CGT Cool Thread
Check out the link/thread below. Great read guys.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=230&t=1735131
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Re: CGT Cool Thread
throt:Check out the link/thread below. Great read guys.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=230&t=1735131
My departed CGT had an engine-out service before I sold it.
I failed to notice the gearbox cover padlock when I inspected the innards during service.
Learn something new daily 
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SciFrog:He got a 918 to replace it, not that hard a decision...
I think Mike could have kept both but apparently decided against it... Anyway, the 918 is amazing, so i get it.
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RC:SciFrog:He got a 918 to replace it, not that hard a decision...
I think Mike could have kept both but apparently decided against it... Anyway, the 918 is amazing, so i get it.
Wow,,, imagine that. Just the 2 of them 
...CGT, definitely for the one with a hairy chest 
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Re: CGT Cool Thread
KMM:Rode in a cousin's CGT years ago; the thing that stuck in my mind was the valve gear train noise coming into the cabin. Race car like; mechanical; "unrefined" by production car standards. A keeper. Unfortunately, he did not.
Hahaha.
When I took delivery of the CGT in 2005, I asked my wife of what car did it remind her.
She said, "The 962". 
Based on the sounds it made.
I sold the CGT because the 918 doesn't always feel like it's trying to kill me. The Carrera GT sort of always let me know it was in charge, not me. Even Bobby Rahal told me that, "Those things oversteer like crazy!"
The 918 is 20 mph faster on the back straight at Mid-Ohio and it corners at another level, higher than the CGT.
Yes, I could have kept both, but they are so similar that I chose to keep the one that was more "fun" to drive.
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Re: CGT Cool Thread
nberry:To this day I don't think there is a better sounding car than the CGT. Literally feel like your sitting in a Formula one car. The sound is to die for.
R8... or Huracan (even CGT owners agreed, met with a couple of them)...Lexus LFA (oh boy...what a sound)...Aventador...and I think thats it. 
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W8MM:KMM:Rode in a cousin's CGT years ago; the thing that stuck in my mind was the valve gear train noise coming into the cabin. Race car like; mechanical; "unrefined" by production car standards. A keeper. Unfortunately, he did not.
Hahaha.
When I took delivery of the CGT in 2005, I asked my wife of what car did it remind her.
She said, "The 962".
I sold the CGT because the 918 doesn't always feel like it's trying to kill me. The Carrera GT sort of always let me know it was in charge, not me. Even Bobby Rahal told me that, "Those things oversteer like crazy!"
The 918 is 20 mph faster on the back straight at Mid-Ohio and it corners at another level, higher than the CGT.
Yes, I could have kept both, but they are so similar that I chose to keep the one that was more "fun" to drive.
You forgot to mention you don't quite fit inside the CGT, the only way to fit you inside properly is to chop you up in pieces.
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W8MM:Yes, I could have kept both, but they are so similar that I chose to keep the one that was more "fun" to drive.
Very smart decision.
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Whoopsy:W8MM:KMM:Rode in a cousin's CGT years ago; the thing that stuck in my mind was the valve gear train noise coming into the cabin. Race car like; mechanical; "unrefined" by production car standards. A keeper. Unfortunately, he did not.
Hahaha.
When I took delivery of the CGT in 2005, I asked my wife of what car did it remind her.
She said, "The 962".
I sold the CGT because the 918 doesn't always feel like it's trying to kill me. The Carrera GT sort of always let me know it was in charge, not me. Even Bobby Rahal told me that, "Those things oversteer like crazy!"
The 918 is 20 mph faster on the back straight at Mid-Ohio and it corners at another level, higher than the CGT.
Yes, I could have kept both, but they are so similar that I chose to keep the one that was more "fun" to drive.
You forgot to mention you don't quite fit inside the CGT, the only way to fit you inside properly is to chop you up in pieces.
Yep, Mike is quite the tall guy...
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RC:nberry:To this day I don't think there is a better sounding car than the CGT. Literally feel like your sitting in a Formula one car. The sound is to die for.
R8...
R8, Aventador?? Really? Utter nonsense. 
The Lexus LFA certainly is a worthy sound competitor.
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nberry:RC:nberry:To this day I don't think there is a better sounding car than the CGT. Literally feel like your sitting in a Formula one car. The sound is to die for.
R8...
R8, Aventador?? Really? Utter nonsense.
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No nonsense.
You need to be careful with your "sound assessments" since many CGT owners, especially in the US, have kind of straight piped their cars...many don't have stock exhaust systems.
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noone1:Nope, no one on RT is ever biased towards the cars they own lol
R8 vs CGT in exhaust noise? Hmmmm...
Like I said before, most CGTs I know are straight piped and many people don't realize that. 
Also, the R8 4S (new one) doesn't sound anything like the R8 42 (old one). The new one is louder. Also the reason why a couple of hundreds of cars were recently stuck in port in the US for months(!). They were too loud and needed a software update to comply with US laws. Unbelievable but true. I still have the "original" one, manufactured in April 2016, no more software updates, my car has even Performance auto mode.
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noone1:R8 vs CGT in exhaust noise? Hmmmm...
The R8 sounds great, but not like a Carrera GT. Sound is subjective, but to me the Carrera GT is the most sexy sounding car. Ever.
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throt:Another R8 thread
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throt:Never hear my exhaust. Have my Boney M and ABBA tracks cranked up too high ....
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We have the same taste bro. Shirt open to the fourth button, chest curls conditioned, shades on the face and it is "Daddy Cool" until late night...
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nberry:RC:nberry:To this day I don't think there is a better sounding car than the CGT. Literally feel like your sitting in a Formula one car. The sound is to die for.
R8...
R8, Aventador?? Really? Utter nonsense.
I'd nominate the Zonda R as a competitor too. That thing sounds insane going down a straight.
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bluelines:throt:Another R8 thread
throt:Never hear my exhaust. Have my Boney M and ABBA tracks cranked up too high ....
We have the same taste bro. Shirt open to the fourth button, chest curls conditioned, shades on the face and it is "Daddy Cool" until late night...
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You know that baby. And the babes love us too ..
Sweet evening to you and all of yours 
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throt
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991 GT3 pick up in October 2014.
991 GT3.2 pick up April/May 2018. ( Hairy Chest Spec ).
Rennteam Hairy Chest Advisor.
Re: CGT Cool Thread
RC:Whoopsy:W8MM:KMM:Rode in a cousin's CGT years ago; the thing that stuck in my mind was the valve gear train noise coming into the cabin. Race car like; mechanical; "unrefined" by production car standards. A keeper. Unfortunately, he did not.
Hahaha.
When I took delivery of the CGT in 2005, I asked my wife of what car did it remind her.
She said, "The 962".
I sold the CGT because the 918 doesn't always feel like it's trying to kill me. The Carrera GT sort of always let me know it was in charge, not me. Even Bobby Rahal told me that, "Those things oversteer like crazy!"
The 918 is 20 mph faster on the back straight at Mid-Ohio and it corners at another level, higher than the CGT.
Yes, I could have kept both, but they are so similar that I chose to keep the one that was more "fun" to drive.
You forgot to mention you don't quite fit inside the CGT, the only way to fit you inside properly is to chop you up in pieces.
The interior dimensions of the CGT and 918 are quite similar. The only "improvement" is the height-adjustable seats (for my wife as passenger).
I could never successfully heel-and-toe down-shift the CGT, even though it has the most leg room of any Porsche I had driven to that point. My legs are too long to be able to contort them in a comfortable way.
The 2-pedal PDK of the 918 won me over before I ever drove it because I knew what was in store for my legs.
2-pedal driving plus non-controversial yaw behavior are so much better than the CGT that I can hardly say how much.
Never mind the almost 300 extra horsepower and all-wheel drive.
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Re: CGT Cool Thread
bluelines:noone1:R8 vs CGT in exhaust noise? Hmmmm...
The R8 sounds great, but not like a Carrera GT. Sound is subjective, but to me the Carrera GT is the most sexy sounding car. Ever.
The Carrera GT has a higher pitch sound vs the R8, especially in the higher rev range but the sound is not better or louder (unless the car is straight piped). The LFA is still the sound king in the V10 department and I cannot cannot really believe it is street legal. I hear the CGT and the R8 in comparison basically every week, incl. the owner of the CGT. One reason why he ordered a Huracan Performante Spyder (see photo from the day the car arrived).
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throt:I looked at a Performante. It was white with the gold rims. Really beautiful piece of artwork
I love the Performante but I'm not convinced with the Performante Spyder, the rear wing just doesn't really fit this car, especially when the top is open. Just my opinion...my buddy loves it. I may get the chance to drive the car once he ran it in (may take a while, this guy has over a dozen cars... ), he is a bit anal about who drives the car first, never bought a used car.
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche 991.2 Carrera GTS Cabriolet (2018), Porsche Cayenne S Diesel (2017), Audi R8 V10 Plus (2016), Mini JCW (2015)
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Haha,, don’t blame him..
Let me know what you think of you get a go. Does he have Lambo version of comfy seats or the full bucket race seats?..The full buckets are rock hard, hope your arse will take it ..
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throt
"I Have Done It!".
991 GT3 pick up in October 2014.
991 GT3.2 pick up April/May 2018. ( Hairy Chest Spec ).
Rennteam Hairy Chest Advisor.
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