Saw a Carrera GT Today

[zakthor]

Saw a carrera gt Driving 25mph the other way while i was on my bike ride.

Thing sounded sooo good. I pointed at him and he blipped the throttle.

You know that sound when your car has just had its valves adjusted? It was like that but 10 cylinders instead of six, and just perfect and clean and good.

Ive heard a bunch of nice sounds coming from engines but never something so soft sweet and seductive as this. Im sure the exhaust is tuned to sound a certain way but they seemed to reward the mechanical sounds kn this one.

Ive seen them in magazines and i guess i dont really care for their looks but… i never knew they sounded like that. Changes everything.

Later on a new gt3rs passed going the other way. Sounded like baron harkonen clearing a big gob from his throat.

Im a hater at heart but i like that carrera gt.

[herr_oberst]

They do sound good. They have that tiny clutch and flywheel so revs are instant at the blip of the throttle.

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

They do sound good.

[pmax]

[smadsen]

Iconic! PCH just north of Mugu rock.

[Bob Kontak]

pmax - what is the right column?

[rfuerst911sc]

When I win the lottery

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

...what is the right column?

Wheel bolt/nut torque.

The Carrera GT has center-lok wheels that require a lot more torque.

[pmax]

^^^

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

pmax - what is the right column?

[rattlsnak]

Thats the same tool I have for my GT3. Its @ $400 on Amazon..

[GH85Carrera]

At Porsche Palooza in Eureka Springs, AR every early November, there are amazing cars. One year there were two Carrera GTs and one 918 along with multiple 911 GT 3 RS, One GT2RS, and lots of GT3s and Turbos. It is an fun few days driving fantastic back roads.

I had a Carrera GT behind me and deliberately drove slow on one safe passing area just so it would pass me and I could hear that engine scream.

It is so cool to see a 918 covered in road dirt and bugs from being driven, and not in some museum collection.

[Jeff Higgins]

I remember when these were new. We had one show up for a couple of our local PCA track days and then never saw it again. Too bad, it sounded great on track.





I've never actually seen one out on the open road. One would think, in the tech rich Seattle area, they would have been as common as Teslas.

Interestingly, the new base Boxster supposedly laps the 'Ring faster.

[Zeke]

Jeff, if you were at the 2005 Treffen you saw the silver one.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by rattlsnak

Thats the same tool I have for my GT3. Its @ $400 on Amazon..

I got to torque them on my pals cup car at VIR. The wrench is the length of a floor jack handle.

Different nut tho. The CGT and GT3 are multi tooth vs. a big hex nut.

[Jeff Higgins]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Jeff, if you were at the 2005 Treffen you saw the silver one.

Was that Sonoma or Monterey? It all runs together after awhile. I do remember seeing one, I think it was Monterey. Can't remember which year, though.

Wow - we'll be holding our 25th Treffen this year. Where does the time go?

[Tervuren]

I've only ever seen one parked in a parking lot.

They look fragile and small, as if not meant to share the roads even with cars of their day, let alone the honkers that have come out from then to now.

[rwest]

I saw one once at the local dealer shortly after they came out, I was there buying some parts and the owner of the GT needed something repaired and was being a prick about it!

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by Tervuren

...They look fragile and small, as if not meant to share the roads even with cars of their day, let alone the honkers that have come out from then to now.

Stand alone - car size can be deceiving. It is small by itself.

Vs a 96 Turbo it looks bigger.



FWIW the 917 is tinier than most percieve it.



However, the 96 turbo is not massivily bigger than the original 911's.



So I'm not sure if I have a point.

[masraum]

Many, many years ago, I also saw one going the other way at 25-35mph (I was in my car). I hung a quick U-turn and tried to catch up, but I had to wait for the opportunity to U-turn, and never did find it. I also saw a Pagani H... like that once, but didn't try to U-turn to follow it.

[Tervuren]

It's more than just size, small can also look tough.

The lines of the car with how it cuts out from itself in shape is a major part of it.

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So I'm not sure if I have a point.[/QUOTE]