GTBS A Daily Driver?
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GTBS A Daily Driver?
I got a message from "someone" about a BS perhaps being available. Yeah over MSRP - but that's not my question. Does anyone know if it could be a DD? My last AMG (had for three years) was a GTC and it was lovely - definitely nicer than the GTS I'd had before. But for me, a GTBS or any other car for that matter would have to be a DD. I would drive it low miles as I'm retired and I live near good roads as well. But I can't live in a shake machine. My years of racing SCCA in sports racer are long gone!
Anyway, any ideas gentlemen?
John
Anyway, any ideas gentlemen?
John
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I would daily it with a car seat for my daughter. Daily my Pro as well.
Everyones expectations of daily driver are different as everyone has different tolerances for: comfort, damage, ease, accessibility etc
Everyones expectations of daily driver are different as everyone has different tolerances for: comfort, damage, ease, accessibility etc
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I got a message from "someone" about a BS perhaps being available. Yeah over MSRP - but that's not my question. Does anyone know if it could be a DD? My last AMG (had for three years) was a GTC and it was lovely - definitely nicer than the GTS I'd had before. But for me, a GTBS or any other car for that matter would have to be a DD. I would drive it low miles as I'm retired and I live near good roads as well. But I can't live in a shake machine. My years of racing SCCA in sports racer are long gone!
Anyway, any ideas gentlemen?
John
Anyway, any ideas gentlemen?
John
I say buy it. Then when I come to the left coast I can drive yours and drink all your beer while mine stays in my garage here on the right coast.
We can go find Scott and take him out for a steak and a few beers.
Seriously, I don’t think the flat plane crank motor will shake much if at all. It seems to be smooth power. Now whether you should daily drive it or not may hinge on whether you want to flip it while the market is hot and get another GTC or R.
Best regards
Jerry
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I got a message from "someone" about a BS perhaps being available. Yeah over MSRP - but that's not my question. Does anyone know if it could be a DD? My last AMG (had for three years) was a GTC and it was lovely - definitely nicer than the GTS I'd had before. But for me, a GTBS or any other car for that matter would have to be a DD. I would drive it low miles as I'm retired and I live near good roads as well. But I can't live in a shake machine. My years of racing SCCA in sports racer are long gone!
Anyway, any ideas gentlemen?
John
Anyway, any ideas gentlemen?
John
I say buy it. Then when I come to the left coast I can drive yours and drink all your beer while mine stays in my garage here on the right coast.
We can go find Scott and take him out for a steak and a few beers.
Seriously, I don’t think the flat plane crank motor will shake much if at all. It seems to be smooth power. Now whether you should daily drive it or not may hinge on whether you want to flip it while the market is hot and get another GTC or R.
Best regards
Jerry
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I can't imagine that you couldn't, it's definitely quiet enough to work well as one, but I have no clue how stiff it actually is compared to a GTR, so that could be an issue. I'd wonder how hard it'd be to get a test drive as well, to find out for sure.
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John:
I say buy it. Then when I come to the left coast I can drive yours and drink all your beer while mine stays in my garage here on the right coast.
We can go find Scott and take him out for a steak and a few beers.
Seriously, I don’t think the flat plane crank motor will shake much if at all. It seems to be smooth power. Now whether you should daily drive it or not may hinge on whether you want to flip it while the market is hot and get another GTC or R.
Best regards
Jerry
I say buy it. Then when I come to the left coast I can drive yours and drink all your beer while mine stays in my garage here on the right coast.
We can go find Scott and take him out for a steak and a few beers.
Seriously, I don’t think the flat plane crank motor will shake much if at all. It seems to be smooth power. Now whether you should daily drive it or not may hinge on whether you want to flip it while the market is hot and get another GTC or R.
Best regards
Jerry
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Damn! Man remembers my kegerator! Humidors also? I guess I wonder about the suspension. Is there an old guy soft setting? And yes, t'would be fun to take it to one of the local tracks just for grins! Love to get it out of turn 5 at Willow and see how long I could keep my foot to the floor as I get to 9. I'm grinning from ear to ear thinking about it.
The ride/comfort issue may be best assessed by a GTR PRO driver since both will have the coil over suspension system.
Remember, they are all rough initially even in Comfort mode.
I’m going for a cold beer now…
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It's a very Special car, does not make sense driving daily though.
It just doesn't work, I learned the hard way, tried to pull it off with a 599 I got new in 2007, a much, much less radical car then B.S. and it didn't work for me.
The reason is, that "specialness" and sense of occasion quickly disappears when driving it daily, it just becomes a normal car, not impressing you anymore every time you get behind the wheel.
If anything, it is even more frustrating to drive daily then any "regular" car, traffic congestion, crawling in stop and go behind a hypermiling Prius, etc.
Use a car like that only for fun drives, no purpose rides other then to provide you with entertainment instead of just going to pick up a bag of concrete to fix the walkway in your yard.
It just doesn't work, I learned the hard way, tried to pull it off with a 599 I got new in 2007, a much, much less radical car then B.S. and it didn't work for me.
The reason is, that "specialness" and sense of occasion quickly disappears when driving it daily, it just becomes a normal car, not impressing you anymore every time you get behind the wheel.
If anything, it is even more frustrating to drive daily then any "regular" car, traffic congestion, crawling in stop and go behind a hypermiling Prius, etc.
Use a car like that only for fun drives, no purpose rides other then to provide you with entertainment instead of just going to pick up a bag of concrete to fix the walkway in your yard.
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Depends on what your definition of daily driver is. If the daily driver is something you drive on the PCH once a week, then for sure. In downtown city traffic I’ll probably pass. I’d be paranoid driving a $500,000 car around other people in daily traffic though.
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I say go for it since you obviously have the means to afford it. As you stated your retired so you don't have to use it if you don't want to as opposed to a 9 to 5 where it would be subject to every-day wear and tear..
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After backing off the settings, I was able to get the car to ride more acceptably and have a little less tire noise, though it's still stiffer than the 2016 C63 S it replaces. WRT the tire noise, I suspect a lot of this is due to 3 other factors, as well; the seating proximity to the (large) rear tires, the Cup 2 tires (I'd bet PS4S would be much quieter) and I suspect the (North American model) hatch-area cross-brace also transmits noise.
Even with the backed-off settings, the car is still quite stiff and sharp bumps are very harsh ... e.g., just running over raised reflective lane markers will be "well" felt and heard. Still, the car is much more pleasant as a street car with the settings adjusted, particularly the bump/compression settings. For me, the rebound settings seem to have little to no perceivable impact during street driving ... but we do have vehicle impound laws so I tend to drive quite sanely, on the street.
In case anyone is interested, I've attached my setup info and the doc from KW, which I've posted previously.
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It's a very Special car, does not make sense driving daily though.
It just doesn't work, I learned the hard way, tried to pull it off with a 599 I got new in 2007, a much, much less radical car then B.S. and it didn't work for me.
The reason is, that "specialness" and sense of occasion quickly disappears when driving it daily, it just becomes a normal car, not impressing you anymore every time you get behind the wheel.
If anything, it is even more frustrating to drive daily then any "regular" car, traffic congestion, crawling in stop and go behind a hypermiling Prius, etc.
Use a car like that only for fun drives, no purpose rides other then to provide you with entertainment instead of just going to pick up a bag of concrete to fix the walkway in your yard.
It just doesn't work, I learned the hard way, tried to pull it off with a 599 I got new in 2007, a much, much less radical car then B.S. and it didn't work for me.
The reason is, that "specialness" and sense of occasion quickly disappears when driving it daily, it just becomes a normal car, not impressing you anymore every time you get behind the wheel.
If anything, it is even more frustrating to drive daily then any "regular" car, traffic congestion, crawling in stop and go behind a hypermiling Prius, etc.
Use a car like that only for fun drives, no purpose rides other then to provide you with entertainment instead of just going to pick up a bag of concrete to fix the walkway in your yard.
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