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@williamwashere not sure about brave... perhaps naive or even dumb. Though, I am quite careful not to drive close to anyone in front of me. I've had my windshield cracked on my STI twice since moving to TX 3 years ago. I haven't take the car into Houston yet. Most of my drives are just within the 20 miles around my house... 99 is the only highway it's been on so far. I do want to make it out to Sam Houston National Forest for a drive some time. I will say that I tend to be MUCH more aware when in the Caterham, I look out for blind-spot monitors lighting up on cars in other lanes, I make sure not to drive right next to any trucks that are too high to see me next to them, etc. Obviously different people have different tolerances, but I just took the car out today for an hour... it was around 95 today and it's not terrible. It's never uncomfortable physically in terms of seating for me, but when you're at a red light, or traffic, the heat gets pretty rough. While you're driving, it's at least windy... the wind is warm/hot but you don't feel like you're actively sweating. I've seen some people attach a Camelbak to their car with one of those mouth straw things to stay hydrated during drives... not a bad idea, but you may have to stop for the restroom. What's ETA to your place for the kit?

That looks app-solutely fantastic! Thanks for sharing, I'll be using it for sure. Not too great driving roads where I am... there may be a few near @williamwashere...

@williamwashere hah, I JUST responded to Josh's introduction email and I've found we've been chatting here a bit. I actually recently picked up a 3D printer as well... however, I came here to note that the universal mount (with rubber bands) that the Moto II comes with... works REALLY well on the center mirror stem for the aeroscreen mirror.

@jmaz not OP, but I love my CaterLEDs. If you have a new build they're plug and play and awesome. No issues whatsoever and helps you be more discernable especially here in TX where I'm surrounded by trucks that are 8 feet tall. One thing to be aware of is if you install them horizontally on the top of the rollbar it'll interfere (and not be visible) with the hood or half hood. I installed mine on the vertical posts of the rollbar in case I want to ever get a hood.

@240 wow what an awesome trip! Pretty cool you got to meet the guy who literally put your kit together!

Yup that's why I'm feeling like 66k is too low now

I may need to raise the agreed value... 66 feels low now..

@Vovchandr is right. I got my insurance way before my title. All they needed was the VIN and asked me how I wanted the make and model written. My car is titled as an Assembled Vehicle in TX while my Insurance has it as a 2024 Caterham 420R. I'm only about halfway thru my 1st year of insurance. I'll let you guys know when I get my renewal notice what's changed.

@GumballF355 I did end up getting a 420R from Rich but have since moved from SJ to Houston lol. I do miss the Bay Area quite a bit but life takes you places.

That's quite a brilliant and practical idea.

I find that at Shell it auto stops (way too early but it stops). At Costco it doesn't do that and just keeps going so it overflows a lot if you're not paying attention even for a few seconds

Exact same thing happened to me at Costco too

Wish I still lived in San Jose.... would've totally met up for a drive. Our Sevens are pretty much twins.

Totally understandable... Wealthier community, even by Bay Area standards with an older population that have a higher likelihood of appreciating classic and custom cars? Yeah definitely can see that.

That's the only real thing I'm worried about. 5 gallon tank, no real problems there if somehow that were true. I'm used to getting 15mpg in my STI so no issues there either lol. That being said, pretty sure my friend was plowing at 100+ mph for a good portion of that 40 mile drive, maybe even half of it lol