Remember if the offer sound too good, walk away.PLEASE BE CAREFUL BEFORE PARTING WITH ANY MONEY !!!! NEVER SEND PERSONAL OR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS UNLESS YOU ARE 100% CERTAIN THE SELLER IS GENUINE !!!! If it's a "bona fide" seller, they will pass on their personal details to you, if not, WALK AWAY !! , email address, unless I know the seller !!!! EXAMPLES OF A SCAM !!! I will like you to know that payment will be made by Cheque, and I hope you have a bank account because I would want you to have one. As soon as you get the check you will need deposit it in an ATM and scan the copy of the check to me. If this mode of payment is OK by you. Kindly send your information which you will like to receive the payment from the post man, so that I can instruct my secretary to issued it immediately. Name to be on Cheque:..... Address where Cheque will be received by you:....... Phone Number's such as Mobile, Land line and Office number:.... Never mind about the pick up, it will be after you must have cleared the payment from your Bank Account.

Await your Quick Response so that I can arrange for the payment immediately. Thanks and Get back My Name is Christian,do you still have the advert for sale posted on subject title? am very interested buying it from you, my Payment method is PAYPAL. (DO YOU HAVE A PAYPAL ACCOUNT ?) Also don,t worry about shipping as i will arranged pickup from your home with my DHL account. once you have confirm my Payment to your Paypal account. hope you understand thanks and let me know your final asking price1989 Maserati Biturbo Spyder. Images by Jeff Koch. For decades, Maserati enjoyed a reputation for building exotic sports, luxury and racing cars, attainable only by a small subset of the motoring population. As with Ferrari, Maserati’s customers had traditionally been more concerned about a car’s capabilities (and, of course, its image) than its sticker price, but the boutique automaker found itself struggling to survive by the close of the 1970s. To prosper, Maserati needed a volume car, something that would still carry an air of performance and distinction, albeit at a lower price than its previous models;

introduced in Europe in late 1981, that car was the Maserati Biturbo. pureplug air purifier reviewThe brainchild of Alejandro de Tomaso, the Biturbo was meant from the start to be a global car, one offering impressive performance (on par with a Ferrari 308) at a price point comparable to mid-level automobiles from Mercedes-Benz and BMW. air purifier f-vxf35aWhen the Biturbo immigrated to these shores in 1984, it arrived at Maserati dealerships as a stylish notchback coupe. whirlpool air purifier ap51030Inside, the Biturbo wrapped its owners in a blend of leather and Alcantara seating, while simulated wood (and wood veneers) were used to convey the message that even an affordable Maserati still came from a refined family. On paper, the car’s specifications were impressive.

Its 2.5-liter V-6 boasted the first twin-turbo arrangement used on a production automobile, with one IHI RHB-51 turbo residing downstream of each exhaust manifold. Small compressors were specified to reduce turbo lag, and the setup produced 11 PSI of boost before a computer-controlled wastegate dumped the rest to the atmosphere. Oddly enough, 1984-1986 models relied on a two-barrel Weber carburetor, yet still produced an impressive (for the day) 185 horsepower and 208 pound-feet of torque. Shifting through a ZF five-speed manual transmission, the Maserati-for-the-masses was capable of running from 0-60 MPH in 6.1 seconds, on the way to a top speed of 134 MPH. In 1987, fuel injection would replace carburation, bumping output (slightly) to 187 horsepower; the big change, however, would come in 1989, when an increase in displacement to 2.8 liters would help raise output to 225 horsepower. Underneath, the Biturbo got a fully independent suspension with coil springs, MacPherson struts and an anti-roll bar deployed in the front.

The rear also got struts and springs, along with semi-trailing arms, but the placement of the spare tire beneath the trunk made fitting a rear anti-roll bar impossible (though the aftermarket later addressed this). Disc brakes were used in all four corners, but oddly enough a limited slip differential was never offered on Biturbo models sold in North America. The Maserati Biturbo coupe was joined by an open-air Spyder variant in early 1986, followed by a four-door sedan later that same year. To separate the models, Maserati called the sedan the 425, shorthand for four doors and a 2.5-liter engine. When the displacement was increased in 1989, the Biturbo coupe was renamed the 228, but the sedan became known as the 430 (despite its use of the same 2.8-liter engine found in coupe and Spyder models). Only the Spyder soldiered on under the same name, but this would hardly matter; by 1990, sales were so dismal that Maserati was forced to withdraw from the North American market. When the Biturbo debuted here in 1984, first year sales totaled a respectable 2,023 units.

Word of problems with the car soon began to leak to potential buyers, and second-year sales fell to 1,190 units. This would improve in 1986, when Maserati delivered 1,298 Biturbo models to customers on this side of the Atlantic, but persistent and ongoing trouble with the car soon tarnished its reputation beyond salvation. Owners of early production cars reported everything from fuse panel short-circuits to camshaft belt failures and cracks in the rear subframe, and early differentials were also prone to failure. By 1987, build quality had improved dramatically, as had the materials used in the cabin, but customers were no longer interested in the car (now labeled as the 225, the 425 and Spyder, with no Biturbo badging in evidence). Sales for 1988 were so bleak that no further cars were imported, as dealers struggled to sell down inventories of 1987 (and earlier) models. No sales data is available for 1989 (arguably the best version of the car, with the 2.8-liter V-6), but a mere 240 were sold in 1990 before Maserati’s withdrawal from the market.

Today, surviving examples generally fall into either the “well sorted” or the “parts only” categories. Like the Ferrari Mondial (or, arguably, the Ferrari 308), the Maserati Biturbo can represent a genuine value in an Italian semi-exotic car, with surprisingly good parts availability through MIE, affiliated with the Maserati Owners Club. The best shot at finding a reliable car is sticking to 1987 or newer models, but even that’s no guarantee of long-term reliability or affordability. Some owners find that investing in a second parts-only car is actually less expensive (in the long run, anyway) than writing a new check each time a replacement part is needed. Any deferred maintenance (such as regular replacement of the camshaft belt) will likely result in expensive repairs down the line, so prospective owners are cautioned to budget sufficiently for care and feeding. As with any Italian automobile, the initial purchase price is likely just a fraction of the money required to keep the car on the road.