Saw my first Carrera GT in person...

[blue2000s]

...driving around Cherry Creek yesterday, the posh area of Denver.

Pictures don't do this car justice at all. The proportions and stance are very menacing and very cool. It's a presence that you can't get a feel for in pictures. The other thing of note is the engine sound, Porsche clearly went to great lengths to tune it to sound like a Porsche because it's very similar to the tone of the flat-6 which isn't bad at all in my book.

[smith12895]

This is wierd, but I saw my first one on the street today too. I've seen them in the showroom, but never on the street.

P.S. Damn I miss the Boxster

and I can't stop reading this forum LOL

[Rail26]

Here is an interesting tidbit...did you know these golf tourneys have hole insurance. You can actually buy insurance that if a hole in one is hit, the company will pay for whatever you insured. If not, the company gets your premium. I organized a golf outing and learned all about this. We insured a Harley.

Originally Posted by dbth

I saw one parked at golf outing at Hamilton Farms (formerly Lucent private corporate course),an upscale country club in NJ.

Stunning car , in person.
The outing was for ,The Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund , a great cause.

Most of the attendees were Medical or Wall St industry types.I did not meet the owner.

The GT was parked casually in the lot among various Lexus' , BMW's , Jeeps and my Boxster S.
It was a 27 hole outing and the GT was parked (in a single spot) , no valet , top down all day.

The best part was , the hole in hole prize was a new Lamborghini, your choice of color.They had 3 there for the outing , yellow, black and red.
There was no winner , but imaging if the Carerra GT owner had won , the Lambo would have been his 2nd best car.

[Jeph]

Originally Posted by blue2000s

The other thing of note is the engine sound, Porsche clearly went to great lengths to tune it to sound like a Porsche because it's very similar to the tone of the flat-6 which isn't bad at all in my book.

I too love the sound of certain flat 6s, but that GT sounds nothing like that to me! It sounds like an F1 car!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2559413697996331398&q=carrera+gt
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1890911978613644419&q=kryzak+carrera

[Jump]

http://www.car-vids.com/?x=217

Weird... I just saw my first ford gt today. Not as nice as the carrera gt, but in sedalia MO its rather strange. I gotta say, its low and sounds good. Not worth 120 G's, I'd say 80-90 tops.

[redman12]

I havent seen any Carrera GT on the street either. All I see is my neighboors Ferrari's and a Lambo in the mall that was usually in the restaurant(i believe he owns the restaurant).