Great reasons NOT to own a GT40.....

[Jim Rosenthal]

1) can't get in and out of it
2) no trailer hitch
3) no ashtray
4) car is too low to see neons under it
5) can't put 20" blingbling wheels on without losing fillings in teeth. Filling in head already lost
6) too loud
7) not loud enough

Your thoughts, gentlemen....? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Tim Kay]

To many poeple drooling on it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[Dave Bilyk]

Can't get enough shopping in it, and getting a ticket at the multi story barrier is a nightmare - really! As for rearward visibility, well just see if you can reverse park at the library without bumping the kerb and jarring your bones. It really is atrocious isn't it Mr Angry /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
regards
Mr Grumpy

 

[John]

although I don't have one yet, so I hear this is a problem...

too many darn beach girls distracting you by flashing you as you drive down the main strip.

John

 

[Rick Muck- Mark IV]

Being asked "what kind of Lam-bor-geeny" is that, anyhow?"

Actually had a two guys argue with me that that P1116 was a "Count-Tack" and that Ford "never built any car like that...." /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Boy, am I glad they set me straight /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Rick /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

 

[BenL]

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2) no trailer hitch
3) no ashtray


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2) Buzz Clarke posted a picture of his car with a trailer hitch and Hershal posted a picture of the trailer he pulls with his car.

3) The original road cars had ash trays next to the starter button. Occasionally you'll see one of the road cars that have been converted to full race cars, and they'll still have ash trays (and sometimes the F-O-R-D letters on the nose).

 

[Hershal Byrd]

And the number one best reason not to own a GT40 is....
It would be your only car with a wife and three kids /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Hersh /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[BenL]

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And the number one best reason not to own a GT40 is....
It would be your only car with a wife and three kids

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You can fit a wife and two kids into a Lotus Seven (my father did that when I was much, much younger). Or a (short) passenger, four race tires, and tools.

 

Is'nt the reason that the windscreen frames are piss-weak, and that Cobra owners pick on you for such. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

Cobra owners look down on you.........with bright green faces.

 

[Chris Duncan]

It's lonely at the front of the pack.

Your going to drive into the ditch because your watching people watching you.

You can't handle the performance.

 

[John Place]

Can't get out of parking lot due to flashing cameras
Can't find a parking space with ten foot clearance on each side
On parallel parking curbs come nearly upto window level
Get bottled in on freeway due to gawkers front, rear and sides.

BUT, it is fun.
John Place

 

[James]

Jims post strikes a particular nerve within my tiny brain. I enjoy unpractical motors, especially so when I know that it causes particular confusion for "sensible people" - or boring bastards, as I often refer to them.

Fortunately, as Jim quite righly points out, the GT40 is a car that really cannnot be "modified" to any great deal. THANK GOD! And those who are fool enough to try such are thing should really be gunned down! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Bling! or should that be Bang!

Here are MY reasons for buying one and more likely other people's reasons for NOT buying one!

1) I love the 60's look. Its a piece of artwork. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

2) It highly unpractical, and I feed eagerly when I hear comments like "but there's no room!". That's right, so you can't get in and start complaining like an old woman! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

3) It's really loud. Yes thank God, it drowns out the sound of police sirens so I can concentrate on driving. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

4) It gets really hot inside without aircon! Even better leave the aircon completely and fry an unsuspecting friend by telling him/her that it will be a "chilling drive"! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

5) You can't have giant rims! Great! The "holy" GT40 wins again by being "bling" free.

6) If you do try and modify a GT40 you will be frowned upon severely. The resulting action might ensue. - The nearest GT40 owners club will gather to seek out the polluter and bludgen him and his "modified" effluent. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

7) You can't drive them in traffic with ease.

8) I have yet to hear of any plank trying to fit an auto box. But I'm sure its just a matter of time.

I could go own for ages but I have to get back to ordering my 30 inch chrome specials and new Channel interior. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Regards,

J.P

 

[Simon]

An auto box....now there's a good idea..... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
BANG

 

[Simon]

Now if I can just find somewhere to fit my DVD player and X-BOX....
BANG

 

Great Reason #258: Without the extravagence of a GT40 and other toys, I would not suffer the occasional guilt trips and not have to endure sporadic pressure from the Minister of Domestic Affairs (nice term Ron) to do all the jobs that I could (and would) otherwise put off. Last weekend it was a new garden shed and the patio /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif.

Rob

 

[ChrisL]

Interestingly, my lady friend rattles off all those reasons to everyone who asks, but always finishes the sentence with "but I just love it!"

On the flip side of this question, people ask me what you can do with a GT40. After my single answer of "Have a whole lotta fun", I kinda run out. Can anyone think of any other use? Maybe blowing dead leaves off the road by wizzing over them at 100mph /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

A 40 just makes you smile. Joe /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Howard Jones]

The best reason I can think of for having a GT40 is having a car that the people who can recite all the reasons not to have one, don't. Ta Daaaaaa!

 

[scott]

Would rather not hear every dipsh!t in two counties ask "Uhhhh, that thing got a hemi?" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif