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Its is likely your IT setup. I have no problems on a variety of IT set ups at home, my weekender, hotels or in various office building locations in the company - both Mac and Windoze. Do you have an active virus scanner or web filter like barracuda that is constantly operating - that will often be the cause of what you describe.

:rofl: If I, as the ultimate fat bastard, can do it then you can. Two videos to illustrate your options. The first video is my preferred method. And before you point out that they are thin and short then note they are using the S3 chassis and not the SV - advantanges and disadvantages compared to you are neutralized. I never liked the full hood top as it always fogged up in there from heat of the engine/gearbox/me plus driving visibility was never great. Clearly it is best that you not be caught in the rain or buy a half hood top with the zipper roof cutouts and then use that with the sidescreens and a rear mesh deflector.

Your pads will be fine. Tom got 12 years out of his. Mine are on their 8th year and have 50% left. Upgrade to the race master cylinder option that Caterham has. They are lovely tires pity they disappear so quickly!

I will PM my comment to preserve some privacy for you for any future sale discussion.

Unless you buy it as a kit

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Similar to Donington I have two choices of video Option 1 360 video that you can pan around and look everywhere but not great sound but it does have a track map and data overlay and corner labelling for the first lap so you know what corner I am going through. Click and drag cursor to pan the video around 360 degrees Option 2 Regular video with sound and data overlays. Both videos really illustrate the power nature of the circuit. I would belt into corners at max velocity 105mph, usual high speed understeer and then the aim was to minimize the speed being scrubbed off by the corner. Then on exit, I could not drop a gear to pick up the pace because of the gaps between the ratios forcing me to hold a higher gear and lug it out of the corners. And this was the situation all over the circuit – Copse, Maggott/Beckett, Abbey, etc. It was a fun day on a circuit but frustrating all the same. So whats my favorite – Donington. No contest. Its fast and fun and well suited to a seven. Even in a lightly powered Caterham it is a good drive because it flows so well. Donington is one of the best circuits you will ever drive in a Seven as it flows so well maintaining momentum.

Silverstone Circuit Then it was Silverstone late in the week. Like Donington, I had been here before and I was driving the same Caterham 310. However, I had big reservations. The GP layout at Silverstone is a power circuit. Very fast. But I only had 152hp so I was not going to be very fast. Plus with the 5 speed gearbox that they only offer now (apparently there are now reliability issues with the Caterham 6 speed box that traditionally was specified and that I have in my Caterham CSR) then I was likely to find myself stuck without the right gear at some point. Sure enough that was how it turned out. http://www.silverstone.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/si2417_map_grandprix_v8.png__2805x3683_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale-1200x1576.png You really need a Caterham 620R or R500 to enjoy this circuit. Some on track photos

For video we have two options. The first is the 360 video. You can pan the camera around to look out the back or look down on me driving - click and drag the cursor to pan. For Kitcat you can pan the camera round and round and round and so pretend you are spinning like normal. For Xcarguy you can aim the camera at the sky and pretend you launched it again. Sorry no decent sound on this as it does not support an external microphone. For those who are conventional and like sound then this is the alternative video.

I just overtook him…honest!!!

This is a relatively short track. We were running the GP configuration which gives the extra arm off the back of the pits that provided extra length. However, it is quick – indicated by the average speed. In my rent-a-caterham it was a third and fourth gear track for the most part. Only went into second for the two hairpins on the GP extension. It may have been a 5 speed box but 5th is an overdrive and you lost speed if you tried to use it. Luckily 4th was a direct drive and so I survived just reving it out to 7000. Some on track action

Then a short straight uphill to Coppice which is an early apex and long arcing exit. For this I had a Caterham 310. This is 152hp Sigma engine car. LSD. 5 speed Mazda box. Ideally I would have had more power but it was the only car available for rental at short notice. Donington, like most UK circuits, is subject to strict noise controls. For my track day it was 98db. Needless to say this Mustang failed it on the sighting laps behind the pace car!!! The noise limits were a problem. By afternoon with the very still air, a lot of cars were being blackflagged and sent home after a first warning. All the Porsches, a couple of Caterhams and a few others. By around 3pm I had the track to myself as the ranks had thinned out substantially.

Donington Park Circuit A circuit with a lot of history – pre-war GP racing plus more modern Formula 1. http://www.donington-park.co.uk/media/6274159/dp_gp_zoom4.jpg It is a wonderful drivers circuit set within a natural valley bowl so lots of entertaining elevation change. This photo shows the back of the circuit in the bowl with the run down through the sensationally fun Craner Curves then the right into Old Hairpin before the track heads left past the old stone bridge that used to be part of Donington Hall. Extending the view out further, this shows Craner Curves, Old Hairpin andthen the long run through Starkeys heading back up hill. If you panned right then you see the run into the righthander McLean’s.

There is a huge mural in the showroom of a Bookatrack rental Caterham on circuit. But when you look in close you can see it is made of up lots of small images from their track day photography. I appear on this wall in more than one place – just not sure where!

Bookatrack Caterham Just at the back of the pits is the headquarters for Bookatrack. A big showroom and adjoining office. In a separate building just behind is the maintenance area where they service the rental cars, build customer cars and support Caterham owners. Of course I had to visit and pick up an order form…

A FIA Group 2 BTCC Mini following a Group A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth. The Mini later sheared its right side front stub axle and ended up nestled up against the wall where I was standing.

A lovely old Alfa GTV Group A touring car. An Elva A BMW 635Csi Group A touring car following a Rover SDI Group A UK touring car The Ferrari ‘Breadvan’

Turning to the racing, apologies for the poor quality as I was taking these on an iPhone. One of the touring car races with a BTCC car going through Craner Curves. An Alfa WTCC car exiting Old Hairpin past Donington Hall. Entering McLean’s. A nice view of Craner Curves, Old Hairpin and then Starkeys (closest to camera).