it's a kit car!

[bernhund]

I heard these words today...

[Hollowpockets]

I hope you asked where the kits could be bought and what the expected build time is for the average hobby mechanic. :-)

[StreetDragster]

I get it all the time, mostly from jealous people.

Also alot of people say 'its just a fancy mondeo'

Just got to laugh it off, we all know better

Matt

[bernhund]

I've heard it plenty of times, but this time around the fella emerged from the McDonalds with his small boy and said 'look at that car! it's a kit car'. I think he simply didn't know what a Noble was and went on to incorrectly inform the small boy.
Anyhow, kit cars are not what they used to be and I had a very nice Chesil Speedster for 5 years, which I loved. It simply annoyed me that he was wrong...he may as well have pointed to a Cheetah at the zoo and said 'wow, look at that Meerkat!'

[funkybmx1]

In all fairness when I buy things and give a part number. They ask what car to servh on there computer. And as I no it normally dont come up. I always say its a kit car.

[funkybmx1]

bernhund said:

I've heard it plenty of times, but this time around the fella emerged from the McDonalds with his small boy and said 'look at that car! it's a kit car'. I think he simply didn't know what a Noble was and went on to incorrectly inform the small boy.
Anyhow, kit cars are not what they used to be and I had a very nice Chesil Speedster for 5 years, which I loved. It simply annoyed me that he was wrong...he may as well have pointed to a Cheetah at the zoo and said 'wow, look at that Meerkat!'

Lol

[jdearden]

My mates take the piss telling me it's a Mondeo in nice clothes. It's just a running joke. Most of them have driven it n no it's just Awsome.

[andygtt]

jdearden said:

My mates take the piss telling me it's a Mondeo in nice clothes. It's just a running joke. Most of them have driven it n no it's just Awsome.

Such a silly statement, I mean any mondeos never spend as much time being fixed as yours

I've been asked a few times if its a Ferrari, I always say 'hell no, it's much faster than a Ferrari' lol

[dave sutton]

I always remember Jeremy Clarkson's comment about people dismissing the Jag X-type for being 'just' a Mondeo. "Well, your DNA is 98% the same as a Chimpanzee's, so the 2% is irrelevant then?"

[Mike Tuckwood]

StreetDragster said:

I get it all the time, mostly from jealous people.

Also alot of people say 'its just a fancy mondeo'
Matt

I don't mind any of that banter, I regularly tell people I've got a "Mondeo Coupe". :-D


Mike.

[Chapppers]

Plenty of low-volume sports cars use parts from another manufacturer, it helps keep costs down. Look at all the Audi gubbins inside a Gumpert Apollo, or the Nissan lights on a Diablo.

But yeah, it's a running joke. Nobody who's actually been in one continues to believe it though

[Jarcy]

Having just come from a TVR, I'm well used to the "kit car", "parts bin" attitude, so the relative appreciation that the Noble attracts is a breath of fresh air. Look what happened when TVR made their own engines - all of the chocolate parts led to expensive rebuilds. Best to stick to developing donar parts if you're a low volume manufacturer.

[slipstream 1985]

when mine was in a car show a few years ago a chap came up and asked me what engine wass in it? "Its a 3.0 v6 ford engine. Oh he muttered in a dissappointing tone, I thought it might have something from aston martin or jaguar in it. Irony that ford owned both at the time the car came out was lost on him.

[mgbond]

jdearden said:

My mates take the piss telling me it's a Mondeo in nice clothes. It's just a running joke. Most of them have driven it n no it's just Awsome.

Mines been called a Mazda twice. Lol

[951]

Not long after I bought mine one of the lads in the factory was overheard asking his mate "Why has Graham bought an MR2?"

[Dacone]

Yes we have to thank Clarkson for his Mondeo comment on an old Top Gear years ago for that.

Any comments I have had regarding the engine I just say, "well you know the 6 litre Aston Martin engine in the DBS, that's the same block only there's two of them in the Aston"

Now run along!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wessexrfc]

The only thing Mondeo is the rear lights, heating controls, steering column controls and gear box but not the engine, we have the Maverick to thank for that....




















I think, stand to be corrected!!!