KnifeySpoony

$60k - even though it would I think it would take 80k+ to replicate now. Prices have gone way up.

Just got my Hagerty renewal - premium went from $1046 to $1406. May have to shop around.

Don't ignore the effect of pad material on brake feel. The stock front pads that Caterham fit to my car are lifeless and wooden with zero bite when cold. I just put in some RS14s up front (to match the RS14 that come with the rear upgrade kit) and the difference is night and day. Not only do they bite wayyyyy harder (even when ice cold), but the pedal feel is much firmer.

Shame to see that SB100 sticker leave CA... pure gold right there. How many SB100 CSRs are there... not many I'd wager.

You can run a windshield with the SLR cage, but not with doors. You'd have to switch to a different cage/rollbar type if you want full weather gear.

yet more teasers

I just assumed they all did that. I would say i get spillage/overflow on at least half of all fill-ups.

Just for another data point, I calculated mileage after a fillup - got 23mpg on a highway cruise back from the track with some intermittent light traffic that kept speeds down a bit.

These cars have terrible aero. At over 100mph, mpg could drop pretty far...

My 420R with roller barrels (and Caterham tune) gets crap mileage. 70mph cruise doesn't even get 20mpg. I think around 15-18. Always been that way. That's with aeroscreen, no doors, sticky tires.

I wouldn't trust linearity of the gauge. Also, given that your gauge would read full with your prior filling technique, it suggests that you were probably getting the tank mostly full, unless your gauge is way off. I say drive it till you run out of gas (if practical), then you will actually know how much gas you've used to get to that point.

So have you ever driven it from "fully full" until empty, or tested the range since a true fill up?

Something's not adding up. Are you saying from running out of gas to filling the tank until overflowing that it took 5 gallons? Or that the tank only ever took 5 gallons on initial fill after build?

I went to los Gatos dmv even though it's not that close to me based on recommendations that they were more familiar with sb100 than some other locations.

Tank is spoken for. Will update if falls through.