Thought that was the Jewish, or the Chinese, or whatever. Nobody likes spending money.

I didn't take a close look at that one at CatsExotics but it had yellow seatbelts so I thought that was the one you were looking at. Any way you look at it, the CGT is going to be a hell of a car. The prices are going up but that's probably only because Porsche brought back a couple of unsold CGTs to Europe but that could stabilize soon and maybe go back down again.

 

who bought the yellow one at FoS? Anyone know?

 

FWIW, it is a characteristic of the polyester resin. It's not good or bad, it's just arguably a mistake for cosmetic applications. The epoxy is more expensive, more difficult to work and might interact with some core materials, but I don't know why an automotive OEM would use polyester unless it was a composite including kevlar. I believe there are taxes on industrial chemicals in some countries where the government extracts taxes from the user, not the manufacturer. Not that I'm any expert, just building my own parts.

 

Just got the latest autoweek with a olympic swimmer on the cover (???? LAME)

Just a heads up:

In the autoweek classifieds there is a a black CGT at Shelton Ferrari/Maserati with only 950 miles on it. I checked the website listed in the ad and it was not listed on the webiste, and no price was given in the ad.

Also a private classified Autoweek ad for a silver/terracotta with 70 miles and never registered listed for $449K which was the original MSRP according to the ad.

www.sloancars.com click on new arrivals -- silver/dark grey, 1300 miles, $430K

Also on Sloan new arrivals a Basalt black/dark grey, 3000 miles, $430K

 

I dont see any at all on my car either

 

That occurred two years ago and has no bearing on the current state of pricing.

 

See this photo. The yellowing can be seen where the tub (which doesn't yellow) meets up with another piece that does yellow. Do you guys see that?

 

The residual effects must still be happening now because the prices of the CGT that I've seen are still "sky high." When do you think it'll start coming back down or stabilizing?

 

These are clearly very different fabrics -- even the CF cloth itself seems to be the same -- and the resulting pieces are very different, but I don't see yellow in the photo. I presume you mean the piece to the right of the photo is yellowed over time.

Do you happen to have a similar photo when the car was new and the pieces appeared to be the same?

I've just done a course on CF fabrication -- one of the recurring discussion points was the use of appropriate chemicals and the various issues such as polyester setting with a yellow tint.

 

I'm not sure I'd characterise list price for sub 1000 miles cars as 'sky high'. My opinion, which is worth exactly list price of what you pay for it is that prices have stabilised and will slowly fall as mileage accumulates.

White, orange and black zero mile cars will appreciate at 5% or so per year.

My worthless opinion only.

 

See image below. I don't have a photo for when the car was new, but I understand these two pieces looked the same. They don't see sunlight, so it appears to be related to aging. Porsche says it's normal and it's not a warranty issue.

 

Just took a pic of mine. Only wife can operate camera, so when she gets home, I'll post. But neither of those pieces show any yellow in my car.

 

Here.

 

That one is headed this way!

 

Muhahahahaha!