Discussion
So JWB, you say there's a big difference between one thats done 3,000 miles and 23,000 miles. Firstly that clearly has to depend on how that mileage was done, the 3,000 mile car could have done it all on track (as per many GT3RSs) whereas the 23,000 miler could be all motorway miles.
Or are you saying that the car has deteriorated substantially over the additional 20,000 miles, I doubt it and if you are thats a huge negative for all CGTs. If not it simply means that the purchaser of the higher mileage car has bought far further down the depreciation curve and has much less to lose, since as they get older the values tend to get closer for mileage differences.
Provided there were no 'stories' to the car I'd buy the high-miler much quicker than the low miler, there's less to lose and you can use it without worrying about the mileage.
Guy
PS Not that I want one as it's too slow anyway (although they sound great).
GuyR said:
So JWB, you say there's a big difference between one thats done 3,000 miles and 23,000 miles. Firstly that clearly has to depend on how that mileage was done, the 3,000 mile car could have done it all on track (as per many GT3RSs) whereas the 23,000 miler could be all motorway miles.
Or are you saying that the car has deteriorated substantially over the additional 20,000 miles, I doubt it and if you are thats a huge negative for all CGTs. If not it simply means that the purchaser of the higher mileage car has bought far further down the depreciation curve and has much less to lose, since as they get older the values tend to get closer for mileage differences.
Provided there were no 'stories' to the car I'd buy the high-miler much quicker than the low miler, there's less to lose and you can use it without worrying about the mileage.
Guy
PS Not that I want one as it's too slow anyway (although they sound great).
Guy,
I'd take it a step further and say that it's not just a matter of whether the mileage was on a circuit or on the motorway, or at low or high speeds, but also and most important whether the guy who drove those miles had a clue about what was he was doing.
There are some people who shift gears so nicely that they wouldn't put a nick on a dog or glaze the clutch in 25,000 circuit miles, whilst others would seriously damage a car in a few hundred miles of pootling around their village.
Already PCGB has had to replace clutches on cars that had fewer than 500 miles on them.
I think that the stigma that attaches to additional miles relates to the fact that, the greater the miles, the more chances there are for someone to harm the car. The increased wear-and-tear factor is secondary.
You are right, though. The CGT is simply too damn slow.
Nice job JW,keep selling them.There will be more in the uk for the enthusiasts to buy later.
Lets not get into a pissing game,we all like our cars.I dont like seeing how high,but how deep around the s bend of the loo can you go,much more fun than pissing in the wind.
Imom,you want a cgt,just go down to cars Int and put one on my tab,you and JC can share it!
You can then buy me a beer and a bottle of the best next week.
Hows the Big Bent with tarts interior,is it faster than the 993gt2?
Lets not get into a pissing game,we all like our cars.I dont like seeing how high,but how deep around the s bend of the loo can you go,much more fun than pissing in the wind.
Imom,you want a cgt,just go down to cars Int and put one on my tab,you and JC can share it!
You can then buy me a beer and a bottle of the best next week.
Hows the Big Bent with tarts interior,is it faster than the 993gt2?
flemke said:
GuyR said:
So JWB, you say there's a big difference between one thats done 3,000 miles and 23,000 miles. Firstly that clearly has to depend on how that mileage was done, the 3,000 mile car could have done it all on track (as per many GT3RSs) whereas the 23,000 miler could be all motorway miles.
Or are you saying that the car has deteriorated substantially over the additional 20,000 miles, I doubt it and if you are thats a huge negative for all CGTs. If not it simply means that the purchaser of the higher mileage car has bought far further down the depreciation curve and has much less to lose, since as they get older the values tend to get closer for mileage differences.
Provided there were no 'stories' to the car I'd buy the high-miler much quicker than the low miler, there's less to lose and you can use it without worrying about the mileage.
Guy
PS Not that I want one as it's too slow anyway (although they sound great).
Guy,
I'd take it a step further and say that it's not just a matter of whether the mileage was on a circuit or on the motorway, or at low or high speeds, but also and most important whether the guy who drove those miles had a clue about what was he was doing.
There are some people who shift gears so nicely that they wouldn't put a nick on a dog or glaze the clutch in 25,000 circuit miles, whilst others would seriously damage a car in a few hundred miles of pootling around their village.
Already PCGB has had to replace clutches on cars that had fewer than 500 miles on them.
I think that the stigma that attaches to additional miles relates to the fact that, the greater the miles, the more chances there are for someone to harm the car. The increased wear-and-tear factor is secondary.
You are right, though. The CGT is simply too damn slow.
Guy and Flemke,I agree,[dont fall over]
Even 'The Palace' is faster than the CGT in like for like conditions.
Mark.
markbe said:
flemke said:
markbe said:
Even 'The Palace' is faster than the CGT in like for like conditions.
What might the "Palace" be?
Merc SL 600 Kleemann,so christend by Dehildr at Vmax[b###dy boiling]
Mark
Markbe,
I think Flemke was being sarcastic (unless the frame of reference was acceleration of the F1).
And yes your Merc is very fast provided we all lived in a one-dimensional universe that could have no corners......
Guy
GuyR said:
markbe said:
flemke said:
markbe said:
Even 'The Palace' is faster than the CGT in like for like conditions.
What might the "Palace" be?
Merc SL 600 Kleemann,so christend by Dehildr at Vmax[b###dy boiling]
Mark
Markbe,
I think Flemke was being sarcastic (unless the frame of reference was acceleration of the F1).
And yes your Merc is very fast provided we all lived in a one-dimensional universe that could have no corners......
Guy
Quite so Guy, with all drivers having the same ability and all with exactly the same interest in driving.
Mark
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