New Westy Crucified On 5th Gear!

[Lordbenny]

Whether you like him or not....Jason Plato has given Westfield something to think about regarding their new VXR Turbo. £25,000 for that piece of sh***e, well done Westfield! back to the drawing board & time to bin the whole '7' thing and leave it to Caterham

[LandingSpot]

Lordbenny said:

Whether you like him or not....Jason Plato has given Westfield something to think about regarding their new VXR Turbo. £25,000 for that piece of sh***e, well done Westfield! back to the drawing board & time to bin the whole '7' thing and leave it to Caterham

I saw this too, was loling when he was pulling at the trim!

But yeah, they could have at least taken it to Courtenay!!

[Flipatron]

Not seen it but is this the same jason Plato that also slated the Elise for being too basic!

[Fatman2]

^^ and look what's happened. The Elise now comes with carpets, electric windows, air con, air bags and traction control LOL.

I think he might be onto something

[Cupramax]

Just watched this, it did look shocking, as he said, for a £25k car. Parts of the dash/centre console he just pulled off

[pestman77]

Whats 5th gear???? LOL

Its topgear with no fun!!!

[Leicesterdave]

Was that bit he pulled off attached with velcro?

[DannyVTS]

pestman77 said:

Whats 5th gear???? LOL

Its topgear with no fun!!!

Hi,

It's a TV show about motor journalism with a little bit of fun now and again, where as Top Gear is just fun.

Regards
PH

[Urban Sports]

pestman77 said:

Whats 5th gear???? LOL

Also topgear is no fun!!!

EFA

[thinfourth2]

Turbos don't work in light cars

[pestman77]

I know, was just joking...

just watched an old one with the dodge charger... I cant help it, I always turn over when its on...

DannyVTS said:

pestman77 said:

Whats 5th gear???? LOL

Its topgear with no fun!!!

Hi,

It's a TV show about motor journalism with a little bit of fun now and again, where as Top Gear is just fun.

Regards
PH

[Urban Sports]

Cupramax said:

Just watched this, it did look shocking, as he said, for a £25k car. Parts of the dash/centre console he just pulled off

Not acceptable IMO, not for a kit car, no way.

[Lordbenny]

Urban Sports said:

Not acceptable IMO, not for a kit car, no way.

Trouble is, it's a production car!

[anonymous-user]

Leicesterdave said:

Was that bit he pulled off attached with velcro?

Whats wrong with velcro?? It's a great, simple, rattle free way of holding trim together, Buy a £160k Aston and you still get Velcro "behind the scenes"............

yeah the trim was a bit wobbly in places, but actually no one spends much time in that sort of car deliberately shaking trim bits (no space for the kids who are the worst "trim testers" !!!) Really the only thing that worried me was the steering wheels lack of stiffness !

[Urban Sports]

Lordbenny said:

Urban Sports said:

Not acceptable IMO, not for a kit car, no way.

Trouble is, it's a production car!

Exactly, I was being obtuse.

It's roots are kit car / production.

There is the problem.

[Slinky]

thinfourth2 said:

Turbos don't work in light cars

Rubbish, badly spec'd or calibrated engines don't "work" in any car..

[ambuletz]

how cheaply can a person build a kit-car caterham? I know haynes do a book on making one, with an old ford sierra as a base. He's not lying when he says he could build one better at home

[Urban Sports]

You can get a new elise for that kind of money, can't you?

No brainer IMO.

[Lordbenny]

ambuletz said:

how cheaply can a person build a kit-car caterham? I know haynes do a book on making one, with an old ford sierra as a base. He's not lying when he says he could build one better at home

You can only build a kit car 'Caterham' if you buy the 'kit' from Caterham themselves. Caterham is not a generic term for what is commonly termed a seven-esque kit car! Although some people might lead you to believe that it's the only real 7 type car....it ain't! There are many '7's', Caterham being just one of them! (They also own the rights to call their car 7's, but that is besides the point!)

Edited by Lordbenny on Friday 26th November 21:35

[Olivera]

Urban Sports said:

You can get a new elise for that kind of money, can't you?

No brainer IMO.

That would be the other car which Plato has slated as vociferously.