"The SLR has been sold out for 3 years."
Says who?
"My opinion regarding the CGT is most have come to realize that it is a track car and not particularly conducive to public roads with the clutch being what it is and the height of the vehicle."
Oddly, you have used Larry's clutch and height review (the only review I've thus far seen from a real owner vs. a magazine) - who you admit uses his as a daily driver - as proof the other less than 100 owners to date can't and don't use theirs as dailys (how ironic a comment from an F-car owner anyway).
"It is difficult to drive"
Yeah, maybe for those with vaginas or those used to driving automatics (er: F1) trannies.
"not a collectors item (1500 produced)"
While you admit someone(s) mistook your Spyder for a Mustang at the gas station, I think it's cool 99.9% of the population thinks the CGT is sub $100k. I'd imagine there are substantially more risks associated with driving an entry level F-car (360) which the public erroneously thinks is considerably more expensive than a CGT.
"and power that can only be appreciated (in the US) on a track."
This silly argument continues to pop up. The 180 or so top end on your 360 is more usuable and appreciated than the 205 on the CGT "in the US"? You don't think your favorite magazine 0-60 times can be enjoyed on the street? Interestingly, it is at the lower speed handling track that the CGT EATS the Enzo (this is often true of the P-car vs. F-car competition). Yet somehow it is worth 3X the MSRP of the CGT?
"Factor in the high cost of maintenance should it be damaged( I personally viewed the damage of the car in SD and I cannot tell how minor it looked, yet it cost $125,000 to repair)."
The damage would have been a couple times that and the car STILL wouldn't be back on the road had it been an Enzo. Hell, I'd be surprised if Ferrari didn't milk nearly 6 figures out of just such a repair to even one of their entry level models. Further, the "high cost of maintainence" is but a fraction on a CGT what it is on an(y) F-car. Not only that, you can drive the P-car 10X as much. Try putting P-car mileage on an F-car and let us know about the "high cost of maintainence". Also, let us know how much you have to pay someone to take the car off your hands with real mileage.
"Finally, Porsche has a credibility problem with the buying public."
In some ways I agree with you and in some I don't with respect to Porsche's credibility. The V6 Cayenne was just a pathetic move. Not only have they taken the performance right out of the thing (the acceleration isn't that impressive relative to it's class in the V8 non-turbo either) but they have canabalized their V8 (non turbo) sales. It turns out that half of the badge buying V8 (non-turbo) poseurs instead bought the V6 cause it was a cheaper way to have a P-car for their friends to see. Further I think it an absolute insult to be f-ing us P-car loyalists around with their absense from racing (6 years and counting) to instead make more money.
"To prove his point, recently I read that Porsche is informally telling dealers that anyone who wants a CGT can order one.
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Since there are still some 06s spots available for order, that seems a very logical thing to say. Additionally, I think it's very cool that any P-car customer who wants the finest production sports car available in the US by any manufacturer can - without having their local F-car dealer (even if they had a competitive product) gouge the schit out of them. (Ditto for Ford GTs being hocked at $100k over). Not only that, (s)he doesn't have to sit on some bullschit wait list created solely by low production to do so.