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Old 04-02-2007, 02:14 PM
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Some nice driving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHgjFPhhzY8
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I wish I could do that in my car. By the way I also purchased some decals from you yesterday
Old 04-02-2007, 04:43 PM
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LOL - that is just crazy cool
Old 04-02-2007, 07:31 PM
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What was that? Lotus 7 replica?
Old 04-02-2007, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by NotAPreppie
What was that? Lotus 7 replica?
http://www.caterham.co.uk/
Old 04-02-2007, 08:12 PM
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Last year we had a car club full of Caterhams come through the mountains around Cloudcroft and Ruidoso, New Mexico. They are so lightweight and agile, but I had never seen one in action like this guy is pushing it though....that was some impressive driving for sure!

Thanks for sharing the find!

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Old 04-15-2007, 07:47 AM
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Cool stuff...it's like he has carriage wheels under his rear end. How does he get into and out of reverse so quuickly so often so easily? Amazing!
Old 04-15-2007, 12:51 PM
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Ah, but... is it street legal?

(grabs cat and runs out of building before it explodes) <= name that movie.
Old 04-15-2007, 05:36 PM
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Check this one out...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJrEJb0HaeY
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Wow!! Dude has skills.
Old 04-17-2007, 01:14 PM
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I got to do an EVO magazine trackday in 2002 at Brands Hatch. One of the cars I got to ride in was a Caterham Superlight R500 (for a while, fastest production car on Nurburgring), and it forever cemented my deep adoration for small, light cars and Caterham in particular. It was ridiculous how fast that little thing was, but you really only knew that by how fast full-race Lotus's and Porsches moved out of your way. It has so little mass and body roll that you didn't feel much inertia change and therefore didn't feel subjectively quick. Everytime I looked at the speedo, though, it was easily 20-30mph faster than I though possible. Also, as I said, EVERYTHING but the Radicals on track would automatically move aside when they saw us in their mirrors. This includes a TVR Tuscan R, Exiges, a Ferrari 355 Challenge, etc etc etc. Of course it was made even better by the fact that the driver was a pro British Touring car driver and made it seem so ridiculously easy.

I always though a Rotary would be the perfect engine for these cars, never understood why I don't see more like that...


Oh, and they are street legal, and available in the US. New model (CSR) comes with the 2.3 Duratec tuned to 260 BHP. In an 1100 pound car...

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Old 04-17-2007, 05:08 PM
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Woh, I was trying to be funny. But that is damn impressive. Damn 0-60 in 3.1 seconds (A Z06 is like 3.7+ I believe):

http://www.caterham.co.uk/assets/htm...omparison.html

Starts at $42,000 USD + whatever tariffs there are.
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looks i found one of my midlife crises cars. 12 more years, and that baby is parked next to the elise, the porsche, and the by then dogged out pre-midlife rx8.
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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBalrog
Ah, but... is it street legal?

(grabs cat and runs out of building before it explodes) <= name that movie.
Lethal Weapon 2! Now pay up!
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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBalrog
Woh, I was trying to be funny. But that is damn impressive. Damn 0-60 in 3.1 seconds (A Z06 is like 3.7+ I believe):

http://www.caterham.co.uk/assets/htm...omparison.html

Starts at $42,000 USD + whatever tariffs there are.
Or you could just buy it from one of the US dealers...

http://www.uscaterham.com/home.html
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Originally Posted by shaunv74
Lethal Weapon 2! Now pay up!
Here ya go!




Originally Posted by myriadshalaks
looks i found one of my midlife crises cars. 12 more years, and that baby is parked next to the elise, the porsche, and the by then dogged out pre-midlife rx8.
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