Video from the annual cluster#$(* I put on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5QJNx_X7sE
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Video from the annual cluster#$(* I put on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5QJNx_X7sE
That seems like more than a years worth of planning. Awesome cars and incredible footage.
Wow, looks like an amazing event Dave! Nice work, great video!!
Man, that's livin'. Exciting video. That Grabber Blue GT (or similar) is stunning. And tha green one.... Crazy. A lot more colors than I expected. Amazing cars with some passionate owners. Good stuff.
Awesome.
The rich and movie stars go to Aspen skiing. The people who write the rich and movie star pay checks go to Deer Valley Skiing! True Story
so how does the 05-06 compare to the '17 Gt performance wise?
The blue one is mine. The design guys gave me a lot of grief over the custom color but I stuck to my guns. It's actually a Porsche color that is quite a bit lighter than Grabber. This color indoors looks like Grabbers outdoors in bright sun.
Park City is really bad ass. Deer Valley is stupid expensive in the winter, but I think Utah long term will blow up because it hasn't been known as a great year round destination, but it's getting there. Summer still has killer mountains, clean air, plenty of water, hiking, great weather a few thousand feet up...can't go wrong. You can still get in to live there at extremely reasonable prices. Probably same or similar to Michigan. That hotel is absolutely killer, 5 diamond, gorgeous, gated up in the mountains, and I want to say our rate was like $250 a night because it's not winter. That's like staying at a Marriott in Chicago. You'd contract herpes staying at a hotel in NYC for that money.
The new GT and old GT are very different. I can see where guys would prefer one of the other depending on what they do with it. Old car is much more of a cruiser, makes a lot of power easily, can be creatively used as a grand tourer, has a nice 6 speed, has super long gears etc. I can see guys that are older prefer the old car because it's more livable, much simpler and it's also vastly cheaper to operate/more reliable. New car is much more of a race car. No storage space, very close to design limits on the engine, real tight 7 speed DCT, let's just say they are "temperamental"...but fuck me is it amazing when you drive it hard. There are certainly faster cars but it takes all of about 10 seconds on the track to figure out that the new car is a race car at it's core in a way the 05 is definitely not, or really any other car available today. I can't really compare it to any other production car I've driven. It's actually not advisable to drive it on the race track because you immediately realize it's really pointless to drive it on the street thereafter. Old car is very much the reverse, fun on the road course but at home on the road. Both are extremely stable at high speed. I couldn't pull on the pulley/tune 06 cars on the straight at the track, which generally make around 650 rwhp.
Amazing video. I wish I could even tag along for an event like that, looks like nothing but fun.
--Joe
That blue is amazing on that car! Is a custom color a option or do you just have some serious pull? Hard to believe they would allow another manufacturers color. Very cool!
Probably yes and yes......heheQuote:
Originally Posted by BrainFearGone
Custom color is an option, but the cost is punitive and it’s a big risk. But I’m kind of a color freak so I figured I could handle it. I think variety is a very good thing on cars like this.
Good stuff....what was the car count? Fastest lap time? I'm sure this is all on the forum...ha
Not sure. I counted 70 something in the parking garage at one point. No timed laps or the insurance doesn’t count!
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Originally Posted by DBK
Making yours one of one is the way to go, looks killer. Gorno Ford has one of the service Truck/Trailers and they gave me the story about how they are used to take care of the GT owners.
Hahahahaha its just a parking lot unless the lap timers are turned on!!!
I thought it looked a lot like a Porsche blue but I thought no way would they spray that. I guess they will :). Love it.Quote:
Originally Posted by DBK
How did I miss this when it was posted?
Thank you Sir for sharing - twas awesome!