Anybody on here own a BAC Mono
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[quote=Rob RS]Hi - Yes, I bought the first 2 production cars and have been running them for a few months. Chris Harris drove our red car at a wet Rockingham a couple of months back you may recall reading/viewing on here...
The cars are fantastic to drive and get a lot of attention wherever they go. We've just come back form the Gran Tursimo Nuburgring Evo event where we were filming with Drift Innovation (HD Camera manufacturer) for the launch of their latest product- i'll post the edited video up here when its done.
The cars ran well and are great around the Nordschliefe, mainly due to the compliant ride and handling. Its not an aero car at all, but has masses of mechanical grip and gives so much confidence to really push on. Th main thing is the feeling that its just so different from any of the "competition" that a lot of people naturally pigeonhole it with. Its really in a different league in terms of the quality of engineering and driving experience.
For those of you not already aware, RS Academy rents both cars out - currently they are based at the 'Ring /Spa for the next few weeks, then we'll have them back to GPR, Silverstone where we run them from in the UK. Both cars have just gone through the SVA test and will be available for road hire too once the paperwork is done.
Don't think I'm supposed to use this place to personally plug what we do (although there is link on the Chris Harris article... http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyI... ), but if anyone wants to come and drive the cars to see for themselves, you are more them welcome!
Here's some iphone pics from last week at the 'Ring... on track actions shots and the film from this trip will be available to view soon at www.rs-academy.co.uk
Cheers
Rob
Brilliant thanks Rob. I was kind of hoping that you would reply after trying without success to call you earlier today. I'm close to securing a car and it's a bit of a leap of faith I suppose so it's good to hear positive things from an "owner" rather than just reading press! It's probably too early days to ask you about any "wear and tear" issues you might have had but feel free to PM me with any information that you think could be relevant.
Thanks again for the reply,
Tim
The cars are fantastic to drive and get a lot of attention wherever they go. We've just come back form the Gran Tursimo Nuburgring Evo event where we were filming with Drift Innovation (HD Camera manufacturer) for the launch of their latest product- i'll post the edited video up here when its done.
The cars ran well and are great around the Nordschliefe, mainly due to the compliant ride and handling. Its not an aero car at all, but has masses of mechanical grip and gives so much confidence to really push on. Th main thing is the feeling that its just so different from any of the "competition" that a lot of people naturally pigeonhole it with. Its really in a different league in terms of the quality of engineering and driving experience.
For those of you not already aware, RS Academy rents both cars out - currently they are based at the 'Ring /Spa for the next few weeks, then we'll have them back to GPR, Silverstone where we run them from in the UK. Both cars have just gone through the SVA test and will be available for road hire too once the paperwork is done.
Don't think I'm supposed to use this place to personally plug what we do (although there is link on the Chris Harris article... http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyI... ), but if anyone wants to come and drive the cars to see for themselves, you are more them welcome!
Here's some iphone pics from last week at the 'Ring... on track actions shots and the film from this trip will be available to view soon at www.rs-academy.co.uk
Cheers
Rob
Brilliant thanks Rob. I was kind of hoping that you would reply after trying without success to call you earlier today. I'm close to securing a car and it's a bit of a leap of faith I suppose so it's good to hear positive things from an "owner" rather than just reading press! It's probably too early days to ask you about any "wear and tear" issues you might have had but feel free to PM me with any information that you think could be relevant.
Thanks again for the reply,
Tim
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Thanks for the positive comments.
In answer to the couple of queries;
Mine is chassis number 9 although I don't think that necessarily means there are 8 others on UK roads.
The Mono should be included in the forthcoming series of Top Gear this summer.....better chance of a dry lap for The Stig I guess!!
No idea about LHD/RHD!?
I take your point about the colour and being seen at junctions etc and it is a little intimidating following and passing a 40' arctic on the motorway hoping that he has seen you but I really didn't want a very loud colour or the white that has become almost the default colour.
In answer to the couple of queries;
Mine is chassis number 9 although I don't think that necessarily means there are 8 others on UK roads.
The Mono should be included in the forthcoming series of Top Gear this summer.....better chance of a dry lap for The Stig I guess!!
No idea about LHD/RHD!?
I take your point about the colour and being seen at junctions etc and it is a little intimidating following and passing a 40' arctic on the motorway hoping that he has seen you but I really didn't want a very loud colour or the white that has become almost the default colour.
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