Greatest GT car

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mikey k

13,011 posts

217 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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I've been doing 6-7k miles/yr around europe on "grand tours" for a few years now
Tried a few cars in that time
I'm loving my current one
Off to Norway in it for 2.5 weeks soon
It will do over 300 miles to a tank if you drive it like your Gran hehe

DSC01078 by Mikey K 650S, on Flickr

anonymous-user

55 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Plenty great cars here but if we're talking proper GT then it comes down to a few. Mine would be the 612. Acres of leather, a glorious V12 soundtrack, and a bonnet stretching out in front of you.



Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 4th May 00:05

gizlaroc

17,251 posts

225 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Jag_NE said:
I love the idea of doing that. In reality I am convinced that is super niche unfortunately as most people who are wealthy enough to buy cars like those listed are busy as hell and wont want to waste days of precious holiday time driving when you can fly there in a couple of hours. The other variable is having a significant other who would prefer to spend all that extra time in the passenger seat as opposed to shopping/sunning/tourism etc!
We always used to jump in the car and bugger off to Geneva, Beaune, Luino etc. The only thing that stopped us was our son.
Admittedly the best car was the CSL rather than Ferrari FF, but I love driving and in a fast car Norwich to St. Tropez is done in a day no problem, and even if we stayed over on the way down we made a night of it. Plus you have your car when you get there rather than a Seat Altea or something! biggrin

ChilliWhizz

11,992 posts

162 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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Don't larf, but, my MGB GT was a great little touring car smile It was a '74 chrome bumper factory V8 model and great fun to drive...

OK so not the Greatest GT car, but she'd happily sit at 100mph for hours on end smile


foxsasha

1,417 posts

136 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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gizlaroc said:
We always used to jump in the car and bugger off to Geneva, Beaune, Luino etc. The only thing that stopped us was our son.
Admittedly the best car was the CSL rather than Ferrari FF, but I love driving and in a fast car Norwich to St. Tropez is done in a day no problem, and even if we stayed over on the way down we made a night of it. Plus you have your car when you get there rather than a Seat Altea or something! biggrin
I assume he's very young? We are taking our two kids with us to the south of France via Germany, Austria and Italy this summer. Got a week of track days booked with the Lotus club so need to take both the Exige and a second car. Half inclined to take our tweaked 330 diesel as it would be better suited to the tighter mountain roads than a bigger GT.

cerb4.5lee

30,687 posts

181 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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PGN said:
jammy_basturd said:
Not sure on the range, but I'll be the first to nominate the TVR Cerbera.
When he said 5-600 mile range I thought he meant fuel range not range between breakdowns.
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I always found the Cerbera comfortable on long runs but if it's hot you boil to death and if it's raining and cold you can't see where you are going because the wipers/heater blowers are both pants...so not ideal.

Have a 640d and it's a cracking cruiser but the engine ruins most of the pleasure of driving it though, my vote would be a nice 850 CSi or a 928 GTS.

foxsasha

1,417 posts

136 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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thecook101 said:
Plenty great cars here but if we're talking proper GT then it comes down to a few. Mine would be the 612. Acres of leather, a glorious V12 soundtrack, and a bonnet stretching out in front of you.

That's lovely cloud9

Tuvra

7,921 posts

226 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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This looks like it will take some beating:-

I'd be happy in the V8 or V12 smile

Byker28i

59,955 posts

218 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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PGN said:
jammy_basturd said:
Not sure on the range, but I'll be the first to nominate the TVR Cerbera.
When he said 5-600 mile range I thought he meant fuel range not range between breakdowns.
Since I've had my tvr I've had two japanese cars. A nissan Primera that needed a new engine at it's first service, then another at 50K miles when the dealer forgot to put oil in after the service and took it on a test drive - Sorry, thats not true, they told me the cat had disintegrated and sucked bits into the engine wrecking it, but hadn't changed the cats, so it needed a new complete exhaust system as well. The AA engineer sent to check the engine would of course have verified that had the engine not immediately been disposed of. £7.5k bill under warranty.

Or perhaps it's replacement, a 2013 Mazd 6 tourer with a soft camshaft issue that disintegrated at 32k miles resulting in a complete top end, turbo, brake servo etc at 35K miles and less than 3 years old? Another large bill under warranty.

Thanks - I'll keep the so called unreliable tvr thats never let me down.

Man of gas

169 posts

128 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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Interestingly, I have managed to persuade the wife to let us take the kids on my first European road trip next summer in the XKR. The plan is to drive to Lake Como over 3 days stopping at nice hotels in Reims and Geneva.
Can't wait!

Byker28i

59,955 posts

218 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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cerb4.5lee said:
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I always found the Cerbera comfortable on long runs but if it's hot you boil to death and if it's raining and cold you can't see where you are going because the wipers/heater blowers are both pants...so not ideal.

Have a 640d and it's a cracking cruiser but the engine ruins most of the pleasure of driving it though, my vote would be a nice 850 CSi or a 928 GTS.
Take the cats out and the cabins fine. Wipers are adequate, blower depends on which model, my 97 seems ok at demisting.
Biggest thing against it would be fuel economy.

What about the Porsche Cayenne s diesel, 380bhp, 850 nm torque and 35mpg

anonymous-user

55 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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TobyLerone said:
  • It has to fast - 160mph +
  • It has to be comfortable and spacious for 2 people, with enough luggage space for a week
  • It needs to sound good through a tunnel
  • It needs to have good looks - nothing too edgy or racy, but equally not too bland
The perfect GT certainly needs these four. It has to not be outpaced on the autoroute/autobahn. Arriving feeling fresh is essential, so comfort is high on the "must have" list, and although sounding good in a tunnel is nice, you really don't want something with an engine note that will seem irritatingly loud after the first hour, then get worse.

anonymous-user

55 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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Byker28i said:
Take the cats out and the cabins fine. Wipers are adequate, blower depends on which model, my 97 seems ok at demisting.
Biggest thing against it would be fuel economy.

What about the Porsche Cayenne s diesel, 380bhp, 850 nm torque and 35mpg
I am not sure you understand the question, a diesel 4 door Porsche is not a GT car!

DB9 for me (Post 09).

unpc

2,836 posts

214 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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Seems to me there's not a lot of people understand what a GT car is. I'm not sure I get the range requirement in the OP as 300 miles plus is surely enough. Does anybody ever drive much further in one go without getting out for a stretch/pee?

Tuvra

7,921 posts

226 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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thecook101 said:
Plenty great cars here but if we're talking proper GT then it comes down to a few. Mine would be the 612. Acres of leather, a glorious V12 soundtrack, and a bonnet stretching out in front of you.



Edited by thecook101 on Wednesday 4th May 00:05
On that note, one of these isn't a bad shout:-

gizlaroc

17,251 posts

225 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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foxsasha said:
I assume he's very young? We are taking our two kids with us to the south of France via Germany, Austria and Italy this summer. Got a week of track days booked with the Lotus club so need to take both the Exige and a second car. Half inclined to take our tweaked 330 diesel as it would be better suited to the tighter mountain roads than a bigger GT.
He is now 7 and a pain in the arse in the car.

We used to take our daughter all the time, she was fine, no matter what age. He was OK, but now gets bored so quickly.

phib

4,464 posts

260 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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Tuvra said:
On that note, one of these isn't a bad shout:-
Have to say as soon as the value of my 550 is the same as the FF I will be doing a swap !!

Phib

Tuvra

7,921 posts

226 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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phib said:
Have to say as soon as the value of my 550 is the same as the FF I will be doing a swap !!

Phib
I think that day may be very soon smile

Still kicking myself that I didn't buy a 550 at £38k frown

Truckosaurus

11,310 posts

285 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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gizlaroc said:
He is now 7 .... but now gets bored so quickly.
"Are we there yet?"

unsprung

5,467 posts

125 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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Those of you mentioning the Ferrari 612... You've changed my mind. How could I have omitted such a contemporary classic as this car? Great choice. (and some lovely photos, above)