Thing I don't like about the QP GTS is lack of DS and and lack of chrome trim. Big cars suit chrome bits. Could always add that back, but still, it's an auto and will ever remain so.
Could be tempted when I calm down tho, maybe when I'm 60.....
That’s a good point. The one downside of the GTS is the auto box. In the ideal world, it’d be a QP GTS 4.7 in the body of an early QP GTS 4.2, with an even earlier QP DS gearbox. But they didn’t make that. So the next best option is just the standard 4.7 QP GTS. Put up with the auto, whilst enjoying all the other benefits. And no, the ride is not too hard. In fact, you could make a case for it being stiffened up yet further.
All of which makes me think, how much would it be to make the ultimate QP?
Buy a nice 2006 QP DS - £15k.
Buy a 4.7 engine - £5k
Buy GTS suspension, brakes and exhaust - £5k
Retrim the interior with some alcantara and carbon bits - £5k
Sell the discarded bits (engine, brakes, etc) taken out of the original 2006 car - £-5k
Total - £25k for the ultimate QP V.
(P.S. The above costs are complete guesses and could be way off)
