Caterham Hire

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Having driven a Caterham Seven Supersport on a track day years ago, I'd always said I'd love to own one. As I'm nearing the point where I can warrant a weekend toy my mind is drifting towards other options (Cayman GTS, Lotus Elise), or even just a project car that I can use as a sandbox to learn as I go along.

In order to focus the mind a bit I had thought about hiring a Caterham for a day and have seen a few dealers that offer it at varying prices. My question to you on here is does anyone have any experience of Caterham hire, would they recommend it and does anybody know anywhere around Buckinghamshire that offers a hire service? The three available through the Caterham site are Gatwick, Bristol and Cheshire.

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doggydog33 said:

Silverstone do hire cars. I hired a 420 the other week from them. It was quite pricey as far as Caterham hire goes but it would’ve been the model I was interested in purchasing so wanted a day to see if it was for me. I think they’re the only place to hire a 420.
Regards, doggydog.

Do you mind me asking how much it was to hire? And which day of the week you hired it on?

I think on the official site the prices cited are for 270s or 310s. I seem to recall you can hire a 360 but it's an extra cost.

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doggydog33 said:

Hi, for a one day hire mid-week it was £499.
For that you get 120 ‘free’ miles. A lot of money for a hire but there you go.
Regards, doggydog.

You were right that is expensive!