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Jun 21, 2011 | 05:49 PM

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Fantastic!

Jun 22, 2011 | 03:05 AM

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Great trip and glad that you had fun! No trip seems to be without a brief stop by the Gendarmerie

Jun 22, 2011 | 04:13 AM

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Rep to you sir for the road trip many a gear head has dreamed of.

Jun 22, 2011 | 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Carrera

Awesome pictures, scenery, and car! Looks like you had a lot of fun, and I think you might have the highest mileage Carrera GT, if not, definetly one of them. Did you finally need a new clutch yet?

Did your wheels come like that from the factory? They go really well!

There's plenty with higher mileage, one in the uk with almost 50k miles, and two in Europe with over 100k klms.

The car has the original clutch, which at 24567 miles measured 29.32mm.

Wheels could be ordered from the factory 'Porsche Exclusive' or painted afterwards by the CGT service centre.

Jun 22, 2011 | 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by ECB

wow!

Great stuff!

how did it perform on long boring stretches of simple travelling/eating miles on the highway or road?

very cool that tires,clutch and engine remained in good shape throughout the journey..
one might think that the CGT is simply not built for long road trips,but you have proven this myth wrong
great!

Apart from the road noise transmitted into the cockpit due to the wide tyres/rose jointed suspension it is no problem. I cure this with a pair of Shure noise cancelling headphones and an Ipod.

The car is very compliant so long motorways are no issue, and the seat is a perfect fit for me with no backache even after 10 hrs at the wheel.

The car is so massively over engineered a trip like this is like a gentle walk in the park for it!