Spotted: Porsche Carrera GT

[l8braker]

Sunday afternoon it was beautiful out :bigpimp: Had the screen door open reading a nice book when I heard this sound that I've only heard online via Youtube.... (2 blocks away) It was a Porsche CGT no question. He was stopped at the red light @ 17th and 10th st. and I grabbed my trusty pos camera and quickly snapped some pictures of it. The fucking sound of the thing in person is one of the most amazing sounds (automobile wise) i've ever heard, bar the Ferrari Enzo. Also interesting to note the actual size of the car compared to what else is on the road.... Tiny little thing it is! :goflames:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e212/rmkf550/3cgt.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e212/rmkf550/P4080902P.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e212/rmkf550/2cgt.jpg

[TNation]

THAT IS SEXYYYYYYYYYYY :love: :drool:

[adam c]

nice spotting.. fuck that guy looks young

[ricefarmer]

how the hell can you tell how old the guy looks from those pics:confused: you examine it that hard?

[adam c]

LCD FTW

[euro_racer]

:drool: :drool:
props for pictures :thumbsup:

[jdmXSI]

DAMN SEXY CAR!:hitit:

[blainer]

i have to agree wit you on the exhaust sound.
i saw one on the west side road of the okanagan in these twisties that the guy was just ripping around.
:bigpimp: :bigpimp: :bigpimp:

[schocker]

Damn that is a nice car. Hopefully i can spot cars like that this year driving around.

[pepschnops]

nicce pics! I wonder if that is one of the three GT's that kulu has sold this winter?

[$lick_rYz]

fuckkk that is sexy as hell...:bigpimp: :drool: my dream car

very nice pics :thumbsup:

[interlude]

seen this car ripping around in the NW. I drove beside it, rolled my windows down when he sped away.. that car sounds siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick

[acura_el]

wow:drool: ...somebody chop that pontiac sunflower out of the last picture. it doesn't deserve to be there

[teggypimp95]

Saw him and a ferrari f430 racing when i was driving out to banff. It sounded awesome between the two.

[SilverGS]

Need :drool: more :drool: money :drool:

[dino_martini]

Nice! too bad its such a hard car to drive...

[jsn]

dam... my favorite supercar :drool:

Nice!

[Super_Geo]

:thumbsup: for a proper spotted thread!

I was expecting another 2 paragraph diatrabe about the "coolest car I evar saw OMG!" but was luckily mistaken.

[me&you]

Originally posted by dino_martini
Nice! too bad its such a hard car to drive...

I assume you are talking about the clutch. I can assume that, because the internet is full of misinformation regarding launching the car. It is only hard to drive to someone who reads BS reports on the internet.

Talk to someone who actually has driven or owns one and you get a much different story.

If you were referring to the number of crashes involving the CGT, the same happens with any high-power car. But let's not get into that. Beyond seems to be home to the best drivers in the world, based on the "lol, that guy should learn how to drive his supercar" comments.

Beautiful car!

[Q-TIP]

hey, I am the best driver in the world...nobody knows it yet, and i don't feel the need to show off my mad skillz, but I am the best. mark my words.


anyways, great spotting man, glad you had pictures, otherwise i would have been severely upset.

[rage2]

Originally posted by me&you
I assume you are talking about the clutch. I can assume that, because the internet is full of misinformation regarding launching the car. It is only hard to drive to someone who reads BS reports on the internet.

Talk to someone who actually has driven or owns one and you get a much different story.

If you were referring to the number of crashes involving the CGT, the same happens with any high-power car. But let's not get into that. Beyond seems to be home to the best drivers in the world, based on the "lol, that guy should learn how to drive his supercar" comments.

Beautiful car!
I've driven one and I definately find it more difficult to drive smoothly. Of course I could get used to it, but I'm sure a lot of ppl that buy the car can't.

As for the # of accidents, look at how many high profile CGT crashes there are (hard to drive) vs how many SLR's have been crashed (easy to drive). Both are similiarly high powered cars and perform close at the track. Hell, even Paris Hilton can handle the SLR without crashing! ;)

[dino_martini]

Originally posted by me&you


I assume you are talking about the clutch. I can assume that, because the internet is full of misinformation regarding launching the car. It is only hard to drive to someone who reads BS reports on the internet.

Talk to someone who actually has driven or owns one and you get a much different story.

If you were referring to the number of crashes involving the CGT, the same happens with any high-power car. But let's not get into that. Beyond seems to be home to the best drivers in the world, based on the "lol, that guy should learn how to drive his supercar" comments.

Beautiful car!

I know a couple people who have owned or own Carrera GT. Seriously, it is a hard car to drive at the limit and Im not talking about the clutch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3hcOVK8NDE

I know everyone will say, ZOMG Top Gear not a good example.. :drama:

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61677

And this was on a track. Every supercar can be tough to drive, the CGT is no exception. Very nice car though, but a hard sell. The silver ones like this are sitting on showroom floors in the states just waiting for a home. Too bad so few were made in guards red.

http://www.qv500.com/Porsche%20Carrera%20GT%20P1%201.jpg

[l8braker]

Originally posted by dino_martini


I know a couple people who have owned or own Carrera GT. Seriously, it is a hard car to drive at the limit and Im not talking about the clutch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3hcOVK8NDE

I know everyone will say, ZOMG Top Gear not a good example.. :drama:

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61677

And this was on a track. Every supercar can be tough to drive, the CGT is no exception. Very nice car though, but a hard sell. The silver ones like this are sitting on showroom floors in the states just waiting for a home. Too bad so few were made in guards red.

http://www.qv500.com/Porsche%20Carrera%20GT%20P1%201.jpg

That accident was due to the flagman at the track, it had nothing to do with clutch IIRC. He waved them onto the track right into the path of a Ferrari.

[me&you]

Originally posted by dino_martini


I know a couple people who have owned or own Carrera GT. Seriously, it is a hard car to drive at the limit and Im not talking about the clutch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3hcOVK8NDE

I know everyone will say, ZOMG Top Gear not a good example.. :drama:

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61677

And this was on a track. Every supercar can be tough to drive, the CGT is no exception. Very nice car though, but a hard sell. The silver ones like this are sitting on showroom floors in the states just waiting for a home. Too bad so few were made in guards red.

http://www.qv500.com/Porsche%20Carrera%20GT%20P1%201.jpg

The tragic incident involving Ben had nothing to do with the Carrera GT and everything to do with an error made by a track official. Replace the CGT with any other car under the same circumstances and the results would have been similar.

Also, there are very few new cars still sitting. That was the story about a year ago, but dealers have done what they need to do to move the cars (ouch!). Porshce has also redistributed new cars to stronger markets. The handling of the car had nothing to do with the slow sales; that was caused by too many cars and too few buyers, both the number of CGTs and other supercars being released around the same time (Ferrari F430, Lambo Murci Roadster, G-Spyder, SLR, Ford GT, Enzo, Spyker, S7 all vying for the same bucks!). Prices have started to stabalize now.

[dino_martini]

Originally posted by me&you
The handling of the car had nothing to do with the slow sales;

Can you point out to me, where I said that?

[tsuga]

damn it... its shows really how well calgarys economi is
haha

[Russo]

nice pics!

[hellraiser456]

that defines sex right there :drool:

[Sorath]

is that the same one that was dinged up last year?

[adamc]

nice spot l8braker, I was down the road that day, at 17th ave and college lane when I heard something badass coming.

I was having a bite to eat on the patio and he came growling by, EVERYONE stopped to watch.

Not far behind him was a red 360 spyder, some middle aged dude driving with a younger kid, maybe his son.

[adamc]

actually no, looking at the pictures again, I think it was another week ago, one of the last nice weekends we had (maybe saturday)

when I saw him he had the top off. :thumbsup:

[Twiddle]

Kulu has one of those in

[403Gemini]

Originally posted by schocker
Damn that is a nice car. Hopefully i can spot cars like that this year driving around.

bro, go down to 17th on a sunny saturday w/ your digi cam in hand, you'll snap quite a few pics haha

[l8braker]

Originally posted by 403Gemini


bro, go down to 17th on a sunny saturday w/ your digi cam in hand, you'll snap quite a few pics haha

Haha. Funny this thread should come up again, I just took a peek outside and saw one 360 Modena (coupe) going eastbound 17th towards Melrose. Passing the 360 going westbound was another red modena spider.

[pinoyhero]

... I'm ... hard ...

[nosaint]

:thumbsdow
tis fugly,

If chevy designed that you guys would be all over it

[Redlyne_mr2]

the cgt sounds crazy when you rev it up.. its like f1 on the streets.

[GT.....O?]

i saw that car(maybe not the same one) in the ditch on highway 8 headed out towards elbow valley, a very said sight,,, the story i heard was the guy was going almost 300km/h and lost control and died,,, but i dont know if that was the truth

[962 kid]

Originally posted by GT.....O?
i saw that car(maybe not the same one) in the ditch on highway 8 headed out towards elbow valley, a very said sight,,, the story i heard was the guy was going almost 300km/h and lost control and died,,, but i dont know if that was the truth

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: who told you that?