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Last Saturday Lotus Owners of South Texas (LOST), Jaguar Club of Houston (JCOH) and Ferrari Club of Houston held a three club slalom event at the Houston Police Academy. LOST used the police academy track and JCOH set up an autocross in the parking lot. The fastest combined time determines the winner. There were three Caterham in attendance. Fastest Time of Day First Place - Jim Robertson, Caterham 67.838 Second Place - Al Brussich, Lotus 211 71.514 Third Place - Jorden Perrett, Elise 72.575 Lotus Division First Place - Paul Kwan, Caterham 73.795 Second Place - Alex Brown, Elise 73.963 Third Place - Les Albin, Elise 74.009 Fourth Place - Scott Elliott, Elise 74.932 Ferrari Division First Place - Grady Owens, TR 512 75.683 Second Place - Jeremy Lawrence, 348TS, 76.974 Third Place - Grant Owens, Mondial, 77.406 Jaguar Division First Place - Peter Ferrer, XKR 84.350 Second Place - Thomas Hale, XJS, 85.745 Third Place - Terese Verklan, XJR, 86.265 Open Division First Place - Franklin Sledge, Mitsubishi EVO, 76.556 Second Place - John Stone, MB E55 AMG, 77.467 Third Place - Ricky Chan, Mazda Rx8, 82.578

The driver side is wrong. The buckle and the insert need to sway side.

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You can download the manual from the Cateham Uk site. To get in reverse, I use two hands to push the gear lever down.

I plan to skip the Saturday night dinner too.

The Porsche Cayenne has grab handles on the center console. It looks like an ideal place for the Seven too. I agree that the dash is too far away to do any good. Your passenger may twist his/her wrist trying to hold on.

It is addictive once you have taken a test drive.

Here is a picture of James and his Superlight sitting in the grass at Lotus Owners of South Texas (LOST) track day in the Houston Police Academy track.

RC45 - Great video. James' Superlight is a very quick car and you handled it very well.

http://www.castrol.com/castrol/genericarticle.do?categoryId=82915470&contentId=7032644 Castrol makes a high ZDDP oil. Note it is not applicable for 1993 or newer model cars.

The track is MSR Houston.

The rear wings will have a lot more wear and tear from gravel spray than the nose cone. $ 1,000 can pay for several new nose paint job.

The Caterham dealer in Ft. Worth uses the following on my vehicles: Zetec 147 hp - Castrol GTX 20W50; SVT 205 hp - Castrol Syntec 10W30

My Zetec 147 hp operates around 98 to 100 degree C and the SVT Zetec runs cooler at 82 to 85 degree C.

The Caterham owners manual (Page 21) states the optimum operating water temperature is 110 degree C for track days. Is this applicable to Zetec engine?

Great news. Thank you.

I have a 2009 SV.

The red light is rear fog light.

Jaguar is now leading the pack. One no longer needs to buy two Jags to keep one on the road. Tata must have done an excellent job in shaping up the Queen's union workers across the pond.

Car and Driver Magazine has a comparison test in 2004. http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comparison_test/convertibles/2004_caterham_seven_superlight_r_vs_factory_five_racing_mark_ii_roadster_honda_s2000_lotus_elise_mazdaspeed_mx_5_miata_comparison_test

I had a Porsche 911 before my addiction to Lotus/Caterham. The Porsche is comfortable, reliable, fast, and solid as a rock. The Seven beats your body to pieces, requires tinkering, scares you silly with its go kart mentality, and has all kind of rattles and funny noises.

I plan on being there. I probably will take the Landcruiser because we plan to continue our driving trip to the Carolinas and Georgia.

The tax is Texas sales tax applicable to the kit.

Caterham kit: custom duty - $ 1,034; freight from port of entry to dealer in Ft. Worth - $ 300; Tax - $ 3,700; dealer assembly - $ 4,000