CGT's are so boring!!! How does $300K sound ???

 

Bill, I bet you started this thread just so I would get depressed and sell you my GT for a really cheap price! <gr>

NOT!!!

Chuck


That would be nice. Actually, I enjoy hearing what you and others say about the car. I'd buy one if I was convinced I'd enjoy it more than my Ruf, which I still enjoy after nearly 8 years.

I'm just uncertain if the "negatives" of the CGT would make it less enjoyable for me. Certainly the first time a Ruf or SL65 went blowing by, I'd be disappointed!

 

I can't imagine getting bored with a CGT, but I'm not sure that I'd have the fun with it that I do with my GT3. I know I'd not take it to the track as much, or drive it as freely when there for fear of the terrible consequences of an 'off', and the likely $100K damage that could cause. ($ amount based on that rear end incident in San Diego that was discussed here a few weeks back).

It is a stunning car, a wonderful piece of ultimate engineering, rolling mechanical jewelry, something extraordinary to own, and if you are able to collect such things an absolute must. I think all you owners are very lucky, and I hope you get to enjoy it to the maximum every chance you can.

For me having that much cash tied up in a car is a distant dream awaiting a winning lotto ticket, but if I could I would too, and I wouldn't care if a Viper or an SL65 blew past me. I'd be in a car so much superior than theirs that ego speeds on a public road would simply be irrelevant. I'd give them ample room to thrash their Jo Schmo heavy metal away from my masterpiece, and all with a knowing smile of someone driving a car that went so fast round the 'ring that they thought it best not to let anyone know exactly what Walter got up to in it. This is after all an LMP car put to the road, you just won't get a better pedigree this side of an Enzo.

 

Chuck, how bout some pics? Or some video of that CGT. There isn't much video on the web.

 

Q: What, no Enzo?
A: It doesn't interest me. I don't like the paddle shifter. I like to shift myself. (note: however the article also asks him about his automatic SLR he just bought too - maybe he means he likes to shift in SPORTS cars himself and we all know the SLR is a luxo boat).

Q. You still have the Carrera GT loaner, how do you like that?
A: I put 500 miles on it. I bought it because of the clutch. What is it, a 60,000-mile clutch (who can say that Leno - who has put 60k on one?)? The McLaren clutch (Leno also owns a McLaren F1) is 3000 or 4000 miles. I love the fact (the Carrera GT) has no paddle shifters. I think there's a great deal of satisfaction in mastering the proper shift of a car. If it's going to shift for you, get the video.

Q: Wasn't the Carrera GT clutch difficult to get used to?
A: I didn't have any problems. I read one road test that said, "Oh it'll really build up your thigh muscles." Well, how lazy are we getting? I have a Hispano-Suiza and that thing has a clutch - you operate that for a few blocks and you're sweating. But this car, it's like, "Oh shut up, are you really mentally and physically exhausted from shifting?"
The real trick to driving the car is you put it in gear, don't give it any gas, release the clutch and it goes (note: how about on inclines????). I find it's one of those things that gives a car character. Just as it was mastering the earlier 911's handling characteristics (note: in the same article he says, "this is the first Porsche I've ever bought.").

Q. You really love that carbon clutch, don't you?
A: It doesn't smoke, it doesn't smell. Any other car, you do a burnout and, "Sniff, sniff, uh oh." Let's face it, if you've got some Countach and some kid comes up to you in a '57 Chevy, you say, "Yeah, I could beat this kid but it'll cost me $4700 in clutch repairs." (note: I thought Allan Lambo said those things were reliable?). With the Porsche it's not like that.