New Owner Checking in

[Tim-s]

Welcome from one new(ish) memeber ro another 

[Murraymint]

Welcome from bonny 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿....you've bought the best colour.... 

[Mark19691]

Been an owner now for just over 6 months, time for a review of my ownership experience so far.

 

First off I would say as a new owner and new to kit cars, joining the club has been invaluable and anyone reading this, that is not a member I would recommend you join.

 

Why you may say?

 

Firstly there is a wealth of experience and information on the technical and build pages built up over years, invaluable for a new owner that wants to maintain their car to a high standard, and gain understanding of how the cars go together.

Then there are the people, I have already met some good people, enjoyed runs out, went to the Malvern kit car show, and enjoy the monthly area meets. It has rekindled my interest in car's, and getting out and about with new people.

 

My intention was to get a few track days a year in, having only managed one at Curbrough, with the Warwickshire group so far (great day out), mainly due to issues I found with my car once I had purchased it, delaying me having the confidence it would survive a trackday. I am Now planning track days in late July, Aug, Sept 🤞

 

The car i bought, as said at the beginning of this thread, was a factory built car and with a folder full of receipts, the car presenting and seemingly driving well I jumped in.

Upon getting the car home i started discovering a plethora of issues poor maintenance and bodged fixes, some detailed else where on this forum, some giving me an excuse to upgrade🤩.

I suppose the learning from this is go through any potential purchase with a fine tooth comb, more than you would with a normal vehicle purchase.

However the problems I found post purchase would not put me off buying this particular car, as everything was fixable. They would have just been used to leverage the purchase price.

 

Being i also wanted the car to "mess" with the issues I found allowed me to get a good understanding of how the cars go together, and I have to say they are quite easy to work on with most parts being easily accesible.

 

I would therefore summarise by encouraging anyone sitting on the fence about buying one of these cars to jump in with your eyes open, enjoy the experience, be prepared to put a little work in and enjoy getting back to what motoring used to be like 👍

 

As purchased

 

As it is now

 

[Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO]

 

3 hours ago, Mark19691 said:

My intention was to get a few track days a year in, having only managed one at Curbrough, with the Witshire group so far (great day out), mainly due to issues I found with my car once I had purchased it, delaying me having the confidence it would survive a trackday. I am Now planning track days in late July, Aug, Sept 🤞

 

Great write up Mark, it would make a nice article for the magazine. Oh, and a minor correction, it was the Warwickshire Area Curbrough track day!

[Mark19691]

19 minutes ago, Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO said:

 

Great write up Mark, it would make a nice article for the magazine. Oh, and a minor correction, it was the Warwickshire Area Curbrough track day!

Now corrected, happy for you to use it in the magazines.

[Naranja_Al]

7 hours ago, Mark19691 said:

Been an owner now for just over 6 months, time for a review of my ownership experience so far.

 

First off I would say as a new owner and new to kit cars, joining the club has been invaluable and anyone reading this, that is not a member I would recommend you join.

 

Why you may say?

 

Firstly there is a wealth of experience and information on the technical and build pages built up over years, invaluable for a new owner that wants to maintain their car to a high standard, and gain understanding of how the cars go together.

Then there are the people, I have already met some good people, enjoyed runs out, went to the Malvern kit car show, and enjoy the monthly area meets. It has rekindled my interest in car's, and getting out and about with new people.

 

My intention was to get a few track days a year in, having only managed one at Curbrough, with the Warwickshire group so far (great day out), mainly due to issues I found with my car once I had purchased it, delaying me having the confidence it would survive a trackday. I am Now planning track days in late July, Aug, Sept 🤞

 

The car i bought, as said at the beginning of this thread, was a factory built car and with a folder full of receipts, the car presenting and seemingly driving well I jumped in.

Upon getting the car home i started discovering a plethora of issues poor maintenance and bodged fixes, some detailed else where on this forum, some giving me an excuse to upgrade🤩.

I suppose the learning from this is go through any potential purchase with a fine tooth comb, more than you would with a normal vehicle purchase.

However the problems I found post purchase would not put me off buying this particular car, as everything was fixable. They would have just been used to leverage the purchase price.

 

Being i also wanted the car to "mess" with the issues I found allowed me to get a good understanding of how the cars go together, and I have to say they are quite easy to work on with most parts being easily accesible.

 

I would therefore summarise by encouraging anyone sitting on the fence about buying one of these cars to jump in with your eyes open, enjoy the experience, be prepared to put a little work in and enjoy getting back to what motoring used to be like 👍

 

As purchased

 

As it is now

 

Looks really low and aggressive in the last photo, which I like!

 

What’s your ride heights front and back?

 

 

[Mark19691]

4 hours ago, Naranja_Al said:

Looks really low and aggressive in the last photo, which I like!

 

What’s your ride heights front and back?

 

 

Front 110mm, rear 130mm.

I think its the landscape coming down left to right and angle i caught the photo at that makes the car look so aggressive.

[DeanMegaS2000]

Love the wheel change. I've been considering the same, there's so much talk on here about 13s being better. Have you noticed much of a difference? 

[Mark19691]

9 hours ago, DeanMegaS2000 said:

Love the wheel change. I've been considering the same, there's so much talk on here about 13s being better. Have you noticed much of a difference? 

Yes rides better, initial turn in is sharper and it's more settled mid corner.

And it just looks better 😊

[Flying Carrot Steve]

2 hours ago, Mark19691 said:

Yes rides better, initial turn in is sharper and it's more settled mid corner.

And it just looks better 😊

 

 

13s definitely look 'right' on a Westfield IMHO.