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zzboba said:
i agree. if you don't do laps on the ring daily, the CGT is becoming kind of a tragic story.
first, it is suggested to be the practical supercar. but due to the clutch, it simply isn't. it's the first porsche you'd rather look at than drive.
second, they decided to build 1,500 units. way too much IMO to hold it's value reasonable.
third, 0-300km/h performance really was a major disappointment in comparison to enzo and SLR (see RC's post regarding this).
OK, I won't comment on the clutch "issue" anymore because I don't want to stirr up emotions. Only one last word: the clutch is no real issue. Can't comment on the other reasons why somebody would sell the CGT but I have a little feeling that the car is to some people a little bit too challenging and to others not bling-bling enough. But again, I stop now before I get an angry "mob" trying to kill me.
Just kidding. I tried the CGT clutch and it works just fine, you just have to get used to it and it happens pretty fast. But let us put my personal experience aside. I watched Mr. Hölscher, two CGT testdrivers and Jochen Albig starting off with the CGT. None of them had any problem with the clutch. Of course they have experience with the CGT, which brings me back to my "you get used to it".
And although Porsche states that the CGT can be used as a daily driver, this is no car for an LA traffic jam.
I also find it funny to read that people/owners are playing around with swaybar settings. I know (and this will surely cause some angry faces now) that a great part of the CGT owners aren't able to move the CGT at the limit. I also know that a lot of CGT owners THINK they move the car at the limit but making the rear dance doesn't mean this is the limit, just as a hint.
People just don't know how to drive a smooth, clean line and the traction control can't do wonders and of course it also comes on much earlier if it senses traction problems caused by driving a "bad" line.
Maybe Porsche should sell a driving training with each CGT. But maybe owners should just understand the concept of this car which actually is a race car adapted for street driving.
Straight line performance from 0-300 kph isn't as good as on the SLR or Ferrari Enzo? Well, when did you guys in the US drive 300 kph lately? And even in Germany, I drive with my Cayenne daily and since I own it, I didn't encounter one car to be faster. So how big would be the chance to meet a SLR or Ferrari Enzo on the Autobahn?
And from reports about Ferrari Enzo owners using their cars on the track, I hear pretty much the same: they can't cope with the other cars because they simply can't drive them. A good car doesn't make a good driver and owning super sports cars for many years means you have experience but this doesn't mean you can really move them fast, sorry to say that. And of course a tuned 996 Turbo with 600 HP would be in the hands of a normally skilled driver probably faster on the track than a CGT in the hands of the same driver.
This is how the world works: some are more talented and/or experienced and some are not. This might sound arrogant but I mean I can't sing for example. And I'm a lousy soccer player too. And compared to Walter Roehrl or Jochen Albig, I'm probably also a lousy driver.
And finally: I think Porsche should have built a 959 successor, including a comfort and a club sport version.
Add a sequential shifting, a 700 HP engine and the current CGT weight and the car would have been perfect for most drivers. But maybe Porsche listened to much to the crying hardcore Porschephiles who demanded a "real" racecar again. They got what they wanted but right now I can't hide the feeling that the same Porschephiles have been suprised or better said "shocked" by their own courage.
And I also can't hide the feeling that some people who ordered a CGT actually wanted a Ferrari Enzo and weren't able to get one. Which leads me to my other assumption (sorry ben, I know you're one of my "assumption" victims
) that some of those who want to get rid of their CGT or CGT order actually want to get the new F430.
But I stop now before I do too many assumptions which might not be true at all for many people.
It wasn't my intention to offend anyone, just a simple (narrow minded?) analysis of the CGT "issues" and what I personally think about them. Nothing more and nothing less.