ben in lj

Hey Mike.

The other side of the garage is closest to the door into the house making kid and grocery loading much easier for my wife. Also, there is an interior bathroom which shares a wall protruding 4 ft into the garage on her side leaving me less than 16 ft when the garage is closed. Worse still, there would be a lot of grocery, purse, toy, etc traffic if we switched sides! Lastly, the lift was only structurally designed for the right side and all concrete and steel supports (as well as all threads protruding through the garage epoxy) are already in place. It's been at the point of no return for quite some time now.

Hey Nick. Those guys crack me up. I was in second gear (cause I needed to be) within a few feet of the dealership :-)

Yeah Mike, I do remember that (CGT first, then GT3). There was no let down in handling or fun in my mind going to the GT3. BTW, my taxi ride was my buddy's beat up Honda Civic with 150k miles :-) And no, it wasn't Nick's.

MJSpeed

Ben,

Congrats!!! Enjoy it in good health!

W8MM

Ben,

That's exactly why I called it "radical".

Works the same way at my house, too

W8MM

OK, Ben, since trading sides of the garage is "beyond the point of no return", what about a little add-on to the driveway structure?

How about a "bridging device" OF SOME SORT? Say a steel plate, perforated for rain ingress, that can cover the "v-problem" and make it really FLAT in that area of approach. I'll bet you could get a steel fabricator to make one from some drawings (PE suggested) for a few thou'. Some big, flush anchor bolts into the driveway would keep it in place really nicely.

Maybe some other kind of "flattening device" could be thought up to cover this problem for you.

If it was made out of some structural grade stainless, it wouldn't even get rusty looking. Hot-dip galvanizing would work, too, although it might look a little industrial until it weathered a little bit.

What do y'all think?

ben in lj

Thanks for the suggestion. However, we went to a lot of trouble and expense to make the house authentic hacienda instead of the macaroni spanish tract stuff they are making today. I think I'd rather deal with the inconvience of rolling out 2X12s everytime I pulled the car in and out. Also, I "think" it will be ok when and if Porsche ever delivers on their promised push rod modification kit for raising the car a 1/2" without affecting aero performance.

Sloth

Looks great Ben. Any pictures of the CGT with the top off showing the interior? I was trying to convince my old man to go with the same seal/ascot combo.

Nick

I just noticed. Some magnanimous poster tried to embarrass me because I was not a paying member. He offered to pay for me and I gladly accepted.

I have not taken a ride yet but he and I spent a couple of hours in one driving through the wine country. I think the grapes on the vine prematurely ripened as we roared by.

Greg A

Hey Nick. Congrats on the title. I remember you and Ben drove Larry's former car. I had mentioned it on another thread, but at that time, I thought it belonged to someone else. Anyway, I wanted to know if you had been for a ride in it to hear your thoughts on how it compared to Larry's car over the bumps.

Greg A

ben in lj

Yeah, when it gets out of the clear bra shop, I do plan to take the top off - as it will be most of the time. Worst case, I'm sure people will take (and post) pictures of it on Saturday with the top down at Crystal Cove.

As an aside, I will say I didn't expect to generate all the brake dust with the CGT. Rather, I expected something closer to the Stradale which = no brake dust ever.

And, I'm sure Nick will spend more time in the car than he wants to :-) I can also say that the car doesn't seem to hunt nearly as badly as Larry's did which makes me wonder about his tire pressures, and also gives me hope the lateral hop is non-existent.

JS

WOW, After all that Ben you pulled the trigger, Congrats on your new ride.

Ray G

Ben, please let us know how the CGT compares to the Stradale experience after you've had some time in it. You've said you were hoping there would be some overlap so you could sell the Stradale. I'm in the same position, as you know. -Ray

ben in lj

Will do Ray. That's definetely on my mind right now and I hope to do some back to back driving. The CS is prettier and better sounding most of the time as well as being much more comfortable to drive. The CGT is just a brute powerwise and the ability to not have all that CS sound "all the time" is nice. The ride height and clutch in the CGT do detract from the CS comparison though I love the manual (after the car is off the line). The CGT draws crowds like flies on s*%t and people chase you down from behind and stick to your butt to get a better look. I'd kind of expected the CGT to have less of the rock star type following than the CS instead of the other way around. I've not gotten a chance to take the top off yet, but fully anticipate this will be another area where the CGT crushes the CS. A small thing is that the CGT produces lotsa brake dust vs. zero for the CS. For some reason I thought the PCCBs were dustless too.

I've only put on 70 miles so far, but when I get it back from the clear bra shop, I do intend to get to know the car well and will pass on any CS/CGT relevant observations as possible.

Ray G

Thanks Ben. I think the CGT is more exotic looking than the CS, so that is probably why people are trying to look closer at it. I'll bet most people don't know what it is, whereas with the CS, they probably recognize it as a Ferrari.

yongster

Most people can't tell a CS from a 360. I think alot of people do know a GT when they see it, but it's still a rare sight.

ben in lj

nah, you'd be surprised. i got more "what is it"s than i was approached by people who knew what it was.