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570s rides well relatively.
Seems to be a decent buy.
570s rides well relatively.
They come from a McLaren era when build quality was spotty at best. Lots and lots of issues, vast majority of them annoying and fixable rather than catastrophic, but get it checked and warranties a must IMHO…which are proper toppy.Seems to be a decent buy.
Does it have a starlight headliner though or a pops and bangs map? No...so he's not interested.I would have thought something classic, something with a bit of muscle, like a 70s dodge charger would be right up this guys alley.
I did the Asda charity event around 2017 in my old R8. I reckon I did 30-35 stops, a couple were proper full on hard stops from 160mph to 170mph durning 4 hours. The brakes never once gave me an issue during or after. I think I did take 60% of the life out of the pads doing that, but the discs themselves were fine. I think modern ceramics are a lot better than back in the day when they first put them on the 996 GT3 and a stone would destroy things.Still top of my list to replace the 4C, need a house first though which is considerably more difficult! I wouldn't buy anything in this sector without a warranty so it doesn't make much difference really, servicing costs aren't outrageous the tricky bit seems to be getting track insurance. But then again not sure how many I would do really as I'd be terrified about the ceramics the whole time.
It's more the fact you don't really know what life you buy them at or where they're going until they're done. Could buy a car that's already taken 60% off them then a few track days and they need replacing which is an astronomical bill.I did the Asda charity event around 2017 in my old R8. I reckon I did 30-35 stops, a couple were proper full on hard stops from 160mph to 170mph durning 4 hours. The brakes never once gave me an issue during or after. I think I did take 60% of the life out of the pads doing that, but the discs themselves were fine. I think modern ceramics are a lot better than back in the day when they first put them on the 996 GT3 and a stone would destroy things.
It's more the fact you don't really know what life you buy them at or where they're going until they're done. Could buy a car that's already taken 60% off them then a few track days and they need replacing which is an astronomical bill.
I guess in reality I would do very few track days anyway as the insurance and testicular fortitude required is considerably more than the Alfa anyway, so maybe it's a moot point.
It was 1300 for pads all round. Audi ceramic pads for reference.It's more the fact you don't really know what life you buy them at or where they're going until they're done. Could buy a car that's already taken 60% off them then a few track days and they need replacing which is an astronomical bill.
I guess in reality I would do very few track days anyway as the insurance and testicular fortitude required is considerably more than the Alfa anyway, so maybe it's a moot point.
Either way, no chance it ever happenedGiven this is a Squidnic Torretward thread, do we think this was a bit of a troll or delusions of grandeur thread?