Thanks guys, that's good to hear about the roof. The rubber seal either side of the carbon fibre front section that seals against the window; they started to wear on mine. It was resolved under warranty. The underside of the hood fabric where it sits on top of the rear section, under tension at the corners where its tight over that metal bar that you insert into the rollover hoops - it was starting to wear there. But neither compromised the hood's functional integrity. I'm very picky & was concerned they might worsen at say, 40,000 miles. But you'll never put those kind of miles on I see!
Hi Brian. Yes it would have been nice to have seen the car in your expert care. I got £33K for it. About 6 months later they were going up in price! Would be worth a lot more in the condition you'd have kept it in as the miles wouldn't have gone up much more.
The Italian Mistress is a lot of fun. I can see what Chris Harris was talking about now, not that mine goes near a track. But how he describes the behaviour of the car is spot on.
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He later drove an early car on UK roads & the tramlining was intrusive. I did the same a few years ago & found it tiring. However a couple of years later they upgraded the steering geometry, suspension and software and it's a much easier car to live with. The TCT transmission software now works really well. Turbo lag became no problem either. So I looked away back then but later took the plunge on a 2017 car which includes the revisions.
It's been a tough season in karting. As is typical with motorsport, the challenges off the track (i.e. how much i'm willing to get sucked into the endless ways to empty my pockets) can make it really hard on track, but he's giving it his all and we're looking forward to making plans beyond cadet karting next season. Can't wait! The photographer got an award for this picture, catching him on the limit
