Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Caterham 7

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

"Not even remotely a long distance car unless you wear a helmet."

Showing your age, Britt?  <jk>

Many of the Stalker owners take them on extended trips.

One of them just posted photos of a month long trip

visiting all 48 states.  I believe Dennis Brunton put

something like 80k miles on chassis #1.

Over 150 of them have been built to date.

Hans.

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Britt2Asa via Ferrari <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> wrote:

I have driven one on the. Road and at Silverstone. Basically a go cart. Like an AC Cobra incredibly uncomfortable with wind pressure and noise over 40 mph. Not even remotely a long distance car unless you wear a helmet. An Elise is far more civilised. Used Caterhams are pretty cheap and readily available here. Could you import a used one to the USA even if in parts to avoid the rules? Look on pistonheads and eBay.co.uk ...

Short term track car and wonderful for point and shoot events. A Sunday drive gets pretty tiring but then my 6foot so if you are short maybe you fit better but the lack of a proper screen and side windows really will wear you down if the sun burn and wind burn doesn't !

Britt

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> On 15 Sep 2014, at 14:08, Fellippe Galletta <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Been daydreaming of this car for awhile now......and that probably has a lot do with the fact that you never hear owner reports/driving impressions, as much as how nice the car is on its own.
>
> Anybody have any real driving time in a 7? The formula of 1000-1200 lbs with good chassis and suspension, no power steering just seems too good to be true for a road car.
>
> I guess the downside is that it makes even an Elise seem like a regular car, lol.
>
> Nobody I know seems to have one. And the question is why? :)
>
> My best guess is they might cost too much....
>
> FG

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