You found the 458 and MP4 to be disappointing? Don't get me wrong I love my 40 and I liked my Ford GT but I would really like having a white Mac in my garage.
Without going into too big a tangent they were dissapointing. It depends what youa re looking for I suppose. There was a bend I went through, actualy I drive it quite a bit, in the BBI you downshift from 5th to 4th, which is a practised art in itself, set the car up and then breeze into this bend at about 125 balancing the machine, squeezing on the power through the apex and thenopening the taps, shifting up to 5th somewhere arounf 140 or so as the road straightens. Its a totaly engaing and abrobing experience.
In the 458 and Mp12 that same bend was pretty much as challenging and exciting as issuing commands through a keyboard. So yes their limits are high, and I am sure at the nurbering they are a blast, but below 9/10ths you might as well be in a modern BMW for the amount of feedback tactility and enjoyment they offer. Ans on track I think they will be fast but between paddle shift and all the electronics your excitement will come from the sheer knowledge of the velocity rather than the fullness of the experience. Plus either of these is going to consume $1500 per day on track if you are lucky.
The ferrari motor had good torque to 3.5k rpm which was posotively surprising, then it was flat till 7.5 when the baffels opened and it screamed forwards. The steering was power overboosted but with a very quick ratio, its a car built to drive like a daily around town, that can also put out great numbers and looks stunning. But it lacks the fire and brinstone, and is pretty boring unless you are above 9/10ths, which is not a practical proposition 99% of the time. By contrast just starting the boxer is an experience and its engaging at all speeds, but totaly absorbing if you want to go fast.
Was at a cafe in South Africa last week and some stockbroker type pulled up and parked in front in his 458, thats what it is a cappuchino car, I just dont see unwrapping it on a sunday at 6am for DRIVE type of machine. Stunning to look at, and really fast if you want it to be, but somehow not sould stirring to drive, almost robotic.
The Mclaren was conceptualy better, but the suspension felt oddly disconnected, and the motor is a true turbo, very laggy whith huge and somewhat inconsistent pull. Theese are modern cars and drive with the lack of excitement that moderns offer.
No doubt the 458 and Mp12 would smoke a GT40, and no doubt on track and road for pure driving pleasure and exhiliration the GT40 is going to be the top experience hands down. Yes GT40 would be painful as a daily or to run to the store, and the Mclaren and 458 can pull that off with ease, in fact Paris Hilton and Justin beeber drive them, which tells you a lot about the skills et necessary and the target market.
I suppose the Gt40 is like flying your own P51 and the moderns are like hitching a ride ina citationjet. Sure one is faster more comfortable easier and more reliable, but then what is the purpose of the machine. If you live somewhere where you could use a Mclaren daily then its a great machine because like a M3 it covers many bases, but it would for me only be a car to buy if I had others and the $$ was not a consideration. Now I bet if you put me behind the wheel of a 288gto and it was only 500k I would figure out how to find the $$$, the moderns just dont inspire that way.
She then asked impolitely to take her home. No sense of adventure. 
