Carrera GT - Eight year engine out service (Pic heavy)
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Impressive. whilst I personally like a bit of grime and patina, I can see you must actually love that car. I'd have suggested OCD, but I don't think that would be correct. OCD would be doing the same to a W reg astra (like my father in law) but that is genuine unconditional love. It's not often I'm jealous.
To those wondering what the bill was, it was just under £10k. That included some elective work (like refurbishing the wheels, a new battery, replacing the helper springs on the dampers etc.). The intermediate services (e.g. last year) are typically less than £1,500. It's a big number, but I think really good value compared to the bills from some marques.
The detailing was another £1,200 on top of this, and fresh Paintshield a further £3k.
I took the car out for its first proper run of the season this afternoon. By heck, it's good! Roof off, that lovely V10 howl chases you down the road, and I'd forgotten just how well this car turns in - especially in higher speed corners where the aero starts to work. The brake pedal feel is also perfect - strangely I don't any PCCB equipped car post the CGT has had such a good pedal feel.
The detailing was another £1,200 on top of this, and fresh Paintshield a further £3k.
I took the car out for its first proper run of the season this afternoon. By heck, it's good! Roof off, that lovely V10 howl chases you down the road, and I'd forgotten just how well this car turns in - especially in higher speed corners where the aero starts to work. The brake pedal feel is also perfect - strangely I don't any PCCB equipped car post the CGT has had such a good pedal feel.
anonymous said:
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I think your last sentence has it spot on. There is a balance, and I could have chosen not have the engine removed because it is possible to adjust the valve clearances in situ. But I do have a lot of faith in the techs at Reading. The guys who work on the CGTs (and now 918s) are part of a small team that mostly work on just those cars, so they are pretty used to this sort of work. Put another way, there are around 70 CGTs in the UK, I am led to believe. Each car by now will have had 2 engine out services (assuming they follow the regime), so that's 140 such services performed over the last 8-9 years - so certainly more than 100.My car really does get used properly, and so its good to get things likes hoses, belts and seals checked and replaced as needed, particular as the car is approaching 10 years old. And for me, at least, I like every four years bringing the car back to as close to new as possible. But, as you say, there is a balance so now I hope to have four more years of just driving it!
Cheers
Stefan,
Interesting write up and photos.
Out of interest, have you fitted front axle lift? Interested in your views, given the mileage you've driven in your CGT?
Also, hadn't heard about respraying the magnesium wheels - was this something recommended by the Tech team at Reading given age/condition ?
Jon
Interesting write up and photos.
Out of interest, have you fitted front axle lift? Interested in your views, given the mileage you've driven in your CGT?
Also, hadn't heard about respraying the magnesium wheels - was this something recommended by the Tech team at Reading given age/condition ?
Jon
stefan1 said:
To those wondering what the bill was, it was just under £10k. That included some elective work (like refurbishing the wheels, a new battery, replacing the helper springs on the dampers etc.). The intermediate services (e.g. last year) are typically less than £1,500. It's a big number, but I think really good value compared to the bills from some marques.
The detailing was another £1,200 on top of this, and fresh Paintshield a further £3k.
I took the car out for its first proper run of the season this afternoon. By heck, it's good! Roof off, that lovely V10 howl chases you down the road, and I'd forgotten just how well this car turns in - especially in higher speed corners where the aero starts to work. The brake pedal feel is also perfect - strangely I don't any PCCB equipped car post the CGT has had such a good pedal feel.
Pretty reasonable considering how exotic the car is. Is the insurance reasonable too?The detailing was another £1,200 on top of this, and fresh Paintshield a further £3k.
I took the car out for its first proper run of the season this afternoon. By heck, it's good! Roof off, that lovely V10 howl chases you down the road, and I'd forgotten just how well this car turns in - especially in higher speed corners where the aero starts to work. The brake pedal feel is also perfect - strangely I don't any PCCB equipped car post the CGT has had such a good pedal feel.
JonV12V said:
Stefan,
Interesting write up and photos.
Out of interest, have you fitted front axle lift? Interested in your views, given the mileage you've driven in your CGT?
Also, hadn't heard about respraying the magnesium wheels - was this something recommended by the Tech team at Reading given age/condition ?
Jon
I haven't had the lift kit fitted as I prefer to keep the car entirely standard. And I've got used to the technique of approaching ramps and speed humps at an angle to avoid grounding the car. The front splitter does take some punishment, but it is not an expensive part and I've only replaced it once.Interesting write up and photos.
Out of interest, have you fitted front axle lift? Interested in your views, given the mileage you've driven in your CGT?
Also, hadn't heard about respraying the magnesium wheels - was this something recommended by the Tech team at Reading given age/condition ?
Jon
Re the wheels, there were just a few small places where the lacquer had lifted (on the inside edge of two of the wheels), so we agreed it made sense to refurbish. It only cost £100 a wheel (we did all of them to ensure a good colour match), so a sensible precaution given the wheels cost over £5k each.
Glad you (and everyone else) has enjoyed the photos. I am putting together into a photo book to keep with the car.
Cheers
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