Potential new owner advice please

[sng45]

I'm seriously considering buying myself a Caterham 7 , I've had lots of cars mainly Porsches but never owned a 7 and quite liked the look of this one

http://www.chapmancars.co.uk/portfolio-item/arrivi...

Would this be a good car to start with ? it'll be a Sunday afternoon car - not interested in doing track days or having massive bhp - prefer something that's interesting and fun to drive.

Amongst other cars in the past I've had a number of Elises and swopped my last one for a 981 Boxster which is a great car but a little "smooth" round the edges whilst the Elise was a little "rough" round the edges - so intially I was considering buying another Elise but felt that a 7 would be an interesting change. Ideally I wanted to go for prisoner style colours and whilst I appreciate blue and yellow aren't exact it's pretty close !

Any advice welcome

Thank you

[sng45]

bcr5784 said:

sng45 said:

Amongst other cars in the past I've had a number of Elises and swopped my last one for a 981 Boxster which is a great car but a little "smooth" round the edges whilst the Elise was a little "rough" round the edges - so intially I was considering buying another Elise but felt that a 7 would be an interesting change. Ideally I wanted to go for prisoner style colours and whilst I appreciate blue and yellow aren't exact it's pretty close !

Any advice welcome

Thank you

Not driven that particular model so can't comment, and I don't want to put you off- but if you found the Elise a bit rough round the edges... A Caterham is a quite a lot rougher. That said, having owned an S1 Elise (and now a 981S), I've not found anything as engaging to drive as a Caterham whether it be a live axled car with 100bhp or a de Dion one with 210bhp.

Apologies, don't think I put it across correctly in my initial post, I'm looking for something which is rough round the edges and not as smooth as the Boxster ! I also have a few other cars including an "outlaw" Porsche 356 and a "hotrod" Datsun 240Z and want something open topped to go with these - so very happy to have something a lot "rougher" !

[sng45]

Thanks very much for all the replies, I've certainly learnt a lot about Caterhams from the replies - I must admit I had no idea about different wheel sizes and some engines being heavier etc, all very useful.

Appreciate the facebook link Jon, I'm not on facebook but my girlfriend is so I've requested for her to become a member of the page you sent the link to - thanks very much.

I'll give the dealer a call tomorrow to discuss the car and probably look at others before buying.

Steve