Andrew Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Excellent mate - looking forward to stories of speed etc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Print out for garage wall: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Congrats Patently - you're very obviously chuffed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Great news ! Right then. Shakedown. Where and when Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted November 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Right then. Shakedown. Where and when Two trackdays planned, IF our wonderful DVLA can get it registered in time and IF our wonderful postal service would mind delivering the cover note to Caterham within a few days of it being posted. No, I'm not the slightest bit frustrated and twitchy. No, not at all. ::grinds teeth:: No, I'm just FINE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterS Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 (edited) But if you should happen to see this on your garage's wall then worry :-) Edited November 11, 2011 by PeterS spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 But ff you shoudl happen to see this on your garage's wall then worry :-) [ATTACH=CONFIG]44990[/ATTACH] That's brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted November 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 But if you should happen to see this on your garage's wall then worry :-) I've been working to that flowchart for 20 years now... Anyway, all the paperwork is in the right place now, and the documents are being sent to DVLA. I might have it in a week. Or it might take a bit longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted November 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 IT'S REGISTERED! I take back any rude comments I may ever have made about DVLA, they must have turned it round by return. I'm now trying to ditch all work commitments for today so that I can pick it up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 oooh congratulations Where do you have to pick her up from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted November 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 The Caterham factory in Dartford... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 well if you fancy a coffee we are only about 15 mins away!! ...... funnily enough Biscuits spotted 2 caterhams on the M2 this morning on a transporter and wondered if one could be yours ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 If you need someone to pick it up and deliver it I'd happily just walk out of my office today. Everyone else seems to have done the same here today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 It is far too nice a day to be sat in an office. Unfortunately, I don't think I have enough credits to just bugger off for the afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted November 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 well if you fancy a coffee we are only about 15 mins away!! Coffee, or the Dartford tunnel... Hmm.... Thanks though, seriously, any other day I'd say yes, but I'm really squeezing this in today so that I can get my hands in it! The two on the transporter are probably factory-build cars on their way to Gillingham for IVA. If you need someone to pick it up and deliver it A kind offer, but... err... No chance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted November 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Back home now. It has struck me that having previously borrowed a 7 that I collected from and returned to Caterham in Surrey, and having just collected my own from Dartford and brought it home, probably about half my Caterham 7 experience to date is on the M25 But I am smiling, despite that. She is a joy to drive, she really is. OK, so I am supremely biassed, but that's my opinion anyway. Mainly it is the steering; "direct" as an adjective just does not do it justice. Only the slightest movement is needed in order to change lanes - you almost decide to change lanes, and that itself has been enough steering input! Ultimate speed is not overwhelming, as you would expect for something so un-aerodynamic. What is great is the pull - again, as is to be expected for something so light. More to follow when I have time to type (there is a homework crisis at the moment) and when I've been able to drive on a wider range of roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Congratulations on getting it home ! that must have been a great feeling pulling up at home for the first time i wonder how many times you gave it a backwards glance as you walked off ? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stooH Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Sounds like you're in for some fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Well done mate. Will try and sort some stickers for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted November 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Just popped into the garage for a peek. OK, an ogle. I admit it (Thanks Mook ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Cool, glad you got it back mate. My boss here has had a couple and he loves them. I can just imagine the steering too. I'd imagine the acceleration is pretty brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 what happens next then mr p? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 I'd imagine the acceleration is pretty brutal. The Academy cars are quickish, but not that quick - which is the great thing about the series - it's about having a quickish car the same as everyone else's, where the only advantage is in the driver and the set-up of the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted November 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Drive it to work today, am now at my desk typing with tingling fingers as they warm up Tomorrow, the first 2012 Academy briefing at Caterham Midlands in Leicester. I'll be one of the few (it seems) who actually have my car, so taking it there will be a must. Next Friday, the first track day. Engine: meet Rev Limiter. Rev Limiter: meet Engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted November 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 The Academy cars are quickish, but not that quick - which is the great thing about the series - it's about having a quickish car the same as everyone else's, where the only advantage is in the driver and the set-up of the car Yes, that pretty well sums it up. 5.5 seconds to 60, or thereabouts. Enough to have fun, not enough to fling you off at every single bend (only every other bend...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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