Talk me out of buying....
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A Caterham starter pack, please.
Im almost ready to pull the trigger after seeing an ad for a Caterham starter kit for £5450.
Yes, I know it'll end up at +12k, but Im itching to have a 7, and much as I like the Westy, I *really* want a Caterham.
Tell me its a stupid waste of dollar and a Westy will be half the cost for twice the performance.
Please.
eta grammer and speeelllling
Im almost ready to pull the trigger after seeing an ad for a Caterham starter kit for £5450.
Yes, I know it'll end up at +12k, but Im itching to have a 7, and much as I like the Westy, I *really* want a Caterham.
Tell me its a stupid waste of dollar and a Westy will be half the cost for twice the performance.
Please.
eta grammer and speeelllling
Edited by Furyous on Saturday 4th April 22:26
Thats the problem really.
I want my next car to a real all rounder. I want it to be comfortable enough to do a 2 hour run in and also a semi decent track day tool.
Im so torn between Cats and Westys right now.
Being a 6 foot plus geezer, I also want my head to be below the windscreen.
Im pretty sure I could mod or build a good Westy, but my heart says Caterham....
I dont know.
I want my next car to a real all rounder. I want it to be comfortable enough to do a 2 hour run in and also a semi decent track day tool.
Im so torn between Cats and Westys right now.
Being a 6 foot plus geezer, I also want my head to be below the windscreen.
Im pretty sure I could mod or build a good Westy, but my heart says Caterham....
I dont know.
Just to give a slight opposite view, my car has been driving me mad recently. All this sunny weather and mine is broken. Requires a rebuilt prop and a new gear set. Due to a few deals it's cost me £450 and a fair bit of time and effort which I would much rather have spent driving. A more sensible car wouldn't have done this. Probably.
I had a sit in an SV roadsport with lowered floors up at the Race Retro show. Being 6'4" and 18 stone I was thinking that it would not fit. I was wrong.
With the lowered floor I actually looked throught the windscreen rather than over it like normal...
Of course it was not as spacious as my Quantum Xtreme - but what the heck.
The lastv two days have been excellent for blatting - don't worry about a two hour drive, enjoy the experience!
With the lowered floor I actually looked throught the windscreen rather than over it like normal...
Of course it was not as spacious as my Quantum Xtreme - but what the heck.
The lastv two days have been excellent for blatting - don't worry about a two hour drive, enjoy the experience!
silverian535 said:
I had a sit in an SV roadsport with lowered floors up at the Race Retro show. Being 6'4" and 18 stone I was thinking that it would not fit. I was wrong.
With the lowered floor I actually looked throught the windscreen rather than over it like normal...
Being of a similar build,thats very encouraging, I drove my bro's Westy and felt like Noddy looking out over the top of the screen.Likewise a full screen Fury.With the lowered floor I actually looked throught the windscreen rather than over it like normal...
I want this car to be comfortable *and* fun.
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Being of a similar build,thats very encouraging, I drove my bro's Westy and felt like Noddy looking out over the top of the screen.Likewise a full screen Fury.
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What seats were in the Fury? I'm about 6" and without seats there's loads of room before I start reaching the limit of the windscreen. With Cobra Roadsters, my eye level is the same as the top of the screen....
Being of a similar build,thats very encouraging, I drove my bro's Westy and felt like Noddy looking out over the top of the screen.Likewise a full screen Fury.
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What seats were in the Fury? I'm about 6" and without seats there's loads of room before I start reaching the limit of the windscreen. With Cobra Roadsters, my eye level is the same as the top of the screen....
As a Caterham owner I say go for it. Life is too short. Not sure on build costs for a starter kit but a classic costs 13K for a complete kit with everthing new although this doesn't include paint, windscreen or weather equipment and comes with a 1.4K series. My guess is that a car built from a starter kit with a secondhand duratec engine and box will be somewhere around £15-16K.
All the best.
All the best.
Ecosseven said:
this doesn't include paint
All the best.
Who needs paint when you have aluminium?All the best.
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I use this stuff all the time. When people complained about getting dazzled I used it even more.
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