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Apac102 · 06-03-2004, 12:04 AM

I read in a recent article in Car magazine about them driving a CGT around Germany. After reading the article, they said that it isn't the best car out there for everyday driving..WELL NO SHIT!!! I just was wondering if anyone read this article and thought it was kinda stupid that these guys considered using a CGT as a car for every day.

T-Bird · 06-03-2004, 12:21 AM

well Jeremy said the same thing on Top Gear he said if you push it too far it will turn around and bite you in the ass so to speak. I'm sure that's what they mean cause i would drive an SLR and even an Enzo every fuckin day even in the rain not the snow cause that would be suicide in Chicago winters.

TT · 06-03-2004, 05:20 AM

I didn't read the artcle and no idea what their basic point for the test was, but well, probably if you would put a CGT into everyday's world and pin it against wonderull and "easy" allrounder like Audi RS6 or such, it could end up like that, but in that case they missed totally the point about the CGT...

st-anger · 06-03-2004, 08:59 AM

....well, the real problem is: it IS useable as a daily driver, so i canÂ´t see their point...

yg60m · 06-03-2004, 09:33 AM

What they did was to travel 873 miles in only two days in the Carrera GT !!
Be serious, even after half that travel in a Rolls i would be tired

If a daily drive is a car that can make you feel nice and fresh after 437 miles everyday then there musn't be a lot of daily drives

schnell318 · 06-03-2004, 11:06 AM

I donÂ´t think that was a real world test cause no one is going to travel that distance in such a short period of time... of course they would have been less tired if they had used another car but that doesnÂ´t say the CGT isnÂ´t useable as a daily driver.

Apac102 · 06-03-2004, 05:57 PM

I just found it to be a bad article on a great car

s4racer · 06-03-2004, 09:17 PM

I'd really like to drive the GT, a car with such a little clutch, and practically no flywheel mass. must be a great track day car.

driving the single seat race car that i built, the car uses a motorcycle engine geared for insane acceleration, and you can't launch slowly in that car, the clutch is either engaged or open, there's no slipping of the clutch to modulate the launch. tried driving behind a chase car at a constant slow speed, and lot's of stops, it's near impossible to do without stalling, and lurching followed by hard braking.

i wonder if the GT is similar in stop-go traffic with it's racing clutch, and really light fly wheel assembly? i just want to drive one.

nthfinity · 06-08-2004, 01:12 AM

What they did was to travel 873 miles in only two days in the Carrera GT !!
Be serious, even after half that travel in a Rolls i would be tired

in the Road and Track article about 1000 miles in an Enzo... there was little other then praise of the car... but, i suppose the Enzo is a more compy ride lol. id cirtainly love to be able to use such cars everyday 8)

:shock:

3D_CARD · 06-09-2004, 01:20 AM

Originally Posted by nthfinity

What they did was to travel 873 miles in only two days in the Carrera GT !!
Be serious, even after half that travel in a Rolls i would be tired

in the Road and Track article about 1000 miles in an Enzo... there was little other then praise of the car... but, i suppose the Enzo is a more compy ride lol. id cirtainly love to be able to use such cars everyday 8)

:shock:

Well... Enzo has TC/F1 Gearbox/Adjustable Supsension Height, and Ferrari designed it for 40-60 years old "major" customers -- no matter why it can be a good daily/long distance drive.

RC45 · 06-20-2004, 04:36 PM

Daily driver for some is not "daily driver" from the factories perspective.

Many of these cars will break down after repeated exposure to extreme traffic conditions.

By extreme traffic conditions, I mean bumper to bumper 110 degree heat, stop and go for 30 or 40 miles, with the car never reaching more than 25 miles per hour - and idling for a long time.

Many "sever duty" purpose built cars, such as taxius, police cars and limosines even have to have foreshortened maintenance periods to change over worked oil, filters and coolant fluids etc.

Ironically, hours of grid-lock traffic is sometimes harder on a car than "track driving and racing" - as before, during and after a race event, the car will be pampered with no-costs spared continued maintenance - while "daily drivers" tend to be used and abused and drivers simply jump in and go.

With this in mind - very few, if any true supercars could stand up to this kind of automotive abuse without suffering greatly.

And of course - these cars are not made for this - and it would be rare that such a car owner did not have a fleet of luxo-sedans for daily duty...

chipanggo · 06-24-2004, 11:39 PM

hahaha.

who would want to use a supercar for a daily driver?

Schwalbe · 06-30-2004, 08:59 AM

who would want to use a supercar for a daily driver?

Me.

rachaderua · 07-01-2004, 12:00 PM

Carrera GT is not a dailly car for going to the supermarket, school, college. It was made to the race track or a good highway, not for a garage or parking lots. Of course you can drive it clearly in the streets, but the proper place to it is a good closed circuit.

Some magazine journalists are sometimes as stupid as their articles.

black_magician · 07-15-2004, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by chipanggo

hahaha.

who would want to use a supercar for a daily driver?

ME 2!