Discussion
Jellyfish said:
Lovely.
Once I changed your dimensions to inches I realised she is only 3' longer than my old Mini, then saw the pic of PJ standing 'over' her. Love the compactness of the thing, a tad smaller than Nissan's GTR...
Yeah, it is a strange beast. Once I changed your dimensions to inches I realised she is only 3' longer than my old Mini, then saw the pic of PJ standing 'over' her. Love the compactness of the thing, a tad smaller than Nissan's GTR...
It is very low, as you can see compared to the MX5, and you are always aware how low you are sitting. But, when you look at the interior it looks very tight and compact and hard to get into (the removable steering wheel helps).. but in reality once you are actually in it there is plenty of headroom and leg room.
Even tho it isn't ridiculously wide, I find it fairly hard to position on the road and find myself closer to the middle than the kerb, mainly because there is still a lot of car width beyond the side window.
Rear view out the side mirrors isn't great and mainly show the rear wing. Also because the mirrors are actually inboard from the sides of the car, rather than being the widest point of the car, reversing is a bit of a leap of faith.
All adds to the drama of it all tho I suppose
king spectacular car!Minor update.
Had the steering wheel retrimmed by royalsteeringwheels.com to have smooth leather on top and bottom, perforated leather on the sides, orange contrast stitching and orange vertical strip to keep me pointing in the right direction. Also had the wheel rim made a bit thicker.
I also fitted a tyre pressure and temperature monitoring system and mounted the display on a bracket just forward of the gear lever so it's easily seen but pretty unobtrusive and fitted a small gps unit below the dashboard.
I also had the carpet edged in contrast orange trim to match the seats.
Had the steering wheel retrimmed by royalsteeringwheels.com to have smooth leather on top and bottom, perforated leather on the sides, orange contrast stitching and orange vertical strip to keep me pointing in the right direction. Also had the wheel rim made a bit thicker.
I also fitted a tyre pressure and temperature monitoring system and mounted the display on a bracket just forward of the gear lever so it's easily seen but pretty unobtrusive and fitted a small gps unit below the dashboard.
I also had the carpet edged in contrast orange trim to match the seats.
Edited by renmure on Friday 15th June 21:08
Minor update.
Decided to fit a new carbon fiber diffuser to the rear of the car and replace the standard wing end plates with larger, motorsport end plates. Also took the opportunity to have some taller wing pylons machined to raise the rear wing a bit.
Decided to fit a new carbon fiber diffuser to the rear of the car and replace the standard wing end plates with larger, motorsport end plates. Also took the opportunity to have some taller wing pylons machined to raise the rear wing a bit.
Edited by renmure on Saturday 8th July 20:48
Some additional pics showing the new taller wing pylons, motorsport end-plates and carbon diffuser.
Went on an 800 mile road trip earlier this month and the car didn't miss a beat. The taller wing pylons definitely improved the rear visibility by letting me see under the wing. I also painted the front towing eye red to contrast a bit.
Looks a bit meaner as well methinks.
Went on an 800 mile road trip earlier this month and the car didn't miss a beat. The taller wing pylons definitely improved the rear visibility by letting me see under the wing. I also painted the front towing eye red to contrast a bit.
Looks a bit meaner as well methinks.
Edited by renmure on Saturday 16th June 21:07
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