Anyone Like Fast cars

goingforward_3

Lum wrote: »

You realise that when driving that car it's a legal requirement that you wear a flannel shirt and a NASCAR baseball cap, right?

Dont have a flannel shirt but we have about 25 Nascar Baseball caps lol....

I think i'll crawl back into my LPG run Ford Explorer !!

Lum

goingforward wrote: »

Yes unless you can comfortably afford all the associated running costs then dont it .

We used to have a Subura STI.. insurance wasnt too bad about £450, road tax was £180ish .. but it drank fuel like it was going out of fashion. We used to spend at least £300 a month and that was just normal going to work and back, shopping and maybe the odd trip out at weekends. Servicing costs and parts were bloody dear too.

That said i loved it and could have cried when i sold it...

This is why until I got a company car, I was running a performance car and a variety of old bangers for commuting.

No fun taking a Subaru out in stop start commuter traffic. It's a waste of fuel for no gain and eventually some idiot will drive into the back of it.

It's the way forward IMO. Increases the value of the good car when you come to sell it too.

benham3160

supermonkey wrote: »

Kit cars! Would love one.... but I need to have one car that is also practical so its a no go. I would also not feel safe in something like that!

Trust me, they're not all "that" fun.

Kit-cars are like a lot of things, they seem like a good idea, and are fun for a few minutes, effect quickly wears off! Anything you have to "explain" to people rapidly becomes a bore. They can be fun, they can be a car you can not wait to get out of too....... I speak from experience of having built one here, this isn't just a random diatribe. Anybody who can buy a kit, build it, get it running, registered and drivable with reasonable performance for less than the price of a decent used sportscar is lying.

Also, by the time you've gone though the SVA, DVLA etc, you'd really wish you hadn't of started.

Mate swapped his Robin Hood 2B for an old MX-5 (+cash) and hasn't looked back lol

Regards,
Andy

cyclonebri1

benham3160 wrote: »

Trust me, they're not all "that" fun.

Kit-cars are like a lot of things, they seem like a good idea, and are fun for a few minutes, effect quickly wears off! Anything you have to "explain" to people rapidly becomes a bore. They can be fun, they can be a car you can not wait to get out of too....... I speak from experience of having built one here, this isn't just a random diatribe. Anybody who can buy a kit, build it, get it running, registered and drivable with reasonable performance for less than the price of a decent used sportscar is lying.

Also, by the time you've gone though the SVA, DVLA etc, you'd really wish you hadn't of started.

Mate swapped his Robin Hood 2B for an old MX-5 (+cash) and hasn't looked back lol

Regards,
Andy

No one that ever got rid of a Robin Hood has ever looked back. They really were are the bottom end in both design looks and desirability.

Would probably still 1/2 the 0-60 time of the MX5 tho'.

You don't buy/build a kit for a runabout or daily driver, but if you want performance:T:T:T.

Like all other areas there are kitcars and there are Kitcars.

SVA has now gone, it's even stricter now.;)

bunking_off

Some of these numbers are really high. My S-Type (400BHP incidentally, forgot that) is £245 tax...top tip, go for a pre 2006 (?) car and it avoids the punitive rates. Servicing generally comes in at £250-300. Insurance (male, 40s, max NCD, one claim) is £500.

tomstickland

I've bought progressively slower cars over the last 5 years and still enjoyed driving them. I rate handling and brakes above power. Straight line acceleration is entertaining for a while, but wears off. Getting involved with the handling and enjoying the challenge of maximising the efficiency of what you have is proper sport.

cyclonebri1

tomstickland wrote: »

I've bought progressively slower cars over the last 5 years and still enjoyed driving them. I rate handling and brakes above power. Straight line acceleration is entertaining for a while, but wears off. Getting involved with the handling and enjoying the challenge of maximising the efficiency of what you have is proper sport.

Then go for a quality kit car and you will think you are a Shumacker/Button/Alonso/Hamilton. :T:T

BHP per tonne is the answer, plus as the weight comes down the responsiveness goes up.

Anyone that has not driven this type of car will really not understand. :T
If anyone can give a computer dork a way to post a pic of his last road/track car I will explain further.
Cheers,

benham3160

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Then go for a quality kit car and you will think you are a Shumacker/Button/Alonso/Hamilton. :T:T

BHP per tonne is the answer, plus as the weight comes down the responsiveness goes up.

Anyone that has not driven this type of car will really not understand. :T

Have built and driven, still think they're crap :rotfl:

A suspension system somebody has designed in their shed, and a nailed together chassis might feel good for a while, but it soon wears very thin.

I speak from experience.

Regards,
Andy

Paradigm

tomstickland wrote: »

Getting involved with the handling and enjoying the challenge of maximising the efficiency of what you have is proper sport.

Does 290 bhp through the front wheels count count as "getting involved"?

It's...errr... interesting, not sure enjoyable is the word though

ventureuk

I don't think that the damage this guy caused will polish out.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/08/video-insane-100-mph-crash-caught-on-tape/

In the UK he'd have been in a Corsa.