Cheap Elise??

James Breadvan · Post by **James Breadvan** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:55 pm

Cat B

Cheap, But I think a sardine tin would be safer in a crash :lol:

Liked the look of this

it's a little out of my price range, 235,000 might be euros or sterling either way it's a lot. Bet it sounds the danglies 8)

Rob_B · Post by **Rob_B** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:58 pm

gotta agree with James, if you keep it away from the barriers etc...would be a good little toy though

ScoobieWRX · Post by **ScoobieWRX** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:04 pm

It does look cheap even for a Cat B repair. For the money i spent fixing my wagon i could almost have had that Elise.

Just needs a proper engine like a Honda Type R, add a blower and you have about as quick a trackday car as you will ever need with handling to match. I think this one has the K series Rover engine doesn't it??

Missed opportunity

Fast Eddy · Post by **Fast Eddy** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:11 pm

Yes Francis,
Pretty sure this is from the K series era.
This has been for sale for a while i think so may not be a tidy repair.

ScoobieWRX · Post by **ScoobieWRX** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:15 pm

In which case Eddy if it was a sh1te repair it may well handle like a bag of soggy dog poo on a wet day and no amount of alignment will make it drive straight :lol:

Bladerider · Post by **Bladerider** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:45 pm

James Breadvan wrote:Cat B Cheap, But I think a sardine tin would be safer in a crash :lol:

Liked the look of this

it's a little out of my price range, 235,000 might be euros or sterling either way it's a lot. Bet it sounds the danglies 8)

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Feelin the lurve for that !!!

RPS13 · Post by **RPS13** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:52 pm

James Breadvan wrote:Cat B Cheap, But I think a sardine tin would be safer in a crash :lol:

Sorry but not true!

They are about the safest car you can ever be in in a crash. FIA spec real roll hoop in the car as standard, compsote front crash structure like an F1 car, and you sit in the middle of an all alluminium tub with large alluminium crash beams around you. They are built from bonded alluminium and composites using aerospace derived technology, not archaic spot welded steel like most cars.

Small and light does not always mean weak.

Rob_B · Post by **Rob_B** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:56 pm

thing is mate..how much would you trust this car in an accident...cat B's are unsafe to bring back on the road...i wouldn't want to take the chance of getting it wrong on the track

James Breadvan · Post by **James Breadvan** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:49 am

RPS13 wrote:
James Breadvan wrote:Cat B Cheap, But I think a sardine tin would be safer in a crash :lol:
Sorry but not true!

They are about the safest car you can ever be in in a crash. FIA spec real roll hoop in the car as standard, compsote front crash structure like an F1 car, and you sit in the middle of an all alluminium tub with large alluminium crash beams around you. They are built from bonded alluminium and composites using aerospace derived technology, not archaic spot welded steel like most cars.

Small and light does not always mean weak.

That maybe, but they make cars cat b for a reason. It should have gone for parts.