Caterham Superlight Twenty
Discussion
jimmy7 said:
Looking great Nigel, will have to arrange a drive out somewhere soon!
Shame I had the full screen on here really, but had to leave the car over night! Not strictly part of the 'Superlight' ethos!
Yes of course James, plenty of lovely country pubs in your neck of the woods!,Shame I had the full screen on here really, but had to leave the car over night! Not strictly part of the 'Superlight' ethos!
Must meet up for a pie and a pint!
mak250300 said:
Lovely car. Enjoy I am not jealous one bit.
Where was the picture taken? Looks a bit like the Torridon road.
Are you asking about my photos? Of the ones of james car, they are both Superlight Twentys, as you know.Where was the picture taken? Looks a bit like the Torridon road.
My shots were taken at a local,lake, arrow valley,,very local to me, then the other ones at the long Mynd in Shropshire.
James shots were taken in Wales I think, I believe he was on the Evo triangle , sure james will confirm.
Daveyraveygravey said:
Have pined for a Caterham since the Performance Car "Prisoner" issue in the 80's. To me, it is the best car, if you want anything else, you don't really get cars. Leccy chairs, Bluetooth and self-park? For f
k sake! Even leccy windows are pointless
Good man, great point, and your right, Colin Chapmans ethos of add lightness and simplify still stands.k sake! Even leccy windows are pointless And yes I take for granted just how Simple and " right " Caterhams can be.
And to add to your points..
no power steering.
No abs.
Not even any servo assistance on the brakes.
And as you said, it's all,the better for it too!
nigelpugh7 said:
Thanks to Matt Bird from Pistonheads, this thread and my new Superlight Twenty are now featured as the " Readers Car of the week"
I do hope this won't turn into something like " Readers Wives " from all this 70's lads mags!
Thanks anyway guys!
You're welcome, it was too lovely to pass up. Enjoy!I do hope this won't turn into something like " Readers Wives " from all this 70's lads mags!
Thanks anyway guys!
Matt Bird said:
You're welcome, it was too lovely to pass up. Enjoy!
Thanks again Matt, it was very special to be featured as " Readers Car of the Week! "Isn't there some form of special Pistonheads sticker for members of that exclusive club?
I would love to proudly display that on my Supelight Twenty for all to see!
By the way, due to being featured on readers car of the week, my views on my blog went through the roof yesterday.
We got 2300 views yesterday and nearly all of them came from Pistonheads pages! So thanks again, as we normally only get about 3000 a month!
http://superlighttwenty.blogspot.co.uk
jimmy7 said:
Looking great Nigel, will have to arrange a drive out somewhere soon!
Shame I had the full screen on here really, but had to leave the car over night! Not strictly part of the 'Superlight' ethos!
Great place for a photo, a section of road I loveShame I had the full screen on here really, but had to leave the car over night! Not strictly part of the 'Superlight' ethos!
Nigel, do you still have your other 7 (500)
Also, how do the manuals compare with the sequential of your (old?) 500?
Great cars!
Hi there,
Nope both of my R500's are sold, my last one was the green R500 with the six speed box.
My new twenty has the six speed box, I do much prefer the 6 speed gearbox for road caterhams,
The Quaife sequential box in my white R500 was very harsh and noisy, great for a track weapon but not for everyday road use.
Nope both of my R500's are sold, my last one was the green R500 with the six speed box.
My new twenty has the six speed box, I do much prefer the 6 speed gearbox for road caterhams,
The Quaife sequential box in my white R500 was very harsh and noisy, great for a track weapon but not for everyday road use.
nigelpugh7 said:
Hi there,
Nope both of my R500's are sold, my last one was the green R500 with the six speed box.
My new twenty has the six speed box, I do much prefer the 6 speed gearbox for road caterhams,
The Quaife sequential box in my white R500 was very harsh and noisy, great for a track weapon but not for everyday road use.
Nigel, how does the 20 comparing to your old R500 as a driving machine?Nope both of my R500's are sold, my last one was the green R500 with the six speed box.
My new twenty has the six speed box, I do much prefer the 6 speed gearbox for road caterhams,
The Quaife sequential box in my white R500 was very harsh and noisy, great for a track weapon but not for everyday road use.
I have one of the last original K Series Superlights and think it is sodding brilliant as a road and occasional track car. I am a Caterham 'lifer' and do think I may go for a 420 or 500 at some point. Problem is that my 140 ish bhp SL is pretty much perfect.
Not sure my car plus £20k will give me any bigger thrills and will mean I may be deep into licence losing territory.
I recently drove a 360R back to back against mine and didn't think thr newer car was better for a variety of reasons. And didn't feel night and day faster.
SidewaysSi said:
Nigel, how does the 20 comparing to your old R500 as a driving machine?
I have one of the last original K Series Superlights and think it is sodding brilliant as a road and occasional track car. I am a Caterham 'lifer' and do think I may go for a 420 or 500 at some point. Problem is that my 140 ish bhp SL is pretty much perfect.
Not sure my car plus £20k will give me any bigger thrills and will mean I may be deep into licence losing territory.
I recently drove a 360R back to back against mine and didn't think thr newer car was better for a variety of reasons. And didn't feel night and day faster.
It's an interesting comparison, of course they are both and different ends of the spectrum in performance.I have one of the last original K Series Superlights and think it is sodding brilliant as a road and occasional track car. I am a Caterham 'lifer' and do think I may go for a 420 or 500 at some point. Problem is that my 140 ish bhp SL is pretty much perfect.
Not sure my car plus £20k will give me any bigger thrills and will mean I may be deep into licence losing territory.
I recently drove a 360R back to back against mine and didn't think thr newer car was better for a variety of reasons. And didn't feel night and day faster.
But the difference is not a much as you would imagine.
My Superlight Twenty seems alive and so much more fun to drive, even with half the power of my R500.
I'm not sure if it's the fact that it's lighter at the front due to the sigma engine, or if the whole balance of the car is better.
Anyway it's a lot of fun,,and I don't miss the R500 one bit.
nigelpugh7 said:
SidewaysSi said:
Nigel, how does the 20 comparing to your old R500 as a driving machine?
I have one of the last original K Series Superlights and think it is sodding brilliant as a road and occasional track car. I am a Caterham 'lifer' and do think I may go for a 420 or 500 at some point. Problem is that my 140 ish bhp SL is pretty much perfect.
Not sure my car plus £20k will give me any bigger thrills and will mean I may be deep into licence losing territory.
I recently drove a 360R back to back against mine and didn't think thr newer car was better for a variety of reasons. And didn't feel night and day faster.
It's an interesting comparison, of course they are both and different ends of the spectrum in performance.I have one of the last original K Series Superlights and think it is sodding brilliant as a road and occasional track car. I am a Caterham 'lifer' and do think I may go for a 420 or 500 at some point. Problem is that my 140 ish bhp SL is pretty much perfect.
Not sure my car plus £20k will give me any bigger thrills and will mean I may be deep into licence losing territory.
I recently drove a 360R back to back against mine and didn't think thr newer car was better for a variety of reasons. And didn't feel night and day faster.
But the difference is not a much as you would imagine.
My Superlight Twenty seems alive and so much more fun to drive, even with half the power of my R500.
I'm not sure if it's the fact that it's lighter at the front due to the sigma engine, or if the whole balance of the car is better.
Anyway it's a lot of fun,,and I don't miss the R500 one bit.
Really nice 7 Nigel.
I've wanted a Caterham for years and always told myself one day it would happen. I went to Asda Make your Marks day at Bruntingthorpe about 4 years ago and Caterham Midlands were there and doing a raffle to win a weekend hire. Obviously I bought a few tickets and kept my fingers crossed. I then managed to get a passenger lap in an R500 which I later realised was yours after seeing some of your photos. Less than 10 minutes after getting out of your car I got a phone call to say I had won the raffle and the weekend hire was mine.
Being unable to wait I booked it for a month later taking a gamble the weather would be ok. On the Friday afternoon I turned up to Caterham Midlands (in the rain typically) and was given a bright orange 125 Sigma for the weekend.
Not really wanting to use my mileage limit up in the rain I took it home and hoped the rain would have stopped by the morning. Saturday morning came and the rain had cleared so off I went to get some miles in. Less than an hour later I left a friends house got just up the road and the car cut out, completely dead. After waiting for the AA and being recovered back it turned out the starter motor had stuck on, overspun and fried itself knocking out the rest of the electrics to the vehicle causing it to stall and that was the end of my weekend.
Luckily Caterham Midlands gave me another weekends hire and being sensible i decided to wait until the following year to improve the chances of good weather. I booked it for my birthday weekend and turned up to collect it and was presented this time with a 140 Sigma.
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I had an excellent weekend in this car and it made me realise that I really need a Caterham in my garage. The following birthday I was still in no better place to be affording one so booked another weekend hire and had the same green and yellow car for the weekend and the need for a Caterham hadn't faded.
That was 2 years ago now, finally 2 weeks ago I picked my own car up, an original Superlight.
Roll on the British summer!
I've wanted a Caterham for years and always told myself one day it would happen. I went to Asda Make your Marks day at Bruntingthorpe about 4 years ago and Caterham Midlands were there and doing a raffle to win a weekend hire. Obviously I bought a few tickets and kept my fingers crossed. I then managed to get a passenger lap in an R500 which I later realised was yours after seeing some of your photos. Less than 10 minutes after getting out of your car I got a phone call to say I had won the raffle and the weekend hire was mine.
Being unable to wait I booked it for a month later taking a gamble the weather would be ok. On the Friday afternoon I turned up to Caterham Midlands (in the rain typically) and was given a bright orange 125 Sigma for the weekend.
Not really wanting to use my mileage limit up in the rain I took it home and hoped the rain would have stopped by the morning. Saturday morning came and the rain had cleared so off I went to get some miles in. Less than an hour later I left a friends house got just up the road and the car cut out, completely dead. After waiting for the AA and being recovered back it turned out the starter motor had stuck on, overspun and fried itself knocking out the rest of the electrics to the vehicle causing it to stall and that was the end of my weekend.
Luckily Caterham Midlands gave me another weekends hire and being sensible i decided to wait until the following year to improve the chances of good weather. I booked it for my birthday weekend and turned up to collect it and was presented this time with a 140 Sigma.
]
I had an excellent weekend in this car and it made me realise that I really need a Caterham in my garage. The following birthday I was still in no better place to be affording one so booked another weekend hire and had the same green and yellow car for the weekend and the need for a Caterham hadn't faded.
That was 2 years ago now, finally 2 weeks ago I picked my own car up, an original Superlight.
Roll on the British summer!
Edited by RenPug on Saturday 25th June 18:36
RenPug said:
Really nice 7 Nigel.
I've wanted a Caterham for years and always told myself one day it would happen. I went to Asda Make your Marks day at Bruntingthorpe about 4 years ago and Caterham Midlands were there and doing a raffle to win a weekend hire. Obviously I bought a few tickets and kept my fingers crossed. I then managed to get a passenger lap in an R500 which I later realised was yours after seeing some of your photos. Less than 10 minutes after getting out of your car I got a phone call to say I had won the raffle and the weekend hire was mine.
Being unable to wait I booked it for a month later taking a gamble the weather would be ok. On the Friday afternoon I turned up to Caterham Midlands (in the rain typically) and was given a bright orange 125 Sigma for the weekend.
Not really wanting to use my mileage limit up in the rain I took it home and hoped the rain would have stopped by the morning. Saturday morning came and the rain had cleared so off I went to get some miles in. Less than an hour later I left a friends house got just up the road and the car cut out, completely dead. After waiting for the AA and being recovered back it turned out the starter motor had stuck on, overspun and fried itself knocking out the rest of the electrics to the vehicle causing it to stall and that was the end of my weekend.
Luckily Caterham Midlands gave me another weekends hire and being sensible i decided to wait until the following year to improve the chances of good weather. I booked it for my birthday weekend and turned up to collect it and was presented this time with a 140 Sigma.
]
I had an excellent weekend in this car and it made me realise that I really need a Caterham in my garage. The following birthday I was still in no better place to be affording one so booked another weekend hire and had the same green and yellow car for the weekend and the need for a Caterham hadn't faded.
That was 2 years ago now, finally 2 weeks ago I picked my own car up, an original Superlight.
Roll on the British summer!
Great stuff, glad I inspired you!I've wanted a Caterham for years and always told myself one day it would happen. I went to Asda Make your Marks day at Bruntingthorpe about 4 years ago and Caterham Midlands were there and doing a raffle to win a weekend hire. Obviously I bought a few tickets and kept my fingers crossed. I then managed to get a passenger lap in an R500 which I later realised was yours after seeing some of your photos. Less than 10 minutes after getting out of your car I got a phone call to say I had won the raffle and the weekend hire was mine.
Being unable to wait I booked it for a month later taking a gamble the weather would be ok. On the Friday afternoon I turned up to Caterham Midlands (in the rain typically) and was given a bright orange 125 Sigma for the weekend.
Not really wanting to use my mileage limit up in the rain I took it home and hoped the rain would have stopped by the morning. Saturday morning came and the rain had cleared so off I went to get some miles in. Less than an hour later I left a friends house got just up the road and the car cut out, completely dead. After waiting for the AA and being recovered back it turned out the starter motor had stuck on, overspun and fried itself knocking out the rest of the electrics to the vehicle causing it to stall and that was the end of my weekend.
Luckily Caterham Midlands gave me another weekends hire and being sensible i decided to wait until the following year to improve the chances of good weather. I booked it for my birthday weekend and turned up to collect it and was presented this time with a 140 Sigma.
]
I had an excellent weekend in this car and it made me realise that I really need a Caterham in my garage. The following birthday I was still in no better place to be affording one so booked another weekend hire and had the same green and yellow car for the weekend and the need for a Caterham hadn't faded.
That was 2 years ago now, finally 2 weeks ago I picked my own car up, an original Superlight.
Roll on the British summer!
Edited by RenPug on Saturday 25th June 18:36
Was it one of these?
https://youtu.be/gQzCpFfNg4w
nigelpugh7 said:
I could only see 2 videos and it was neither of them.Are you there again this year?
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