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Part of this discussion is defining exactly what handling is. It's not stiff race suspension, it's not necessarily traction.. Some define it as predicability and being able to respond to your inputs and be an extension of you. Now with enough seat time almost any car can satisfy that requirement, some are a lot easier and quicker and capable of doing that than others. In theory a "good handling car" you should be able to jump into and be able to control. If it takes time to learn how to handle it for it to be "good" (air cooled 911?) That can be a fair criticism. Unpredictability I believe is a fair criticism.

As posted in the video thread but the comment bears discussion. This is coming from an extremely seasoned and experienced automotive persona. Between personal cars and well more than a decade of reviewing custom and other performance cars he's quite well versed or experienced in vehicle dynamics. We all know this is partially why CSR was made and it is a problem of the car, but people like @Croc (who does happen to like his CSR) or others who had a pleasure of experiencing much much wider variety of cars on track and on the street that many of us have had otherswise, do you share his opinion? Is it truly a bad flaw and it's fine to overlook it or is he being dramatic? Personally I'm not bothered enough to ever have it noticeable to me to such a degree. About 1 hour 8 mins in. .

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I think your garage is bigger than my house! Congratulations. Good luck with the build. I've never build my own so I don't have much to contribute in that department.

Some K20 fun Apparently K20 has been used in Caterhams, I didn't realize thats a swap people do that fits 284BHP N/A Honda K20! - RX-5 VTEC Test Drive HONDA K20 230BHP // Test Drive #honda #k20 #testdrive #sportscar #kitcar

Close enough Homemade Race Car? Hitting the Open Road on Open Wheels

Don't know if this was posted, but worth reposting as it demonstrates the buffeting issue with the windshield we all experience Caterham model aerodynamics with UFO CFD1

I'm just here to comment that I'm in awe of your garage space.

I spoke with Mike too. I believe he's finding it very strange to have two calls for an infrequent need within a few hours. If it's titled as a 57 I believe you'll have no problems at all. Is the car already owned by you? You have to pay the picture tax..

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Alright just got the number and info Call 518-474-5282 dial option 4 Ideally you get Dan as he's easy going. You'll talk to a rep and ask them for documents for a custom registration. Have your ID ready. They will send you a packet then go from there. Just requested one for myself. Still not sure if I'll need bumpers or my wipers back on. I hope not. Don't want to reinstall washer/wipers/motor.

Im in Colonie. We might be able to help each other. I can restart the conversation with the inspector I've had communicated with and proceed from there. I've taken notes on what forms he told me to fill out but I have misplaced all of them and will need to get a hold of him again. In short he told me to fill out some basics, skip the rest and get the forms back to him to schedule something. Do keep in mind you'd need to tow the car to him every time. As far as the 57 Lotus I don't know how people do it but in NY and other states people get them registered originally as a replica of a 57. I know nothing about that process.

Again if he's going that route he's best off taking to an inspector. They typically want you to have "bumpers" too. You'll see members in old threads here manufacturing temporary bumpers for front and back for their inspections even in other states. Only people that have an easy time are the ones that have a title for it being a 1957 Lotus or similar. It being a Caterham isnt always advantageous in NY.

One major caveat to option #2 for a used car that's already made. Feel free to dig deeper into this as I've only had one experience with it but the problem maybe in the fact that it already exists as a car so you cant just waltz into a specialty home built title.. otherwise anybody would do it with relative ease for other exotics or cars that can't pass inspection. You MIGHT have to disassemble the car and then reassemble and log the process in order for it to qualify as home built and then inspect it at end with the specialty station to which you have to tow it to? That's a process that my friend with a Skyline was going through before he sold it instead. What general area are you in NY? Reach out to your local specialty inspector and talk to him as he will be your Executioner of this option if it goes to it. I reached out to mine years ago looking for an exemption for inspection and just never proceeded. At this rate the car sees less than 1000 miles a year and it's really not a big deal for me to wait another few years until it's 25 years old. You do not have that option with a newer car.

I will also add a side note is that the "DMV decision" wildly varies on who's behind the counter. I had everything from pleasant to very difficult times depending on where I went and who I saw. You're more likely to have an easy time with smaller town DMVs for starters. You're also going to have a lot easier time being friendly, acting stupid and having pictures of the car as without it it's hard for them to understand your situation. I have to reregister mine every few years as (see above) I can't get inspected. Every time I get a new registration the person behind the counter has to go through the same dance and type it in and have errors come up as the weight is too light and triggers some error. They typically call a supervisor of sorts with super permissions who had to explain to them how to put it in or override the error.

To some degree.. @Cboulderer what do you mean passes smog? CA smog test? Or do you mean OBD2? So here's the deal. You got two ways of registering each will come with it's own pains and benefits. One is registering through the DMV directly as a 2023 Caterham or whatever your title might say. It should go fine like that. That's how mine was. However if it's 1999+ it will need to pass obd2 inspection and to the best of my knowledge no Caterham does as we simply don't have all the EVAP equipment, much less mine as it had a standalone ECU so it has zero chance of passing, however I was grandfathered in to a title due to another state registering it. With that said mine already had a title from NC and DMV simply did routine registration. The reason you're getting mixed messages I suspect is because you don't have a title with the car and DMV will have to assign your car a title as a new registrar. I think because its a new registration for an obscure car that can't pass inspection so they want you to go the kit car route which will require special inspections at first and you getting a whole new vin from NY for a specialty built vehicle. Once you go through all that at least you can inspect it every year with the given exception. I could be wrong on a few things. Here are some people that had success @BlakeJ @Deadrock @tvacc and Time Machines for starters. Don't have their tag on hand. Exit: confused you and @Arahant for a second. I see yours is a used one. What year?

There was a reason I ponied up to the full block kit instead of a retro fit. I really didn't want to find myself stuck with another project when some wiring would break or some other weak point. Plus it allows me to swap back with ease if it ever comes to that for whatever the reason might be. But good progress! You'll be very happy. I ran around with just retrofit LED's in place of stock bulbs for my brake lights for a little bit and this is much better. Only thing that comes close at all is likely the new style tailight but I did my upgrade before they came out and to be honest I'm not quite sold on them still, especially for the price.

Enjoy Birkin 7.

Beautiful woman screaming! Birkin was the best after all. Your midlife dream can come true with a used car!

This is what happens when you run long distances on the Super Seven. [Aichi → Miyazaki]

I went to Gokuhana 2024!

【#1 Restomod Build 1995 Caterham Super 7】I bought a Japanese Caterham kit car

The car has finally been delivered!? Manabu Kawaguchi of Love Cars TV thoroughly checks the interior and exterior of the Caterham 7 170R! The world's lightest? I can't stop grinning at the model!

Super Seven is recommended as a hobby car What I think after driving for 2 years