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Originally Posted by simonsaunders
The exhaust did look non-standard and shiny, but I don't really know these cars well enough to spot what it was and whether it is any good.
Had one of these in mind for a little while as a budget track car and part of the appeal was the amount that could be done (useful list there, thanks!). However, the plan for now is just to get it through Goodwood in 3 weeks time, so all effort is going in that direction just now.
As I say, if I like it then it will be in pieces soon enough! If not, it will be tidied and moved on. Everyone keeps telling me, including folk that have some really serious metal, that these get addictive! We'll see. Nothing will sap my enthusiasm more than unreliability, so that will be key.
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I think ownership tends to go pretty much as you've started out really, fancy a cheapish track toy, and then get suprised at how much fun they are for the outlay.
I'm sure there's far more enjoyable and better cars out there, but for what these do for the cash, they're pretty damn good. Plus the fact that people are still developing new parts for them now says a lot.
If it's looked after it should be very reliable indeed, MuZiZZle on here is a mate of mine and we've done a number of track days in his. Last year we drove from Alnwick to Castle Combe for French Car Show, did 4 hours on track and drove home, the car did 1000 miles in a day and never missed a beat.
It was running a bit hot, and later turned out I'd made a hash of bleeding the coolant and it only had 1.5 of the 4 litres it should have had lol.
I'm not going to say bulletproof, but looked after they really aren't the crock of shit people make them out to be, I suspect that's down to them being a budget cheap car, so people run them without servicing and care, and shout about it when they go wrong.