http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/cto/2483852246.html
Not mine, not affiliated. If I had 1500 I would be tempted.
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July 9, 2011 1:36 p.m. rustyvw HalfDork
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July 9, 2011 2:38 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
if it were a coupe and I were more of a masochist... it would be mine.
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July 9, 2011 2:52 p.m. Travis_K SuperDork
That's a rare one actually. 4 door biturbos are worth more than coupes, and the efi ones are way better than the early carbed ones.
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July 9, 2011 5:17 p.m. jrw1621 SuperDork
Cheap Maserati Biturbo kind of sounds like free wooden boat.
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July 9, 2011 5:27 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork
That is pretty!
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July 9, 2011 6:49 p.m. Raze Dork
Man I want one, knowing how horrible they are, so sweet.
If it pisses me off I can always enjoy dropping a piano on it...
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July 9, 2011 7:07 p.m. dyintorace SuperDork
First Challenge Maserati!!
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July 9, 2011 7:19 p.m. shadetree30 Reader
Anybody run one at a LeMons yet?
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July 9, 2011 9:01 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
possibly the only car that can make a cheap porsche seem like a good investment
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July 9, 2011 9:18 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork
"Needs electrical work, probably just the grounds cleaned"
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July 9, 2011 9:37 p.m. Raze Dork
MrJoshua wrote:
"Needs electrical work, probably just the grounds cleaned"
WHAT?!?
If a Fiat can be fixed using this method, and both are Italian, by extension, the fix must be that simple 
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July 9, 2011 10:07 p.m. m4ff3w SuperDork
I wish mine came fuel injected.
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July 9, 2011 10:08 p.m. m4ff3w SuperDork
It likely needs a new/repaired fusebox.
You can't buy a known good FI engine for less than that amount.
I wish I had the spare cash and a way to get it down here.
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July 10, 2011 4:07 p.m. Datsun1500 Dork
I'm close and have the room. That is very tempting. It loos like a fun car to have for awhile, just because. I want to stay married though....
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July 10, 2011 4:25 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork
m4ff3w wrote:
It likely needs a new/repaired fusebox.
You can't buy a known good FI engine for less than that amount.
I wish I had the spare cash and a way to get it down here.
Could always empty the bank account and run up the credit cards-Just sayin.
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July 10, 2011 4:31 p.m. fasted58 HalfDork
MrJoshua wrote:
"Needs electrical work, probably just the grounds cleaned"
that's code for nobody can fix it
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July 11, 2011 10:35 a.m. dculberson HalfDork
shadetree30 wrote:
Anybody run one at a LeMons yet?
There's been at least one biturbo, in a west coast race.
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July 11, 2011 10:36 a.m. mndsm SuperDork
Who on here was that crazy?
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July 11, 2011 11:01 a.m. spitfirebill SuperDork
There's a good reason all Biturbos are low mileage.
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July 14, 2011 8:33 a.m. m4ff3w SuperDork
spitfirebill wrote:
There's a good reason all Biturbos are low mileage.
And that reason is actually that most odometers break with less than 30k miles.
My odometer reads 25k I think, but I'd bet she has a bunch more miles than that. I know I put at least 2k on her.
That said, when I got her earlier this year she hadn't been registered since '94 and I haven't driven her in almost 4 months.
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July 14, 2011 8:44 a.m. Rusted_Busted_Spit Dork
That is my favorite BiTurbo that we got here in the States, I wonder if the back seat is big enough to sleep in. (My wife would kill me since my Spit has been sitting in the garage for 10 years)
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July 14, 2011 12:08 p.m. motomoron HalfDork
I ~almost~ didn't click the link assuming it was the guy here in the DC area who's had 2 Biturbos on CL for years.
I grew up around boats. At the marina on the bay where my parents kept our 28' Cheoy Lee, a guy had a lovely 35' Hinkley wooden yawl. The boat was in a cradle on the hard and he began fixing a little rot about the time we moved to that marina. at least 10 years later he was still at it, and was beginning to replace work he'd done while we were there. I'm certain he's entered the great beyond having never sailed the boat a single nautical mile.
He could have bought a Laser for a grand and at least gotten to sail something while he dug out rot, sistered ribs, and fitted planks.
The problem for me w/ the "cheap" Biturbos is that they're not old enough to warrant the kind of pain they'll inevitably inflict. A Bora, a Merak - weird and old enough to be a proper classic.
