340R vs Caterham

Post by **Shug** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:52 pm

Shoulda been FFS....

Post by ed » Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:31 pm

my vote would be for a 340r. i was lucky enough to get a pax with scotty at KH and it was awesome!

Post by **Shug** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:36 pm

I'd love a 340R. Scotty's just gone and f**ked it all up for me though - as after seeing the flamemobile in the flesh, it just looks so right!

I'd never feel it was complete without the flames and I'd not be enough of a tit to copy the paintjob

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:46 pm

That Caterham r500 looks awesome!

Massive fan of the 340r also!

Now just need to see what happens with the R (or at least have some vague idea!)

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:48 pm

R500, to quote Evo magazine, "Madder than mad jack McMad, er its a bit mad"

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:49 pm

I popped in yesterday (to have a sly look at the 240 cup) and apparently your big end has gone - don't know if that's old news to you or not mate

What's the next step? Replace under warranty? Just being nosey coz if you're thinking about a 340R you'll need the cash from the Liz I guess; you could always part-ex Ed in for it right enough

Post by **Shug** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:50 pm

shooomer wrote:Does the R500 not need frequent engine rebuilds?

Yeah, if it lasts long enough to drive to the garage and back......

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:51 pm

PS ...

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/80218.htm

Post by **Shug** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:52 pm

GregR wrote:I popped in yesterday (to have a sly look at the 240 cup) and apparently your big end has gone - don't know if that's old news to you or not mate

Oh God, how to resist the fnarr-age

But seriously, bad news

Not sure they actually bother rebuilding engines any more, so that may be game over for that one

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:55 pm

Spoke to them this morning, and they don't know what is wrong with it yet, but are about to strip it down.

Its not sounding good though

Typically this happens in the middle of summer

jj · Post by jj » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:58 pm

Andy, have they given you one of the printout things they can get about how much time its spent at redline etc? That would be interesting, a guy on PH had one when his yota went bang.

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:29 pm

I haven't had anything yet.....will be on the phone for my daily update tomorrow though!

Fingers crossed - radical a bit too extreme, but like the thinking!

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 10:31 pm

Ah.. Gutted for you mate, if the engine is gubbed....

Caterham gets my vote.... but then , those 240Rs.... hmmmm

Dominic

P.S. I have a spare BMW engine, if that would fit in the liz? circa 170 bhp (once upon a time)..

Stewart · Post by **Stewart** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:11 pm

Shug wrote:I'd love a 340R. Scotty's just gone and f**ked it all up for me though - as after seeing the flamemobile in the flesh, it just looks so right!

I'd never feel it was complete without the flames and I'd not be enough of a tit to copy the paintjob

I remember when he posted his poll with regards to the paint job. I thought WTF has he done to a beautiful car and even chickened out from posting my vote. But then ...
...I saw it in the flesh at MT KH on Friday and was very impressed. It looks really good in real life. As Shugs says, this should be standard on 340r's.

Here are a some pics that only half give an impression of what it looks like.

Cheers

Stewart

timmsky · Post by **timmsky** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:40 pm

Hope it's Defendall'ed Scotty - either that or you're going to need a heap of different touch up sticks