To CSR or not ?
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Turn7

Original Poster:

24,809 posts

237 months

Thursday 7th August
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Thinking about moving from my 150 to a CSR200…

Would need to be standard dash, not swoopy.

Worthy upgrade ?

Better ride on our roads ?

RFC1

1,108 posts

213 months

Thursday 7th August
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As a CSR260 owner, i will say that the ride is almost incredible for a car such as this......I wanted swoopy dash until i bought mine with "standard" carbon dash and would not change it ever.

If you can stomach the cost of a CSR i would say at the very least have a go in one at a dealer.

S_M.

framerateuk

2,817 posts

200 months

Friday 8th August
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Curious, I have an S3 and I've sat in an SV (though, it was years ago).

I found the car a bit too big for me. The gearstick was too far forward and the pedals uncomfortable even with the chair adjusted forward.

I assume the CSR would have the same issues given it's based on the same chassis size?

Turn7

Original Poster:

24,809 posts

237 months

Friday 8th August
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I can assure you, I have an SV sized body biggrin

Blue 7

206 posts

189 months

Saturday 9th August
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Six years ago, I was looking to upgrade my live axle Seven & I hired a CSR200 for a long weekend.

Going from 120bhp to 200 was a bit of an eye opener & I loved the extra power. However, I just didn’t gel with the CSR chassis. I found the smooth-riding, un-flustered, slick competence of it a bit… dull.

That said, I have several friends who have CSRs & adore them. I think handling is very subjective, different people like different things in a sports car. I’ve no doubt the CSR is technically superior to a standard Seven in an engineering sense, but personally I found it a bit uninvolving.

rene7

610 posts

99 months

Saturday 9th August
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Another relevant point - where what roads do you drive your car on - ?
The csr is VERY wide compared to a Normal 7 - on welsh 'B' roads that's a major factor too consider if you drive the 7 as intendedsmile

Turn7

Original Poster:

24,809 posts

237 months

Saturday 9th August
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rene7 said:
Another relevant point - where what roads do you drive your car on - ?
The csr is VERY wide compared to a Normal 7 - on welsh 'B' roads that's a major factor too consider if you drive the 7 as intendedsmile
Running an SV currently , so well aware of the size