Hello to all. I've been lurking a little on here (RS bit anyway) for a good 9months now. Finally have picked up my new car at the weekend. Some of you may know it - a certain Mint Green Clubsport......
Anyway, first impressions? well, a trip around the M25 home, on a very cold January eve. is not the place to learn about the handling characteristics. Still it did not disappoint. So far, I've not had any chance to use the brakes, have noted that for certainly for road use, the pedals are not set up for H&T, I'm guessing on circuit that they will be fine, but may try adjusting the height of throttle(is this easy to do?), when I bleed the brakes next .
I understand that the car has a decent circuit setup, which does make it a little jittery on the road (just how I like them!), to be honest, we all know that you cant use cars like this in anger on the road, so the ride may as well be interesting. What did strike me was how stiff the chassis is!!! The chassis and handling, felt as good as my caterham. Amazing for a car over twice the weight. Whilst I havent quite worked out the steering, the car feels very chuckable, and does inspire confidence over the bumps. I do look forward to learning how to drive it!
Right now, it needs a damn good clean (Des included a sponge in the sale!), and the weather needs to improve so I can aquaint myself with the car a bit more. I do intend to use the car on the track at some point in the future, but will work out how to drive it in the meantime.
Look forward to meeting many of you at an event soon. And thanks to Melv for the help and advice so far.
Anyway, first impressions? well, a trip around the M25 home, on a very cold January eve. is not the place to learn about the handling characteristics. Still it did not disappoint. So far, I've not had any chance to use the brakes, have noted that for certainly for road use, the pedals are not set up for H&T, I'm guessing on circuit that they will be fine, but may try adjusting the height of throttle(is this easy to do?), when I bleed the brakes next .
I understand that the car has a decent circuit setup, which does make it a little jittery on the road (just how I like them!), to be honest, we all know that you cant use cars like this in anger on the road, so the ride may as well be interesting. What did strike me was how stiff the chassis is!!! The chassis and handling, felt as good as my caterham. Amazing for a car over twice the weight. Whilst I havent quite worked out the steering, the car feels very chuckable, and does inspire confidence over the bumps. I do look forward to learning how to drive it!
Right now, it needs a damn good clean (Des included a sponge in the sale!), and the weather needs to improve so I can aquaint myself with the car a bit more. I do intend to use the car on the track at some point in the future, but will work out how to drive it in the meantime.
Look forward to meeting many of you at an event soon. And thanks to Melv for the help and advice so far.
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