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Originally Posted by kepetersen  First, the car sucks up water into the passenger compartment like a vacuum cleaner. There was so much water entering the floorboards that I had an inch of standing water under each of the seats. Unfortunately, SPF uses an open-cell foam rubber in the construction of the seats and believe me they work extremely well as sponges. What with all the water collecting under the seats, and soaking into the foam rubber, my ass was soaked for hours. (Ultimately, I had to dry the seats in the sun and manually soak-up the collected water under the seats.) I may either have new seats made with a closed-cell rubber (and replacing the funky gray 'mouse fur' upholstery with something more original), or have someone sew on some waterproof material (along with flexible insulation) on the seat bottoms. Also, water somehow made its way onto the steering column such that when I made a sharp turn right or left, it was as if a faucet was opened and water would pour down on my legs. I have to wonder about the possibility of some future electrical failure given the amount of moisture under the dash. |
Personally, I would suggest this is pretty damn poor show for a $130,000 car. Not being the builder of the car, I think Kim should be able to expect better than this.
ALL GT40s leak, that seems to be a fact of life I can accept, but this level of leakage just seems to be ridiculous and possibly dangerous!
I've never owned a GTD that leaked this badly (more to do with the way they were built rather than being inherently less leaky!)
Simon