To those of you with a 'weekend' car

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And, it sounds silly, but a Westfield or Caterham with a top speed around 100MPH doesn't appeal to me (even if the 0-60 figures are <5sec).


Apart from the track, where can you do 100mph+ anyway?


Oh, and I've had my Westfield @ 130mph on track. Even on a 1/4 mile it terminals @ 102mph. Aeroscreen ftw!
 
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I get the off roading thing too, proper weekend'er

I drove home over Salisbury plane the other weekend and a convoy of Landrovers went the other way, all fully covered in mud with just the wiper arches clear on the screen. They looked like they had been having great fun!
 
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If I retain my 330D xDrive for the full finance term, i'd want a ridiculous petrol convertible to compliment it, but the 330D delivers impressive figures already, so the bar is is already higher than most affordable sports cars (MX5, Elise etc).

Sounds like a perfect case for buying a motorcycle! Cheap, fast and more exciting than any car you will ever likely be able to afford. Slight risk of dismemberment . . . :D
 
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Moddds Modddddddds, he is being abusive :(

No No... it is recognition of your wisdom!

Apart from the track, where can you do 100mph+ anyway?


Oh, and I've had my Westfield @ 130mph on track. Even on a 1/4 mile it terminals @ 102mph. Aeroscreen ftw!

As I said, it sounds silly (due to legal reasons). However I couldn't help but find that i'd be getting half a car. If I tracked in, it'd be filthy-awesome on corners and chicanes, but on long straights it would probably struggle with acceleration figures past 60MPH (rough guess on a basic 'Caterfield').


Sounds like a perfect case for buying a motorcycle! Cheap, fast and more exciting than any car you will ever likely be able to afford. Slight risk of dismemberment . . . :D

Yea perfect for a bike, however knowing how I like to occasionally push things further than the limit, a car will forgive, however a bike won't.
 

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As I said, it sounds silly (due to legal reasons). However I couldn't help but find that i'd be getting half a car. If I tracked in, it'd be filthy-awesome on corners and chicanes, but on long straights it would probably struggle with acceleration figures past 60MPH (rough guess on a basic 'Caterfield').

There aren't many UK tracks that have straights long enough to take advantage of higher top speeds anyway. Take Anglesey for example - I overtake nearly everything (Atoms excepted) on the straights as I top out at around 110mph and it's still pulling hard - aero doesn't become an issue at those kind of speeds - it's all power to weight.

Not having a windscreen obviously helps as well, as that's where most of the drag comes from on a Seven style car - which is another reason why Atoms are also so fast.
 
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