives and must have added 400+ miles to the car. The sounds and feeling you get driving the car in a true GT style makes it worth every penny. Driving with the windows down (80-90 degrees out) listing to the sound of the car bouncing off the hill side hammering the throttle with a little tire chirp coming out of a turn is magic. Then latter on the same night doing the same thing with some nice tunes, sunroof open, high beams lighting the way car in third with the motor singing along. The Maserati magic in full effect, it’s why you buy an exotic, the head to toe emersion in a car that demands a relationship and gives back in full if you’re wiling to take the journey.
Paul
