Pink elephant too.
For me, a 750hp warranty car without the fancy carbon or aero is great. We dont have a nearby drag strip or road coarse anymore so the overly track focused stuff is lost to me. Driving carbon fiber wheels on our roads would be a massive stupidity exercise.
I get what you're saying for sure, but worth mentioning driving CF rims on the R is noticeable and fun and it is some very strong stuff if you can stomach a scuff. Less unsprung rotating mass improves braking and cornering and makes the car feel much lighter on it's toes. Certainly not a daily rim or tire, but is nice on a lot of roads. For a daily, certainly the wing is a little over the top too ...
From an economics perspective, the carbon package is much cheaper than the sum of its parts, the R wheels are like 6k ea. and the R package was only 10k total, with the wing too, and I bet will retain great value...
Having owned a tech pack and a R and the tech pack was a great car that certainly could daily even better than a GT. I also owned a 11 vert and a 14 GT500 track pack and the vert was way more daily drivable, however, if you're doing any track duty, and have a grocery getter already too, then the R over the tech pack is a excellent value proposition and I bet the CF package will be similar. Yea, cost more but you can see and feel improved performance so not too overly massively stupid.
I get what you're saying for sure, but worth mentioning driving CF rims on the R is noticeable and fun and it is some very strong stuff if you can stomach a scuff. Less unsprung rotating mass improves braking and cornering and makes the car feel much lighter on it's toes. Certainly not a daily rim or tire, but is nice on a lot of roads. For a daily, certainly the wing is a little over the top too ...
From an economics perspective, the carbon package is much cheaper than the sum of its parts, the R wheels are like 6k ea. and the R package was only 10k total, with the wing too, and I bet will retain great value...
Having owned a tech pack and a R and the tech pack was a great car that certainly could daily even better than a GT. I also owned a 11 vert and a 14 GT500 track pack and the vert was way more daily drivable, however, if you're doing any track duty, and have a grocery getter already too, then the R over the tech pack is a excellent value proposition and I bet the CF package will be similar. Yea, cost more but you can see and feel improved performance so not too overly massively stupid.
Or get the wheel protection plan from Ford for the GT350R and never worry about the carbon rims.I completely agree on all points, as an example I currently have 22/24lbs wheels that I am in the process of replacing with 20/21lbs wheels or lighter for all of the reasons you said.
When I went from 28/30lbs wheels to my current ones, my car became seemingly 6-700lbs lighter. Much more agility etc etc.
Honestly, the smart money is to get a carbon car, and if the wheels crack or fail replace them with a decent inexpensive wheel like a forgeline or so on.
Or get the wheel protection plan from Ford for the GT350R and never worry about the carbon rims.
They stopped allowing the wheel insurance on the 350R from what I’ve been told, so the $200 deductible and a new CF wheel has gone away.Or get the wheel protection plan from Ford for the GT350R and never worry about the carbon rims.
not a scatch on mine with 5,000 miles. Don't run over deep pot holes and stay away from curbs. Easy to do.
We don't have terrible roads here, but this last winter, which was extremly bad, gave a few shitty ones. We do have potholes, but they get fixed rather quickly and our roads are wide. Still, I don't take my GT350R far from places I don't know like the back of my hand. I never follow right behind someones ass, I want to see whats out in front of me. This has prevented many mishaps. I severely limit my chances of bad shit happening by driving smart. I get crazy from time to time out there, but I make sure its in open areas that I know. I'm a cycle driver as well, which many would know if they have been doing it long, you gotta be a defensive driver, which is scanning all possible hazards, at all times.That's what I said before I scraped a drivers side front wheel in the KFC drive through. It must be nice to live in a place that doesn't have pot holes?