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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 03:27 PM
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Exclamation Cash for clunkers is a Maserati a Clunker?
http://www.theweeklydriver.com/artic...500/Page1.html

A man in Colorado was so frustrated with his car breaking down, he decided to capitalize on the "Cash For Clunkers" program. That's nothing unusual — except his car was a rare Maserati.

The 1985 Maserati BiTurbo has 18,480 miles on the odometer and its interior is nearly new. Yet the owner said he couldn't drive the car more than 10 minutes without having to call his mechanic.
For a subaru?!?!

ummmm... WAT?!
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 03:36 PM
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Not sure how "rare" these things are. Granted, the mileage is crazy low. There's on on Craigslist right now for less than 5k. You could tell everyone at the office you drive a Maserati on the weekends.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/1318812344.html
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by bwaynep
Not sure how "rare" these things are. Granted, the mileage is crazy low. There's on on Craigslist right now for less than 5k. You could tell everyone at the office you drive a Maserati on the weekends.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/1318812344.html
hells yeah. My weekend car.
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 03:38 PM
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Wow.....that's a surprise.
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 03:40 PM
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The BiTurbo was a POS when it was new.
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 03:44 PM
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the biturbo was a pos when it was new.
truth
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 03:55 PM
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Totally a clunker. Horrible car.
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 04:17 PM
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oh i thought it would be cool to have.

sorry for my newbness.

I will go cry now.
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 05:27 PM
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Forget to put the choke In, overheat the cats, burn to death.
Wonderful.
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 05:30 PM
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those were crap to begin with...not really a loss.
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by soggynoodles
oh i thought it would be cool to have.

sorry for my newbness.

I will go cry now.
i will join u
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Old Aug 15, 2009 | 02:02 PM
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The Maserati Bi-turbo was and is a POS!!!
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Old Aug 15, 2009 | 02:12 PM
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I agree with everyone else in here. The Maserati Bi-turbo was a noted failure even back when it came out..
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What a total clunker!

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