30 hours of RACE, km2.
So it depends on how you use it on the road.
For some drivers that coudl be 100,000 miles
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30 hours of RACE, km2.
So it depends on how you use it on the road.
For some drivers that coudl be 100,000 miles
"A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'
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Haven't been built yet.
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The ariel atom or the Noble M400.
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin
OBSESSED is a word the lazy use to describe the DEDICATED!
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Agreed.Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine
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good answer matra.
I would have to go for Murray's other masterpiece though - the McLaren F1. useable, incredibly light, fast and it has more luggage space than a 5 series BMW. Oh yeah, and that engine.
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The elise: its close to the edge of practicality, so it can be used everyday and cheaper than the exige.
I think the atom, radical and lotus seven derivatives are not practical enough to use as an every day driver. And then the nobles, F50s and the sort, are not really sportscars; they are exotics.
Also, the elise being so light is cheap to use at the track. A friend of mine slashed his track day costs by half by changing from a 2003 M3 to a 2005 Elise. That's without counting a little off; elise will bite you if you let her.
Last edited by magracer; 01-25-2006 at 02:10 PM.
Zag when they Zig
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I reckon a Caterham is a useable everyday car. The roofs don't leak anymore and they are a piece of p*ss to park - you can see the rear lights from the driver's seat!
Although I will concede that the Elise is a more practical proposition - especially with that Toyota motor.
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Ariel Atom...Lotus Elise...
Boring Comparison anyway...
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Ariel Atom or Lotus Exige.
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Ariel Atom
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Still, anything unlikely to do 5000 miles between services with a normally enthusiastic driver, with several of those before a total rebuilt, is not a very practical proposition for a road car. Wonder why, though, since the engine heads and other major components come off a Hayabusa, where you definitely don`t need a rebuild that often, in spite of having a higher rev limit!30 hours of RACE, km2.
So it depends on how you use it on the road.
For some drivers that coudl be 100,000 miles
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Of course it's "practical" as long as you only do a few thousand a year. These are not the cars you commute to work in or take the family across crountry on holiday
Bikes don't push around as much weight and so the torsional stresses are higher.. Even so, your "wonderment" aligns with the comments I'd added, it will last a LOT longer than you surmise. 30 hours of racing is about 10 hours on FULL throttle and about 2 hours on MAX REVS ( some rule of thumbs going on there)
In normal use you spend abut 2-3 seconds near max revs for every vigourous gear change, so when you do the math it's amazign how long it lasts when not stressed
"A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'
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i can't remember what it was called or who built it, but it was 7 SV, with the Powertec 2.6 V8 & 6-speed sequential, but only because it has a windscreen and the Atom doesn't
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Caterham has made a proto of a SV 7 with that powerplant, of the old de-Dion version, not the CSR. They wanted to replace the gearbox with a normal six speeder and tune the engine for more torque. Seems dead at the moment, though
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they probably left it to concentrate on the CSR. Maybe they'll make a special CSR with the V8Caterham has made a proto of a SV 7 with that powerplant, of the old de-Dion version, not the CSR. They wanted to replace the gearbox with a normal six speeder and tune the engine for more torque. Seems dead at the moment, though
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