310R

[theoptician911]

I'm at the fortunate point of buying my first Caterham and not wanting to regret the model choice wondered if I could ask advice on which one is potentially the best to go for? I'm fortunate to live close to a main dealer and have had brief drives in a 270S a 310S and a 420R over the last couple of months. Of the three the 310S was my preferred as I found the 420R almost too fast on the country roads and therefore ultimately less enjoyable. As I'd like to mix my driving between road and track days I'm leaning towards a 310R but haven't had chance to drive that model in the R configuration and wonder how much difference I would expect from it compared to the S? It was interesting talking to the salesman whose personal advice was to start with a lower powered model, even if I was looking to do lots track days, as this was a much better way to learn the car and improve overall driving ability rather than convincing yourself you were up there by having a 420R and simply being one of the fastest cars on the track which seemed to make sense....