Got myself a new car

[Mellow Matt]

After lusting after one for ages I finally took the plunge and bought myself this beast last week:
https://images.pistonheads.com/aimg/948/948837-2.jpg

This thing is completely mental, it's got a 954 'Blade engine in giving it about 350bhp/tonne and goes like stink It's also the most impractical car ever, having no roof, no doors, no windscreen, no reverse, no boot, no fuel guage etc. Dead good fun though Thoroughly recommend one!
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1999 GSX-R 600, 1999 TL1000R

[B10Hazard]

Awsome !!!!!!!!!!!!

Summer will be much fun
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[Bendy]

Jealous.

There's one fundamental issue stopping me having one - there's no room in the garage. I need to move house.

[Mellow Matt]

Summer will indeed be much fun Can't wait to get it on track...!

Don't let not having room in the garage stop you, mine's not kept in a garage, just under a cover, do eeeet!
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1999 GSX-R 600, 1999 TL1000R

[Bendy]

There's nowhere to put one under a cover either, parking's maxed out as it is. See 'move house'.

Got a 7 booked for a day in Scotland soon, I suspect it'll only make the longing worse.

[Mellow Matt]

Yeah, that's not gonna help! My bro used to have a Caterham with a 1.6k series engine, we used to do trackdays in it, and since he got rid of it I had to take up the position of trackday-car-provider. They're just so much fun! And they're so cheap compared to anything else on 4 wheels with similar performance. I persuaded myself it made perfect sense, I reckon you'll persuade yourself eventually too!
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1999 GSX-R 600, 1999 TL1000R

[Clanger]

Ooooh....*insert tongue hanging out smiley here*, and oooh Bendy...go you! Sounds like much fun...!!!
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[Phoenix]

That's nice, no fuel guage isn't really a problem as long as you have a trip counter, have to do with that on the bike. No reverse though, that seems a bit crazy, does it have a big hole in the floor to paddle it backwards with your feet flintstones style? Have to take your wife with you to push you backwards when you need it. or just practice your donuts so you don't need to.

[SpicyBlimp]

How much did it set you back?

(if you don't mind me asking )

[Flip]

No reverse? Why not?

Nice toy though.

[Graham88]

No reverse? Screw that!

How much did it set you back if you don't mind saying?

[Bendy]

[panrider_uk]

When paddling around I sometimes wish the Pan had a reverse.

Wouldn't mind one myself (the car)

Mark
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Current bikes: Honda ST1100 Pan European. Moto Guzzi V85 TT Travel

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Pan probably weighs about 25-30% less than the car... think the Goldwing does have a reverse? But for that we're talking the difference between it and the car easily being a pillion.

Believe there's some appropriate flooring stuff around, Bendy .

[virus]

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Some bike engined cars have a gearbox that will reverse the entire gear range, others have a car starter motor for the purpose... some also have none as you can see .

[panrider_uk]

[Bendy]

[Kwaks]

Have seen a R1 with a reverse, the female rider couldnt get enough foot down to paddle back.

I believe it was attached to the starter?
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[Mellow Matt]

Cheers guys

The car primarily doesn't have a reverse 'cos it's got a bike gearbox (as John said), the builder didn't want to add a reverse as the car was built to weigh as little as possible. Normal Caterhams/Westfields weigh about 600kgs normally, this weighs under 450kg, so it's pretty light, even for a kit car. This means pushing it around is a peice of cake really, it's a lot easier to push around than a big bike 'cos you don't have to worry about it falling over! You don't even need to push it if you strategically park somewhere you can roll into/out of You do look a bit of a tit doing a 3 point turn by pushing it though! Haven't quite learnt how to spin it around F1 style yet...

It cost me £7625, but my bro chipped in £1k, so £6625 really. I'm hoping not to lose much when it comes to selling, they don't seem to depreciate too much. Cheap on insurance too Only cost me £450 to insure fully comp, and that's with a 100% weighting as I'm only 23, if I was 25 it'd be about £225! It's also taxed as a bike, so more money saving It's a very sensible purchase really...
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1999 GSX-R 600, 1999 TL1000R

[Peter3hg]

[Egret]

[Phoenix]

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