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[PAH]

Far better to put the money towards a modest flat in every major town and spend the rest on a bike and a bus pass.

That's my plan.

Buy a flat in Manchester city centre then I can walk to anywhere worth going. They're almost giving them away at the moment, so it's very tempting.

Just got to see out the 'downturn' and hope there's still a contract market to go back to, that's not outside the congestion charge zone.

[BoredBloke]

I like Top Gear but absolutely everything is staged. In the 'races' there are loads of shots of cars bombing past a camera at the side of the road. Unless they have a huge number of cameramen dotted along the route in the hope that the car passes with an unobstucted view or they have to stop the 'race' at certain points to film these sections.

[Shimano105]

Cars are a total waste of money. Well almost - they are only worth having because public transport is so bad in this country. Total money pits.

And where is the driving experience that everyone twats on about? Clogged roads, speed cameras and lanes designed for droving sheep.

All are powered using smelly, noisy old 19th Century technology - they should be running on dilythium crystals by now.

Far better to put the money towards a modest flat in every major town and spend the rest on a bike and a bus pass.

[Drewster]

Bin the Caterham...

.... and the Westfields etc.

The best car in this class is the Ariel Atom....
The current 300bhp will do 0-60 in 2.7......
and when the 500 comes out 0-60 in "less than" 2.5.......

Drive it to your track day..... do the race and drive home.....

Oh and unlike the Caterhams/Westfields it isn't a 1960's design.....

[badger7579]

All very samey to me. No longer make an effort to watch it, though I do still watch it in the hope they'll somehow someday freshen it up.

Several things should have been killed off ages ago:

Star in a crap car
Coolwall
Pointless 'races'
Pretending to build something A Team style.

I suppose that leaves just the audience full of fit birds. They always line up a few tasty ones right behind the presenters.

Agreed. It needs something injecting into it to spice it up. Always feels like they sit down to plan a show and sit there for hours chewing their pen lids and wondering what to do.

[Purple Dalek]

There's a 'classic car' dealers on my commute. They've got a beautiful racing green Morgan.

They're like a caterham, but with a bit of class, n'est ce pas?

[zara_backdog]

In the other car

Like it

[PAH]

The question I have is why on earth Caterham haven't been able to better it.

Answer: It's really a Lotus Seven!

I think they did try with the Caterham 21 iirc. Which was yet another Lotus rip off, of the Elise!

I'm sure they're fine track cars, but I'd feel about as safe in one on the road as I do in my C5.

[gingerjedi]

So why do I see some grey bearded bloke with a fire extinguisher as a passenger on every dual carriageway dying of hyperthermia?

Ugly little cars.

Santa on his way to a track day? Like I said you miss the point as these are meant as race cars so looks and comfort are inconsequential.

[thelace]

I thought the exact same thing, i am admittedly a geek but veritas is pretty far from a cool looking car.

Not only that, but for the price you could have a House, a Caterham for the summer and a 2nd hand Aston Martin.

[DimPrawn]

I think you have missed the point of a Caterham, they are aimed at enthusiasts and club race drivers not people who see driving as an inconvenience and therefore want to be removed from the experience as much as possible.

So why do I see some grey bearded bloke with a fire extinguisher as a passenger on every dual carriageway dying of hyperthermia?

Ugly little cars.

[gingerjedi]

The Caterham may be quicker round the track but it won't do 250+ MPH and certainly isn't as comfortable in the rain.

Where can you do 250mph and more to the point why would you want to? £890,000 to keep dry and comfy, No thanks. At least a Caterham can be used as a proper sports car rather than a science project with no practical use whatsoever.

Caterham just reminds me of sad old blokes building death trap kit cars.

Where's the climate control, massaging electric heated seats and automatic gearbox?

I think you have missed the point of a Caterham, they are aimed at enthusiasts and club race drivers not people who see driving as an inconvenience and therefore want to be removed from the experience as much as possible.

[Spacecadet]

Where's the climate control, massaging electric heated seats and automatic gearbox?

In the other car

[DimPrawn]

Caterham just reminds me of sad old blokes building death trap kit cars.

Where's the climate control, massaging electric heated seats and automatic gearbox?

[Churchill]

The Caterham R500 was quicker around their track than a Veyron, not bad for a low tech car with a Ford Focus engine that can be had for relative peanuts.

I think VW wasted their money.

The Caterham may be quicker round the track but it won't do 250+ MPH and certainly isn't as comfortable in the rain.