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And it's a Lotus http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/autopia/images/2008/08/22/lotus_ice01.jpg I did my time with winter, don't miss it much .

Today I did a 25 mile bike ride up the coast, even got to check out the babes playing volley ball on the beach.... in bikini's :drool: Tomorrow taking the Seven for a blat in the Canyons, it will be about 75 degrees State government schmoverment :deadhorse:

Yeah, the plan is to seal the underside Thanks .

Ahem http://www.usa7s.com/vb/showthread.php?t=2360&highlight=toniq Here's a new one too YouTube - Dmotor / D Motor / DMAX - Secma F16 vs Caterham Superlight 2 2

Found this thread on a search about the problem. Unfortunately it recently became much much worse on the car (see attached photo). The new spots suddenly appeared after we had a big rainstorm and the car was in the garage with the cover on it, so it must have been from the humidity. It appears that the spots are actual air/condensation under the clear coat. Somehow the fenders are not completely sealed. A friend with a body shop who has some experience doing CF repairs on Lotus thinks he may be able to sand off the clear coat and refinish it, though how good it turns out would be dependent on whether there is damage to the weave or not. So hopefully it will work as he can do all four fenders for the cost just one replacement. Not sure if Kar120c is on here anymore but to address some his points: While the weight may or may not be a real issue in terms of ultimate performance, there is a significant difference between the weight of the CF and Fiberglass parts on the Seven, especially the nose cone. Also, as the parts are really just cosmetic and not structural, I don't think the strength of the CF is an issue. If you hit something with Fiberglass it is going to break too, albeit it will be cheaper to repair You never say how this is going to help. Since Al's car is now mine, it should be noted that the front fenders are already as close to the tire as possible, as a matter of fact, they were rubbing the tires and I had to bend the stanchion to clear it

You should have paid all that when you started your paperwork for the SB100 CHP may assign a new VIN, on my car they used the existing one from Caterham, but it is up to their discretion

10 pounds per order

Some say that he is not affected by the laws of physics, and that is ass is made of velcro.... All we know is he is called the Stig

I ordered them from the UK and had the whole lot shipped here. Haven't opened them yet, today is the SoCal Caterham club Xmas pizza party and RC auto-x, but suspect it is more Radio Shack than servo for the $30 they cost http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2555/4156406144_864273c693_o.jpg .

Ken certainly doesn't make himself out to be the "king", he is quite modest actually and would probably be the first to admit that there are plenty of drivers as good or better than he. It's folks on the internets who have watched his videos that seem to think he is somehow a driving god. Rally in the US is still mostly an underground sport, Ken was smart and realized that in order to market himself/team/car/sponsors he would have to think outside the box and that is why he makes these fun videos (albeit the one in this thread is the Top Gear tv show) that have gone viral on the internet

More like it helps to sell your company (DC shoes) for something like $55 million (rumored). While he has certainly become a decent driver in recent years, it is only because he has money. Having been involved in Rally for many years, I knew plenty of drivers that had the potential to be better than him but could never get anywhere because they didn't have the money to back them. Of course Ken shows up at very his first rally in a $100k rally car and the best team in the US behind him, he then goes on to compete in dozens of events in his first year while others struggled to afford to get to the next event. I have had guys like Rhys Millen (who not only competes as a drift/Rally driver but also does precision driving for movies and commercials), drive for my camera and him drifting a bone stock car six feet off the bumper of the camera car and holding it there for the shot over and over again takes far more skill than Ken's hooligan driving videos. Ken is a really nice guy and incredibly smart at marketing ( I am most impressed about this skill) but the hype surrounding his driving is created by this marketing skill. When he competes overseas he pretty much gets his head handed to him. That said, his videos are really fun to watch but give me that kind of money and potentially I will be driving like that too.:driving:

One million pounds! http://www.mauchle.name/images/dr-evil.jpg

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Booo!! Hope he goes to F1 so we can have WRC back A little late to the announcement though, the championship ended 3 weeks ago

I've driven it on a racetrack, it's absolutely fabulous for a big heavy luxury car. While I don't think it is great looking, it is much better in person. A nice set of wheels would do it some good. The interior is spectacular. Everyone who drove it came out of it impressed. Ferrari's profitable way is controlling the market, making a somewhat false exclusiveness and then charging exorbitant amounts for their cars. I had a 599 press car on loan a while back that had a sticker of something like $327k (nice car, but not worth that much IMO), upon returning it at a dealership, a customer came up and asked how much the car was, and he was told $515k Not exactly the kind of business practices I look up to. I also read once somewhere that much of Ferrari's profits come more from merchandising and branding than selling cars, not sure that is true, but sounds plausible. Personally, I think the 458 is sort of ugly and the interior looks straight out of a Honda Civic (albeit with nicer materials). A friend of mine just returned from test driving it in Maranello, and he said that while the 458 is a nice drive, it is full of unnecessarily gimmicky electronic doodads. Not sure if that is sticking to their heritage and vision....http://www.websmileys.com/sm/sad/533.gif While I agree that perhaps Porsche has strayed a bit from their "heritage", they have always been a more accessible sports car than Ferrari and the GT3 does a pretty good job of holding the heritage mantle. I'd take a GT3RS over a Ferrari any day Toyota already said they are going to lose money on each car, but as I pointed out above, I think they won't have too much trouble selling all 500 of them, there is a lot of people with too much money in this world

I believe it's already sold

Because everyone and their mother has a Lamborghini or Ferrari in this town :cooldude:

I'll take the map pockets, will PM you

Steve wouldn't stand a chance in his MG I couldn't really tell you, I tend to stick to the much tighter and slower roads, so don't usually drive that fast. I see no point in doing triple digit speeds on the road and it is one of the reasons I find the Caterham so much fun, it's exciting at lower speeds. As a matter of fact, I've barely had the car over 100 mph since I got it. I did go out driving with him back when the car was just turbocharged and a "mere 400+hp", I chased him down one of the tighter canyons (think tail of the dragon) in the Seven and he pretty much got in my way, he would go real fast down the straights but slow way down for the corners, I wasn't too impressed, nor was the product developer guy from Lotus UK who was driving a stock Elise (that he borrowed) who kept right up with him as well. Of course he went on the internet and bragged how much faster he was than me

That is Frank, he is a local and the car is twincharged, it has both a turbo and a supercharger. It is well over 500hp. He had to put giant wheels and tires on it as well as huge fender flares, it's become a bit of cartoon car IMO. His driving is not that impressive.

The Top Gear video is really combined footage of several laps, the Stig may have been showboating for the camera during the footage they used and not necessarily going for the best time. TG track is also tighter with lower speeds, so the approach can be different

Here is the view from the Porsche .

Nikon D3, my D2x is now the 2nd body/back up. Didn't need any new lenses (yet). Lighting is done with a fluorescent light wand that I sort of made.

Does this look better? http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3531/4036188377_aa6dd5a7ea_o.jpg