We have a guy owning one having it parked in our Garage. Its a super small, nimble lightweight Car which i bet feels very analog to drive.
I liked that Video of a Speedster in Action, that Student increased the Downforce dramatically and the 2024 Version of it will blow even this one out of the Water: https://youtu.be/GVLpdbM2ZdI?si=TZVqoDmAZmpS6svP
KW Elimination Kit + a V3 solves this after it breaks.
Same here, at one point we had a C205 C63s and a F56 JCW and the Mini blew the AMG out of the water in steering feel.
The AMG felt like driving a comercial Van, light, little input and no feedback.
I’d argue Porsches PDK is still the best DCT out of thr box in the market.
Its atleast the only one that does not get confused by roundabouts. Even Audis (which surely bases their sporty software on the PDK) is confused, leaves you without power for 2 seconds only to fucking SLAMDUNK second gear probably losing a teeth on the gear every time.
Same with the Macan.
It both looks like 5$ fiverr photoshop jobs.
Then again, i despised the 992s rear till i saw it live.
The Sport Turismo is where its at. Suddenly the Design falls in place with the big booty (are we still talking cars?)
True, Gen 1 had the Rover i4 and Gen2 the Toyota 1ZZ aswell as the Elise.
Then the Toyota V6, that was the one i drove in the Cup 380 configuration. Even better on the Nordschleife, that thing was at home there.
I wrote my Top 5 drives before and the Exige is in there, such a visceral, emotional and aural (is that spelled right?) Experience and its a torpedo.
The Emira sadly got the rather mundane AMG i4, i personally think it has too little emotion for the Lotus Badge, too much Business, too little play. The Emira V6 go for 110k here in europe, thats too much for what it is on the other hand.
Indeed very country specific. I think its very interesting to discuss these finance topic openly to gather insight.
I like to keep my cars for a looong time and drive them a lot. I asked a McLaren Tech thats a buddy of a buddy of a buddy, apparently you can prolong the warranty up to 10 years at 4.5k per year.
Audi really hit a homerun with the R8, i got mine with 10 years free service (bought it slightly used) so this year was the last free one. So far the Car has been nothing but a great daily/weekendly companion. It currently sits at 160k km.
Just chiming in, financing really depends on your place. I think the US is currently in a struggle, i got an lease offer on a 1 y/o McLaren GT (6000km) sitting at 169k: 13k down, 1’500 month/48m at 0.9% interest.
McLarens HEAVILY depreciate here (central europe) and you can get into a pre-facelift 570s at 110k
Just reliability is a concern and with the R8 existing, theres little to justify a mclaren
Its a Toyota V6, isnt it? Supercharged camry engine.
That is super cool to see
My biggest no-no on the new CTRs
If you’d have the (man)power you could push your car in neutral from spain to china and it wouldnt care a single bit.
Most stuff was already written but this: Modern Cars brake an awful lot by themselve. Early Cruise Control let you go above your set speed if engine braking wasnt enough, now the Car constantly brakes whenever it reaches a Threshold. Lane assist brakes single discs to keep the Car where it should be, same for torque vectoring.
Most often the rear brakes are used for these systems, so pads in the back get replaced way more than the front, where the big braking power is happening.
I’m surprised you name BMW Our F56 Cooper has probably the best Backup Cam i’ve seen so far. On par with new generation Mercedes (topview version).
Whats truly terrible are Cams in a i30 or Peugeot.
Can confirm. 65k for a 34k kilometers 4S.