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A good friend of mine just bought the '06 model. We were out driving and I asked him what the microphone in the dash was for. My first guess was Bluetooth, but I just read the the car does not have a Bluetooth package available. Also, there is a slot just below the radio buttons that looks like a small memory card could fit into it. What is this for? MP3's?
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Replying to: sstamper (Feb 08, 2006 9:06 pm) Quattroporte has the wiring for a cell phone. If you put a SIM card into the slot in the dashboard, you will be able to speak into the microphone and the sound will come out through the speakers. |
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Replying to: drwag1 (Jan 31, 2006 10:35 am) |
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Hey there, Would like to buy a QP, new 2006 model, what are the known problems, how's the ride in heavy work-home traffic. Please some feedback. Thanks Norbert
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Replying to: nas001 (Mar 05, 2006 4:18 pm) there is one peculiarity: if in traffic jam the car stands longer than 1 minute with running engine and without put on the brakes (thatīs possible), the gearbox change from 1. gear to neutral, that means before start again you have to shift the 1. gear again. No problem ar all, but you you have to know. The same thing after 10 minutes if car stands with running engine and brakes put on. drwag |
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Replying to: jerryposner (Dec 10, 2005 12:10 pm) On the other hand, maybe if you wait a couple more years you could snap one up for 30K. But, even that may not be a good deal unless they throw in a complete Snap On red roll away, transmission jack, and flywheel grinder so you could do the clutch yourself every 10K.
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FROM: cashcar starband.net My love affairs with cars began with a 1939 BMW 327 Cabrio, (with 328 racing engine), acquired in Germany while in OSS in WWII. There have been numerous affairs since then with many others: MBZ,Rolls, Bentley,Alfa,Audi,Ferrari,Lancia,Siata, Aston Martin,Porsche,Jag,VW Phaeton W12, Iso,Mini,and more. At present I own 10 vehicles. My latest love,a new 2005 Maserati QP in Dolomite Quartz,(Gold with Medium Tan), with many options. As of now, she is so utterly beautiful and seductive that she keeps me awake at nights. If,as I have heard it said, she proves to be an expensive and troublesome mistress, I may have to really consider whether or not she is worth the trouble. As of now, I am completely under her spell. More later as I live with her. "carfreak" |
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Replying to: kbrookings (Dec 19, 2005 6:37 am) -your cogent comments were a huge factor in my decision to buy the QP instead of replacing my C4 with a new Porsche Turbo. The seats in the Porsche are still almost as hugely uncomfortable as they were 40 years ago. I guess I have come to insist on some comfort along with performance as I have grown older. a/ka/a "carfreak"
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Replying to: blckislandguy (Mar 08, 2006 6:51 pm) If you are going to concentrate your criticisms, as do do many of you, on the electronic gadgets, don't blame the car manufacturers, blame Bill Gates. His is the software. They build racing cars, not commuter cars. You can go to the Japs for that. Many of you probably learned to drive on a Lexus type car which does the driving for you, rather than being engaged with with the vehicle itself. The F1 tranny works for Michael Schumacher, the present Formula One Champion. I suggest you go to Monaco, see the Gran Prix there, and wonder why he can beat all the other cars in the world with a tranny you find either frustrating or difficult. Have you ever heard, perhaps from your grandfathers, what it was like to drive a stick shift which was non synchronous, where one had to double-clutch, as it was called, to shift gears? No wonder you are in trouble with this vehicle, the answer to every real driver's dream!! Performance, luxury, exotic beauty and quality all in one very reasonably priced package. I suggest you buy the overpriced Bentley GT or so called Flying Spur instead of the Maserati QP. As the Brits say about the "new" Bentleys: " A VW Phaeton in a hand made suit". "carfreak" P.S. I have always had at least one or more real Bentley or Rollers in my garage for the last 50 years. |
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Replying to: cashcar (Apr 05, 2006 10:57 pm) I'm no spring chicken myslef, but I can't imagine anyone finding the seats of my 997S "hugely uncomfortable" unless they were excessivly bottom heavy. If I get to the point where I would justify trading the performance of 911 Turbo for the comfort of the QP (or an SL or ...) my living will should allow my wife to pull the plug. 
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