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Obviously this is ignoring the huige elephant in the corner of the room, quietly supping a pint. Your biggest ownership costs will undoubtedly be "upgrades" and tinkering. I'm sure i'd get back the purchase price for my car all day, every day. What I won't get back is the £20k+ I've spent on it over the years. Think of it as a hobby, rather than a car.

lol it totally happened! photo's attached 😄

We need pics, else it didn't happen! 😎 Of course, we were worried you'd defected to the Cateringvan forum 🤑

Last weekend the car went off to the exhaust fabricators for the new manifold and silencer to be made so Although there’s a lot of jobs to get done there’s not much to do without a car. luckily I had a delivery in the week from the laser cutters with the parts needed to build the new rear uprights so I set to work by first folding and then tack welding the final assembly.

Full cage is desirable but not essential. An MSA approved roll bar is the minimum. Technically yes - I wear a helmet with Bluetooth audio 😁

Anybody else on here booked on ?

I'm on 7/12/19 Oulton (Lionel) 28/12/19 Blyton (Lionel) 12/2/20 Oulton (Lionel) 9/3/20 Croft (Lionel) Not bad for the winter but need to step it up to beat 18 and get the Westfield on track!

I had one of those in a morris minor that I used to drive just after passing my test. It was great (although I did occasionally wonder why the car was stalling only to discover i had my foot on the dip switch rather than the clutch). I loved driving that car, but that was in Guernsey with a 35 mph speed limit. In the UK I prefer having a car with brakes!

Have a great day day, @A-Plan Insurance THATCHAM 🎂 Surely it must be double discount day on such a special occasion? 😀

That will be George 😄

We've got to ask where you've been since the 12th Feb! There can't be any better car forums than this 😉

Aww I only just saw this 🤭 You guys!! 🥰 Thank you! I don't know why I didn't get an email notification... off I go to check my settings!

Much more so than a Caterham where it’s quite possibly frowned upon to tinker with it too much 😁 I’ve been quite “canny” with both the build and my numerous (ok stupid amount of...) upgrades - I reckon I might just break even if I sold it now. Not going to happen though (selling that it’s) so from now on it is hobby investment.

Yup that is exactly what I do - and we’ve done the Alps and other yearly 1000-1500 mile tours around the Highlands or Wales (where it’s not usually that dry!)

New cars depreciate. It's pretty clear looking at 2-3 year old cars and 10 year old cars there is a gap in values. Not sure it should be such a big factor in owning this sort of car, but that's a different discussion. A newer car is no guarantee of reliability, arguably the opposite in fact. Modern engines are much more complex than Zetecs, Red Tops, etc. It's more about the builder - someone who has had the car a few years and ironed out the issues will provide a much better car than someone who liked the idea of building one but had no mechanical knowledge, learned on the job, got it through IVA then sold it. Spend c.£10k on something 10+ years old and you can get something that will hold value if you buy smartly. IMO best way is to treat them like you are riding a bike. Keep yourself dry with good clothing, drill holes in the seats and floor pan to let water out. You won't stop it coming in successfully, without having steaming up issues, visibility reduction and flappy hood syndrome. If you want all this it's time to look at an MX5.

I suppose getting married and producing two fine young men must be at the top of the list.

PM for full details and full spec? Why can’t you just list the full details and a price and save anyone the hassle?

Many Happy Returns Carlie!

🎂 MHR