I've owned three. Clutch is pretty easy. You can engage throttle as soon as car starts moving. Always leave the rear bonnet slightly open and bubble the battery using the charging posts in the engine compartment. Never close doors before fastening seat belts. Be gentle engaging 2nd when cold. Be wary of lift oversteer. Good luck. Great car.
Congrats! All good advice here. I've had my yellow CGT for over 3 years now. Love the car! Good stablemate to a FGT. Last of the stick shift analog supercars.
I would not install straight pipes. The stock exhaust weighs approximately 65lbs and hangs on the outside of the rear axle. The car is very sensitive to losing this weight and the rear end seems to be less stable. Drive a stock CGT and one with straight pipes and you will notice it. Straight pipes are louder but it changes the sound dramatically for the worse. Clutch isn't that bad. Once you get used to it you will never stall it. You do need to anticipate lights though and getting out of a parking spot on a busy street is a challenge.
Agreed. The noise stock from factory is beautiful when you push it. Straight piped cgt loses the beauty of the sound for a more agressive sound.
Serious congrats.....one of the top 5 cars of the 21st Century to me. Take a lesson from the Paul Walker accident....keep the tires fresh.
Jamie may have other reasons but the seat belt can be a little hard to reach once the door is closed. Regarding the bonnet, if the battery dies, it can be a real pain to open to access jump points....ask me how I know.
There's a *****load of very expensive carbon fiber that will be damaged by crushing the seat belt hard parts into it while closing the doors. Your battery will die. It's a giant PIA to jump the boot open when it does. And the thingy in the glove box will fail. Always take care opening the boot if there is a lift above. It can spring open quite quickly.
Bas Jaski, love your town, but try running more than ten miles there. You start to cough up black ****.
Congrats! It looks like your car may have a lift kit installed to raise the front end by a half inch? How does it compare to your 911 turbo S? BTW my car has red calipers. Has any one seen this option on other CTG's?: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6TnUieFFzBc
I don't know on the lift kit. I'll have to investigate. Totally different car than the 911 Turbo S. 911 is faster from a dead start, faster around a track, easier to commute in, smoother riding, but it doesn't make you feel like an amazing driver and doesn't get you fired up when the revs climb and you look down and you're only doing 55mph. My inexperienced wife runs respectable times at COTA in the 911. I wouldn't dare let my wife run laps in this car. You can tell the car is more prone to oversteer than understeer and it takes a steady hand who knows how to settle the car down if it gets a little wild. Closest thing I've driven was my 06 Ford GT. Both cars are raw and can be driven at normal speeds easily. But when you go Above 7/10ths, you better have your game face on and be prepared. The 911 is the complete opposite. You can tighten your line mid corner, it's over steered very mildly one time in probably 50 laps on that track and you can almost play with the radio it's so easy to drive. It's the car doing the work for you. That's great most of the time but sometimes you want to really connect with the car. I connected with my F430 that way. I knew when she had a little more grip and when she was at the limit. The Ford GT I never found the limit due to lack of a racetrack. The 458, 488, 911 Turbo S, and Huracan have nannies to take care of you and get you out of a potential predicament. Of those cars, I was a better driver than only the 430, 458, and the Huracan. 430 was a little long in tooth and just didn't give me the confidence "this is a special cad458 just needed more power. Didn't . This encourages to carry more speed into a corner because you know you have a safety net. With the Carrera GT, there is no met at all. That doesn't mean I won't find its limits, I drive everything I buy, and i drive it hard. It's just my nature. I just mean im gonna work up to it where im comfortable with the car and know how the car will act. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Interesting stuff on this thread! . Speaking from experience regarding the damaged carbon? Good little know hows regarding boot spring and the battery, too. Cheers. Good thing I don't run
Its an LMP car for the street. It is what it is. One day people will realize that this car truly has all of the Porsche endurance racing know how dating back to the 904. Some visual clues to the endurance era prototypes are the double bulb front headlights, and the rear brake cooling ducts on the rear deck lid. Most just reference the Balsa shift knob but its much much deeper than that. Reset the rear sway to soft setting and get the new PSS tires. For me there is no other car that comes close.
I think it was Andreas Preuninger that said that all the CGT needed was slicks, mandatory roll cage and seats to fit 6pt harness/support HANS and it would win 24h Nurburgring. It's a race car.
Excellent write-up. Thank you. So you took all your cars out on COTA? That a great place to get familiar with the CGT.
I picture it kind of like this. Occasionally, a rider will be thrown from the dragon. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Carrera GTs are of all things said to be undervalued for what they are. I have "The Poor Mans GT"; A 996GT2. Another widowmaker. Can I call you brother ? Just don't drive it nuts and you will be OK.
