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16 | December 6, 2018 | Malibu surfside news sound off<br />
malibusurfsidenews.com<br />
Ride of the Week<br />
Malibu’s Paul Grisanti and his ‘unicorn car’<br />
Fireball Tim Lawrence<br />
Contributing Columnist<br />
Malibu resident<br />
There are two kinds<br />
of people here in the<br />
’Bu.<br />
There are those who<br />
move here, check it out for<br />
a while and realize that the<br />
salt air, beach life and PCH<br />
traffic isn’t for them, and<br />
then there’s the other kind.<br />
You know, the lifers.<br />
Now, the lifers are an interesting<br />
bunch. They don’t<br />
see the traffic. They don’t<br />
notice the salt air and how<br />
it permeates everything. All<br />
they see is Malibu — an<br />
overwhelmingly beautiful<br />
and tiny spot on the planet<br />
that, if they will allow it,<br />
will fill them with the kind<br />
of joy and peace that exists<br />
nowhere else on the planet.<br />
And when your head is in<br />
the stars and your feet far<br />
below the ground, it’s hard<br />
to notice the little irritations<br />
of life.<br />
If you don’t know Paul<br />
(and Sara) Grisanti, then<br />
you have some work to do<br />
as a true Malibuite. The<br />
reason being that I’m pretty<br />
sure Paul has photocopied<br />
himself and is in virtually<br />
every corner of this town<br />
simultaneously.<br />
And, as a result of this,<br />
Paul’s understanding of the<br />
streets, homes, addresses<br />
and current traffic snarls is<br />
unsurpassed. As a real estate<br />
broker (a la mode), it’s<br />
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Paul’s job to know virtually<br />
every home in this town,<br />
and he’s being doing that<br />
for the last 40 years as a<br />
resident of the ’Bu. (Sorry,<br />
Paul, I had to give up the<br />
numbers.)<br />
To get around, Paul has<br />
chosen a vehicle that scoots<br />
this town and its potential<br />
buyers into an automotive<br />
frenzy. Paul’s ride is a 500-<br />
plus horsepower Mercedes-<br />
AMG E63 S Shooting<br />
Brake Wagon with carbon<br />
ceramic brakes. (I only<br />
point out the brakes as the<br />
car tends to thunder up and<br />
distort time. Carbon brakes<br />
help to suck you back into<br />
this universe.)<br />
The car and its launch<br />
capabilities is bone stock<br />
and all-wheel-drive. Right<br />
out of the box, it’s like the<br />
Starship Enterprise already<br />
at Warp 10. But let’s hear<br />
some more from Paul.<br />
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Real estate broker and Malibu resident Paul Grisanti poses with his Mercedes-AMG<br />
E63 S. Fireball Tim Lawrence/22nd Century Media<br />
License #0B49439<br />
220,000 miles,” he said. “I<br />
had been looking for one<br />
for about six months that<br />
was not black (too menacing),<br />
or modified. It came<br />
with an unusual interior<br />
(most are black or cream<br />
colored) and mine was<br />
Mystic Red.”<br />
Think Merlot in a<br />
$10,000 Baccarat crystal<br />
glass.<br />
“This is a unicorn car,”<br />
he continues. “It handles<br />
like a sports car but has<br />
room for clients, family<br />
and open house signs. TV<br />
screens on the seatbacks<br />
provide an entertainment<br />
source for grandchildren,<br />
too. At the same time, it is<br />
discreet enough to blend<br />
with traffic and not draw<br />
undue attention to itself<br />
or the clients within. Car<br />
people know what it is immediately<br />
and are enthusiastic<br />
about seeing it.”<br />
I myself have ridden in<br />
this buster and immediately<br />
felt that I must respect it.<br />
According to Paul, the<br />
best part of owning this car<br />
is being able to go to Cars<br />
and Coffee events, and seeing<br />
the reactions of fellow<br />
car guys.<br />
“I use the car for everything<br />
short of going to the<br />
dump,” he said. “Plenty of<br />
room for a foursome and<br />
their clubs. With the seats<br />
down, my bike fits in the<br />
back without taking off<br />
the front wheel. When we<br />
prepared to evacuate during<br />
the fire, I was able to fit the<br />
essentials.”<br />
Paul enthusiastically<br />
continues, “My clients<br />
are not opposed to riding<br />
in the car. I love the way<br />
the wagon handles on our<br />
curvy, mountainous roads<br />
without ever feeling tippy<br />
or uncertain.”<br />
Further, the brakes are<br />
ready to engage when a<br />
distracted driver on PCH<br />
decides to pull a U-turn<br />
from the curb. Yes, people<br />
actually do that. In fact,<br />
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