My Tifosi friends will be up in arms! The raging bull diehards will scream foul play!

In all seriousness - it is the best all around car I've ever owned/driven. Better than a F40??? Overall? Yes. For pure rawness? No. But if you had to choose one to drive to Vegas or around town - the CGT hands down. It has the comfort, style, presence, and performance all wrapped up in a single awesome package. It doesn't get any better than that!

For those who have questioned its handling ... yes ... it's a handful. It demands respect. It cannot be driven at the limit by anyone less than a very skilled driver (which is why I haven't driven it at the limit).

If I had one complaint it would have to be the "anticipated" cost of a new clutch. It's not a matter of IF as much as it is a matter of when. Since I plan to own the car indefinitely I would suspect that somewhere along my ownership timeline I will have to pony up $20,000+ for a clutch. Couldn't Porsche have used something a little less costly??

 

Nicest car I've ever had the privilege of owning.

Btw, there are rumours of rebuilt clutches kicking around for $10k.

 

damn, a new clutch costs $20k?

i guess Porsche figured CGT owners have deep deep pockets

 

Looking the list of cars in your signature, 20k for a clutch is a drop in the bucket.....

 

Awesome collection. Any pics of these beasts?

 

Awesome collection you have and in orange county you have the awesome weather to drive them...

 

Really glad to hear your comments Tipo as I have just added a CGT to the fleet!! Should be interesting to see how it contrasts with the 997GT2 and the Murcie!

 

Good Call Tipo.

Even though the F40 is a very nice car, having both I would say the CGT is a much better all around car. If I had to sell all my cars but keep one, the CGT would stay. Hopefully I NEVER have to make that choice. As for the clutch costing that much, Ferrari ownership is that high or even higher so I guess it comes with the territory.


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Congrat on the CGT purchase!

 

The clutch sounds expensive................but my F40 is in for its Major...................and it makes the CGT clutch seem cheap by comparison

I agree that the CGT is an awesome all around "hyper" exotic. They are not everywhere........thank goodness........and driving it requires.........actually DEMANDS respect. Just something so alluring about that. Contrast that to the CS which you can just jump into and drive "fast" and not even put a second thought into it.

 

The car choices of many in this thread are very interesting!
F40, CS, CGT!

 

Don't forget Murcielagos!

 

I would like to contribute to this thread by saying I would lick any of the cars.

 

Seriously. Less than 20 posts and 3 different members all with a CS, F40 and CGT. All we need is Jas, and we can take over the car world.

 

Jas, Ricky, Jaber and Matt Nunez who has not one but two CGT's... Man that is living it to the fullest!!

 

My F40 just came out of Ferrari of OC after having been there for six weeks for a major. Not sure who is doing yours but it wasn't $20k for my major. Came our around $15k.