Greatest GT car
Discussion
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
DSC01078 by Mikey K 650S, on Flickr
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
DSC01078 by Mikey K 650S, on Flickr
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!
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!
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.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!
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.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.
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.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.
cerb4.5lee said:
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.
Biggest thing against it would be fuel economy.
What about the Porsche Cayenne s diesel, 380bhp, 850 nm torque and 35mpg
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
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!Biggest thing against it would be fuel economy.
What about the Porsche Cayenne s diesel, 380bhp, 850 nm torque and 35mpg
DB9 for me (Post 09).
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.
On that note, one of these isn't a bad shout:-Edited by thecook101 on Wednesday 4th May 00:05
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.
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