Sporty little car
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Ax^
Silly Rabbit
often half the price of the insurance
for older examples
plus i like my turning signals
and a BMW is cheaper to live with and repair
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Still seriously under consideration. It has to be a 3.0 v6. Would like a cup but i wont stretch that far...after that...not sure where to go. Have seen two nice rag tops. Bright yellow in Leicester and blue in Kent...I’m probably going off piste with this ....
I had one of these 15 years ago. It was reliable, super fast, smooth, comfy, looked amazing
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spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
They’re designed for city driving where speeds rarely top 20mph.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
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tell you what, Ive owned one, for a few years and she never let me down. I miss her. I want another, smaller, sportier, even more stylish and full of character.
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£3K for a good onesmart roadster
about 3 grand to get a good one
I see Gordon Murray owned one for a while. I found this for £14K! Used 2005 Silver Smart Car Roadster for sale
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
There is only one true sports car.
Ax^
Silly Rabbit
£3K for a good one
I see Gordon Murray owned one for a while. I found this for £14K! Used 2005 Silver Smart Car Roadster for sale
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jebus the original 1 old lady owner who drove it to the Church and back on a sunday type of find
still ponder if the dealer gave her more than a grand to take it away
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
Why must you be so wrong, so many times?
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
They aren't that fast on the road due to appalling visibility and a fuel tank the size of an egg cup. They are also now ridiculously expensive.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Visibility? You can see both front wheels and it has no doors
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SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
No responsible person would drive such a thing on roads anyway.
If there must be 'sports cars' then they should be just that; not simply impractical, unreasonably loud and inefficient versions of commuter vehicles.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
A Caterham is actually a pretty good car from an eco view. They’re so tiny and light that you can get excellent mpg and performance from tiny engines. Even that utterly ridiculous 620R I posted - that will lap a track faster than a Bugatti Veyron - only has a 2.0 engine.
Why?
There's nothing inherently irresponsible about driving one, any more than there is any other car. The lower-powered versions aren't even that fast.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Oh I very much want this little car! Why don’t I have £14,000?£3K for a good one
I see Gordon Murray owned one for a while. I found this for £14K! Used 2005 Silver Smart Car Roadster for sale
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spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Or, tbf even a couple of grand so I could get a cheaper one.
Genuinely tiny convertible that has curvy lines and doesn’t care about going fast. It couldn’t be more perfect.
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Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
What the fuck's that?
Grinnall Scorpion. 400kg, 1300cc BMW bike engine (150+ bhp), gearbox and rear swing arm. 0-60 sub 4 seconds, basically it's like a rocket powered roller skate and it handles beautifully.
The bloke who makes them did a 4 wheel version with a 1.8 turbo from an older Audi TT, but that one has a tendency to head for the nearest ditch.
That does sound like good fun, but tbh if I was in the market for a car so silly it doesn't even have the right number of wheels I'd be looking at one of these:
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Visibility? You can see both front wheels and it has no doors
Have you ever driven one? You can't see a fucking thing at junctions because they are so low. It also has a De Dion rear end that is a nightmare on bumpy roads and that you can't really adjust for camber, etc. They are fine on the track but useless as a road car.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I’ve driven them, but only on tracks... I’ll own one, someday.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
That does sound like good fun, but tbh if I was in the market for a car so silly it doesn't even have the right number of wheels I'd be looking at one of these:
Morgan can fuck right off. Shame as a favourite nephew of mine is called Morgan, but there you go, dick’ead motors.
mauvais
on reddit or something
All of these things are shit.
Caterhams are how you spend what would have been your child's inheritance and upon taking them out for a demonstration drive give it back to them in the new form of life changing injuries.
Smart Forfuckssake or whatever are what you buy if you didn't already possess the deathwish fortitude to buy a Caterham, but you will thereafter regret this and bemoan how you can't even successfully kill yourself in something with much less acceleration potential than a glacier.
Caterhams are how you spend what would have been your child's inheritance and upon taking them out for a demonstration drive give it back to them in the new form of life changing injuries.
Smart Forfuckssake or whatever are what you buy if you didn't already possess the deathwish fortitude to buy a Caterham, but you will thereafter regret this and bemoan how you can't even successfully kill yourself in something with much less acceleration potential than a glacier.
