Westfield .... Cateringvan..?

[Blatman]

ah yes but look at the tasteful interior you get with the CSR  

Actually, I quite like the CSR interior. It's easily the best looking Se7en interior/dash layout. Well, I think it is...

[Mark B]

I like the rest of the interior, just the dash I'm not sold on, I'm not sure it's inkeeping with a seven. Looks more TVRish imo...

[James]

ah yes but look at the tasteful interior you get with the CSR  

*COUGH* as I choke on my tea!   Im really not sure wheather to take you seriosly or not   but lets just say I think Caterham have got that one hideously wrong

[langy]

The whole Cateringvan thing,..? are they lots heavier than westfields?

If you want heavy, go for an Xtreme      

[Aves]

Sorry - got left behind - On the value point , it all depends how you define value. On bang per buck it's difficult to argue that a £10K Megabusa is not better value than a £20 Caterham bike engined car. I still think from experience that the residual value of Caterhams is better, You NEVER see a Caterham of any description that isn't a complete & utter shed going for less than £7K.I struggled for months to sell my tidy Sei for £4K a few years ago & that had a £9K build in 93.

The SV Caterhams are horrible unless you are a fat b@stard. If you want a capacious barge then buy a bl**** Chrysler Crossfire. Short sighted marketing too. OK so after the SV was launched 50% of orders in the first year were for SV's. That doesn't mean that you then switch to SV only. What it means is that there were a bunch of pie-eaters who have been waiting for years because they can't get their lardy arses into a standard body. Once that batch of Chubbers dry up there will be an issue because the more sveldt of us want a car that we don't rattle/slide/lurch around in. It's also butt ugly in a class of fairly ugly cars (IMHO)

[Peter Cox]

yawn...I'm just going to rest on this step for a minute...10 Stella's left....hic....hic...zzzzzzzz

[Mike dB]

The chubbers are only going to grow not minimise, well, that's if you believe what the media tells you!

As for residuals, I guess that depends on your outlook, both the cars I had I never lost a penny & I know that if I still had the zetec car I could get more than I paid for it, perhaps I was just lucky.....

As has been said, both cars are fantastic & any 7 car is, if you enjoy what you drive, who gives a f**k?

I'm just jealous because I don't have either at the moment          

[langy]

As has been said, both cars are fantastic & any 7 car is, if you enjoy what you drive, who gives a f**k?

Well said

[James]

I still think from experience that the residual value of Caterhams is better,

b*****k* the residual value on both are on a par just cos you get back more on a caterham dosnt mean they drop any less you still had to fork out more in the first place

I have a freind that lost £8000.00 in just over two years and five thousend miles layter on a superb example Cat still think there residual is good

[Blatman]

I struggled for months to sell my tidy Sei for £4K a few years ago & that had a £9K build in 93.

SLR's/R400's are what new? 30K. It's rare you see one S/H for more than 17K, even those that are still quite young. If I have time, I may just research this properly on the For Sales on Blatchat and here, to see if we can finally lay this myth (and I firmly believe it is a myth) that C******m residuals are *significanly* better than Westfields as to make it a reason to buy a C******m rather than a Westfield. As I have said many times before, if you compare residual prices as a percentage of original cost rather than comparing actual amounts of money spent/lost, I'll bet the two marques are pretty close. IF I can be bothered...

[Bananaman]

a bunch of pie-eaters who .................................... can't get their lardy arses into a standard body.

Oi I resemble that remark...        

[Mark B]

Shall we mention the R500evo aswell then?

43K new, they only sold three, I wonder how much you'd pick one up for now?    

[Mike dB]

You must have caught me on a good/bad day        

When are you selling the current one then?                    

[Aves]

"I have a freind that lost £8000.00 in just over two years and five thousend miles layter on a superb example Cat still think there residual is good "

Yup - & I can spell.

[cidersurfer]

Isn't it 'Yep'? Or is that a regional dialect?