Why is 600LT steering not a patch on 675LT?

[4l3x]

I drove a 675LT and was very impressed with the weighted feel of the steering wheel and can see why they're seen as such special cars. Enjoyable to drive even at lower speeds it felt special - which isnt something I could say for 720S.

However I drove it back to back with the 600LT and was expecting to find it would be almost as good for a lesser cost. The top mounted exhausts and sound of these is awesome. However, the steering was light and had hardly any of the feel in comparison to the 675LT. Yes I'm sure its very good when compared with like for like cars, but the 675LT was another league good. Am I missing something?

[4l3x]

For full transparency, both were spyders and the 600LT was 17k miles, the 675LT was 6k miles, however both have been setup properly I'm sure as they've both recently been serviced etc. I'm fairly convinced this had nothing to do with tyres/geo etc.

Certainly not suggesting 600LT is "unroadworthy" or there is any "issue" - its clearly a fantastic car. Steering is bit better than 458 for sure. However, the 675LT I drove was especially heavy/weighted at slower speeds. Massively different to the 600LT. It may have helped the impression of the 675LT that it had an Alcantara steering wheel and the 600LT was leather, but the 600LT didn't feel nearly as weighted *in comparison* to the 675LT so much so I was quite surprised when I drove it and wondered if they didnt change the steering rack as much over the 570?

Not suggesting or taking anything away from the 600LT - I'm purely trying to understand why the 675LT is EVEN MORE impressive and simply has so much more of a weighted feeling. Surely the power steering hadn't failed (!) but it was a very noticeable difference.

I am now understanding too why people say the 675LT is like driving a go kart and surely the heavier weighted steering has something to do with that suggestion.

Has anyone else recently driven both and can attest to this?

Edited by 4l3x on Friday 15th March 19:44

[4l3x]

Bispal said:

I have driven my 675LT immediately back to back with a friends 600LT. I am a 675LT fan boy so I openly admit bias and a lot of that is to do with aesthetics. However, putting all that aside and objectively comparing driving dynamics the 600LT feels like a 'toy' version or very good 'fake' of a 675LT. It just doesn't have that final bit of special sauce. I'm not taking anything away from it, objectively its better than almost any other car on the road, I just think the 675LT is more than a sum of its parts and has some special magic.

When we returned to my mates house the first thing he did (even before making me a coffee!) was call Alastair Bolls and buy a 675LT, over the phone, he didn't even like the colour. His 600LT went on SoR on the Monday. He changes his cars more often than his Y fronts, he's had the 675LT 2 years now.

As for the turning circle, you get used to it and IMHO every supercar should have a quirk, like sitting on the sill to reverse a Countach, doing a 5 point turn in a 675LT becomes a spectacle for all passers by to enjoy. A supercar without a quirk might as well be a Golf R.

Thanks, this is useful feedback. On steering feel, there are lots of comments about alignment/tyres etc, but I know what an aligned vs non aligned car feels like but I'm not sure this was it as they both felt dialled in. The 675LT simply felt heavier at normal/slower speeds - just moving along in traffic, like its power steering isnt quite so assisted - more of a go kart feel at lower speeds than the 600LT. Did your driving echo any of my experience that the 675LT steering has a heavier more weighted feeling?