irrational
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Hi.
I am in the process of acquiring a Gransport. I joined the US forum for information, but I think even after all the useful comments, the UK situation is more relevant to me as they are much more common and cheaper in the USA.
I am coming from trying to buy a Ferrari (Having been in several due to friends) because I wanted an Italian V12 and realising that they are very overpriced for what they are (at the bottom end anyway) and not realistically attainable to me at the moment.
Then I got to drive in an MC Victory and it absolutely felt right from the get-go.
So I decided to look for a gransport.
Unfortunately they are very rare here. Here being South Africa. Only about 30 of which 2 are MC Victory, 2 are Spyders and 1 90th anniversary spyder.
Currently the only one available is a Spyder with 30k km.
I am trying to find advice about the worthiness of a Spyder as opposed to a normal Gransport. I actually wanted a GT car (previously considered an E39 BMW M5, which is not inspiring enough to me), but the rarity of the spyder has me intrigued and I do not need 4 seats. I also do not flip cars and am slowly building a collection. So I was wondering if the rarity of the Spyder makes it worth looking at rather than a coupe in the long term and if it will be as enjoyable.
Price-wise there is always a premium here. This car is roughly 36k pounds, where coupes are about 32-34k pounds it seems. So I think about 10% more dear than in the UK?
Then also I am curious about the handling characteristics of the Spyder as opposed to the coupe, having a shorter wheelbase and no roof. Other quirks like noise because of the soft top and so on.
So basically I would be very happy if someone who has driven both versions of the Gransport can provide some insight and a thought on weather buying the Spyder over a Coupe is worth pursuing.
Also considering that this Spyder has technocloth, but the dealer replaced the seat inserts with alcantara due to the cloth being bad. This points to the likelyhood of having to replace all the technocloth at some point as I had read that you can't get it and it deteriorates badly in any case.
Dirk
I am in the process of acquiring a Gransport. I joined the US forum for information, but I think even after all the useful comments, the UK situation is more relevant to me as they are much more common and cheaper in the USA.
I am coming from trying to buy a Ferrari (Having been in several due to friends) because I wanted an Italian V12 and realising that they are very overpriced for what they are (at the bottom end anyway) and not realistically attainable to me at the moment.
Then I got to drive in an MC Victory and it absolutely felt right from the get-go.
So I decided to look for a gransport.
Unfortunately they are very rare here. Here being South Africa. Only about 30 of which 2 are MC Victory, 2 are Spyders and 1 90th anniversary spyder.
Currently the only one available is a Spyder with 30k km.
I am trying to find advice about the worthiness of a Spyder as opposed to a normal Gransport. I actually wanted a GT car (previously considered an E39 BMW M5, which is not inspiring enough to me), but the rarity of the spyder has me intrigued and I do not need 4 seats. I also do not flip cars and am slowly building a collection. So I was wondering if the rarity of the Spyder makes it worth looking at rather than a coupe in the long term and if it will be as enjoyable.
Price-wise there is always a premium here. This car is roughly 36k pounds, where coupes are about 32-34k pounds it seems. So I think about 10% more dear than in the UK?
Then also I am curious about the handling characteristics of the Spyder as opposed to the coupe, having a shorter wheelbase and no roof. Other quirks like noise because of the soft top and so on.
So basically I would be very happy if someone who has driven both versions of the Gransport can provide some insight and a thought on weather buying the Spyder over a Coupe is worth pursuing.
Also considering that this Spyder has technocloth, but the dealer replaced the seat inserts with alcantara due to the cloth being bad. This points to the likelyhood of having to replace all the technocloth at some point as I had read that you can't get it and it deteriorates badly in any case.
Dirk