Driving my rare (262 built) Maserati Quattroporte 3 Manual from 1985. Driving it in the sunny summerweather in the Netherlands. The annoying rattle is from my gearknob, it has a hard time dealing with the 280 horses.
Thank you! If i sell a few cars i might be tempted to buy an Automatic one also. I've never driven one and i'm curious what the best transmission for the quattroporte is. What colour is yours?
I have an automatic, and it desperately needs at least a 4th gear. At 70mph it's around 4,000 rpm and much higher for 80mph. The redline is at around 6400 I think and it's yellow at 6,000, so the revs are quite high to just do freeway speeds. My brakes have always felt weak though they don't have any problems. I wonder if that's common or I need to start replacing stuff.
@@noserly The manual suits it better on the highway then. Cruising at 120-130 km/h at around 3000 rpm in 5th gear is way more quiet than the automatic i recon. for short distance the manual is not ideal as you can't drive really slow in 2nd gear. If you want to drive around a turnaround (rotonde) wich we have alot here in Europe it goes under 2000 rpm and the engine doesn't enjoy that. If you want to shift to first gear then you have to stand still or almost stand still because the old synchro rings in the gearbox. So the options are standing still and shifting to 1st gear or drive really slow in 2nd. The brakes are not the best on these cars and they are really heavy. I had to make an emergency braking one time and it did not stop in a few meters... 80's safety. This was described in cartests from when it was new. The brakes are really odd as not much happens the first part you press it but then it compensates it. It needs some getting used to as there is a small difference between an emergency stop and barely braking.
Yes it is completely original except for the muflers wich have been replaced by a former owner. In the future i want to make 4 pipes instead of 2 just like the ferrari 400i. The correct tuning tuning of the carbs make the difference. Also the manual gearbox instead of the crysler automatic helps with bringing the 280hp to the wheels.
