RE: Caterham Seven Supersprint spectacular!
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Well, I was lucky enough to order one of these, and have chosen "Dijon" blue as the colour. I love these lower powered Caterhams, with skinny tyres and a focus on handling and fun. The car has some lovely details, I think. Will be a lovely addition to my R400, and a great car for a bit of English B-road fun.
akirk said:
they look nice - but slap the correct road legal plates on in bright yellow / white and they won't look quite so retro...
however, nicely done and good to see that they are not just pursuing BHP
There are suppliers of the old raised style plates, in yellow rear, white front style) you know, the type everyone replaced with Perspex for a modern look... A cheap dvla personalised reg which hides the age a bit or just looks older (the popular C7 'xxx' for example) and you get a nice retro look. add a vintage GB plate for the 'just off to the continent' look. Job jobbed.however, nicely done and good to see that they are not just pursuing BHP
One of the issues with aeroscreens is that you cannot have a hood, for use when the weather is really bad. The normal windscreen does of course provide barn door aerodynamics for the7& which is already fairly compromised in the drag department.
I was at the Caterham stand at Goodwood when the heavens opened up in nearly biblical proportions so not sure I would want to be in/on any open motorized vehicle in those conditions.
The car in question did look good, and surprisingly the light brown interior seem to work quite well. I am not a fan of vomit brown interior trim, but it did seem to complement this particular rage of seven.
The fact that the car was sold out by the evening of the first day at Goodwood, gives the lie to the idea that it was too expensive,
People will pay what they think is suitable for a product, be it a seven, a pullover, or an expensive watch. If these are the same as Caterhams generally they wont lose much, if anything on them even after years of ownership. and that in itself makes them reasonable value for money.
I was at the Caterham stand at Goodwood when the heavens opened up in nearly biblical proportions so not sure I would want to be in/on any open motorized vehicle in those conditions.
The car in question did look good, and surprisingly the light brown interior seem to work quite well. I am not a fan of vomit brown interior trim, but it did seem to complement this particular rage of seven.
The fact that the car was sold out by the evening of the first day at Goodwood, gives the lie to the idea that it was too expensive,
People will pay what they think is suitable for a product, be it a seven, a pullover, or an expensive watch. If these are the same as Caterhams generally they wont lose much, if anything on them even after years of ownership. and that in itself makes them reasonable value for money.
stefan1 said:
Well, I was lucky enough to order one of these, and have chosen "Dijon" blue as the colour. I love these lower powered Caterhams, with skinny tyres and a focus on handling and fun. The car has some lovely details, I think. Will be a lovely addition to my R400, and a great car for a bit of English B-road fun.
Nice choice, you going for the aeroscreen of roof?Pan Pan Pan said:
One of the issues with aeroscreens is that you cannot have a hood, for use when the weather is really bad.
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having been at Harewood yesterday, I can vouch for the fact that the hood is a worthwhile option even if it does steam up so badly inside you cannot actually see out..
ps, that's the second time I've had the hood on the car that built in 1991, i usually just put up with a bit of rain but yesterday was torrential at times.
99dndd said:
stefan1 said:
Well, I was lucky enough to order one of these, and have chosen "Dijon" blue as the colour. I love these lower powered Caterhams, with skinny tyres and a focus on handling and fun. The car has some lovely details, I think. Will be a lovely addition to my R400, and a great car for a bit of English B-road fun.
Nice choice, you going for the aeroscreen of roof?
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