clueless - would love some suggestions

[lukeashwell]

right i want a kit car. lol ive done a ridiculous amount of looking around sites but still none the wiser really. Im looking for a car that:

-is not slow- i genuinely mean just not slow i.e. 0-60 around seven secs would be fine? open to suggestions. any speed is fine really!

-is relatively reliable and practical. wet weather gear essential.

-pretty crucially im 6'4... im guessin not many cars are going to satisfy this?

-CHEAP. im looking around 2-4 grand.

quite like all shapes, lotus inspired. dutton? suggestions would be brilliant.
many thanks,
luke ashwell

[King Herald]

lukeashwell said:

right i want a kit car. lol ive done a ridiculous amount of looking around sites but still none the wiser really. Im looking for a car that: -is not slow- i genuinely mean just not slow i.e. 0-60 around seven secs would be fine? open to suggestions. any speed is fine really! -is relatively reliable and practical. wet weather gear essential. -pretty crucially im 6'4... im guessin not many cars are going to satisfy this? -CHEAP. im looking around 2-4 grand. quite like all shapes, lotus inspired. dutton? suggestions would be brilliant. many thanks, luke ashwell

Buy a few kit car magazines and read reviews of various cars. They do tend to mention if their is loads of leg room/head room or otherwise. Do you want to build it yourself, or get a 'pre-loved' one?

Which Kit Car is advertising the Luego Viento Budget Blaster kit, bragging 'the largest cockpit dimensions on the market', for £2450 inc VAT. https://www.luegosportscars.com

Robin hood do a complete kit for £3,525 with everything but the motor and drive train. https://www.robinhoodsportscars.co.uk

>> Edited by King Herald on Tuesday 16th May 05:04

[Mr Beckerman]

Didn't Leugo go out of business recently? Hopefuly they've survived, but there was talk of it here and on Locostbuilders.

[boRED S2upid]

www.pistonheads.com/sales/77985.htm

Sounds like it could tick a few of your boxes.

Good luck with the search. Every pistonhead should own a Kitcar at some time in their lives.

[King Herald]

Mr Beckerman said:

Didn't Leugo go out of business recently? Hopefuly they've survived, but there was talk of it here and on Locostbuilders.

The ad is in April 2006 issue, so it must have been very recently if they did fold.

[Ferg]

Luego have ceased trading.

[lukeashwell]

Thanks for the replys. Ive vaguely narrowed the search down to a robin hood, dutton, or a marlin roadster. Im looking to but after the summer when prices are down. Id probably prefer fully built as i have no mechanical experience whatsoever, but would be more than happy to have a go at wiring of fitting the dash etc if its just a 'follow the instructions' type of job (inclined to believe this is rare with kits!) Ive heard alot of bad things said about robin hoods - i quite like the look of them - are they generally disliked because of their price, performance, unreliability, size? what is it!?! which of those mentioned would be easiest to maintain most reliable etc or are they pretty similar?
many thanks

[flossythepig]

lukeashwell said:

pretty crucially im 6'4... im guessin not many cars are going to satisfy this?

Have a look at this: www.btinternet.com/~g.j.milburn/gjm7/index.html

[MR2Mike]

lukeashwell said:

Ive heard alot of bad things said about robin hoods - i quite like the look of them - are they generally disliked because of their price, performance, unreliability, size? what is it!?

I guess it depends on your own standards and expectations, but in in the (not too distant!) past the kits have had some pretty shoddy engineering from the factory. Coupled with lack of quality control which meant they were not easy to put together, there have been plenty of botched examples driving around. They have also made some truly awful examples of Lotus 7 inspired cars e.g. the S7 which used the entire Cortina front subframe was an abomination. I bought one very cheap as a donor car for my locost build, at least that's one more off the road.

Price wise they have always aimed at the lower end of the market, the kits appear to provide astonishingly good value until you try to screw it together.

The newer 2B's are somewhat better, (as long as they do not have the awful sliding pillar front suspension) but they are certainly not a particulary "high performance" design with it's heavy sierra rear axle assembly and and somewhat flexible chassis. However, given your requirements, you may well be happy with a nicely built example.

[inkafone]

There's a LWB Marlin Roaster on the owners club site www.marlinownersclub.com/classifieds.php