When I first got our 7, I drove it on the street for about 3 weeks, and
discovered, as silly as it looked, using a helmet made it much more
comfortable to drive; kept the wind from buffeting my face. There were
several 7s being driven on the street at that time, and one driver's wife
insisted he put a flag like kids do sticking up, so people could see you
coming. It did hold three bags of groceries. :) And got excellent mileage.
The thing that turned me off was stopped at a red light, next to a big rig,
and straight level with my eyeballs was the lower lugnuts of his wheels.
--Pat K
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>From: "Barry Spencer" <bspencer@tsoft.com>
>To: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
>Cc: "james creasy" <Black94PGT@pacbell.net>, "Michael R. Clements"
<mrclem@telocity.com>, "'John F. Kelly Jr.'" <76067.1750@compuserve.com>,
"Autocross" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>, "'Scot Zediker'"
<roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: Caterham 7s
>Date: Wed, May 29, 2002, 5:23 PM
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
> To: "Barry Spencer" <bspencer@tsoft.com>
> Cc: "james creasy" <Black94PGT@pacbell.net>; "Michael R. Clements"
> <mrclem@telocity.com>; "'John F. Kelly Jr.'" <76067.1750@compuserve.com>;
> "Autocross" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>; "'Scot Zediker'"
> <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 5:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Caterham 7s
>
>
>> > > werent many of these built with a toyota motor?
>>
>> James, I think that some other outfit does build a 7 replica with the
>> Toyota 4AGE engine. There are a lot of companies that make 7
>> replicas, and there's even a book on how to build one yourself on the
> cheap.
>>
>> On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 04:16:10PM -0700, Barry Spencer wrote:
>> > 7's are lots of fun around town. I drove a BDA 7 with 200 + hp :>) down
> 880
>> > a few months ago with two 18 wheelers each side of me :>((( It was scary
> to
>> > say the least.
>> >
>> > Barry
>>
>> Barry, I have got to wonder if it wasn't you I saw blasting down I-80
>> about three years ago when I came out to interview for my current
>> job. There I was, between Cordelia and Davis, and I looked out the
>> window of my rental Neon and saw the top of a helmet hovering there.
>> Then a little bitty car zipped around me -- it was a Seven! Cool.
>> Then I noticed I could see over his roll bar to the trunk of the Camry
>> in front of me! That's when I realized that it's a fun car, but
>> probably not so much fun surrounded by tractor trailers and SUVs that
>> are jockeying for position at 45MPH...
>>
>> I still want one.
>
> No, it wasn't me.
>
> Barry
>
>
>
>
>>
>> --
>>
>> john@idsfa.net John Stimson
>> http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics '94
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