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Old 08-14-2009, 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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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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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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Wow.....that's a surprise.
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The BiTurbo was a POS when it was new.
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Originally Posted by ryansti
the biturbo was a pos when it was new.
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Totally a clunker. Horrible car.
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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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those were crap to begin with...not really a loss.
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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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The Maserati Bi-turbo was and is a POS!!!
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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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