Not like the good ole days
05-15-2018, 03:16 PM
#31
Sorry to hear that. I just attended my second Tail of the Dragon meet. The average age there was probably 45 at least. Mostly mature owners with stock or lightly modified cars. Must just be a So Cal thing.
05-15-2018, 04:13 PM
#32
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05-15-2018, 04:24 PM
#33
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R8 vs 458 - No comparison. The 458 is a beast - love the car but interior was sticky (known Ferrari issue) and was falling apart interior wise. Also had 1st gear / reverse gear issue which is a hit or miss. I like the car but every shift seems like I was shaving .001% off the clutch. It also have no parking sensors or backup camera - for the price it wasn't acceptable to me.
Mclaren I just bought last month. Absolutely beast of a car. It's more go-kart feeling than the GT3 and combined with crazy light weight (carbon tub) with an insanely fast engine makes for a pretty damn good recipe. The car is listed as 3.1 second 0-60 but tests shows 2.8 second times consistently. The dry weight is 2900 lbs (wet is 3170 or something like that) - the door also never get old
for 220k (msrp 190k plus decent amount of options) you can't beat this car. It'll smoke a huracan, 911 turbo s, gt3, etc. while doing it in style. If you love driving and you're in that price range there is NOTHING that will be better than a Mclaren 570s. I think Mclaren wanted to say f u to Ferrari and Lamborghini. A huracan runs about 30k more (250k) and is slower. For the same price of 220k you could get a specced out 911 Turbo S but it won't look as special. With markups a GT3 is about 200k and again, not as special. The second gen r8 is too comfortable and quite boring. I cross shopped all these cars and spent months researching before pulling the trigger. Wouldn't have done it any other way.
Last edited by AlvinHuyN; 05-15-2018 at 04:28 PM.
05-17-2018, 01:37 PM
#37
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05-17-2018, 06:31 PM
#38
05-23-2018, 05:23 PM
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