Picking up the 500 on sat!!

[martin thomas]

Just had the call from Tim at cc to let me know my car has just passed iva and i can pick it up on sat morning!! Just hope the weather stays dry.

Martin

[fergus]

softly softly catchee monkey!

No PSM on this bad boy!

Ask if the engine has already been run in on a dyno or not (a la GT3 engines), otherwise make sure it's got non synthetic oil in it and give it *limited* abuse for 200 miles (but don't p!ss about with being overly gentle with it, modern engines don't benfit from this much at all), then drop the oil and get some full synth in the sump and you're good to go for the full beans!

Check how the suspension has been setup prior to getting too enthusiastic. If you don't like how it handles, this will either be down to driving style or setup.

Also, remember that things will settle down and bed-in in terms of bushes, etc. so it will take a couple of hundred miles or so before it's worth taking anywhere to get setup properly (not back to CC)

[MikeGF]

Congrats. I remember waiting a week to pick up my Superlight, so god knows how you're feeling waiting for the R500...

Wonder how it will be compared to the Lamborghini in your profile?

Again, bloody well done, not long now and looks like the weekend is dry & sunny - those 200 miles will soon be gone..

Cheers
MikeGF

[BT]

Ooh, lucky boy. Not long for mine either, I hope. Enjoy, and post come comments quickly!

Edited by BT on Thursday 11th June 16:07

[fatvik]

Lucky blighter

[nigelpugh7]

martin thomas said:

Just had the call from Tim at cc to let me know my car has just passed iva and i can pick it up on sat morning!! Just hope the weather stays dry.

Martin

Martin,

Great news I hope the weather holds out for you.

And welcome to the Duratec R500 owners club, dont forget the ear plugs for that sequntial box though!!

We hope to see some pictures soon.

Have fun.

Nigel.

[martin thomas]

Just got home an hour ago. Already took the cat off and stuck on the shelf. My feet have just got the feeling back, and i think my hearing will be back soon!lol


Martin

[matc]

martin thomas said:

Just got home an hour ago. Already took the cat off and stuck on the shelf. My feet have just got the feeling back, and i think my hearing will be back soon!lol


Martin

Congrats....Looking forward to seeing some photos.

[martin thomas]

Just took these on my phone , So not that great. She's got 300 miles worth of flies on her at the moment!lol

Martin

Edited by martin thomas on Saturday 13th June 18:18

[martin thomas]

Edited by martin thomas on Saturday 13th June 18:19

[matc]

Looks lovely, are the stripes red like the Caterham demo? They look slightly orange in the pics, but that could be to do with the phone camera.

Perfect weather to be out playing in it today.

[David Long]

Looks iconic Keep posting - love to know the up and downs of R500 ownership

[Nicodema]

matc said:

Looks lovely, are the stripes red like the Caterham demo? They look slightly orange in the pics, but that could be to do with the phone camera.

R500CC's stripes are orange (not red), and it has the CATERHAM text in black. I think it's other pictures that make them look red.
BTW, Martin. It's looking sweet, enjoy!

Edited by Nicodema on Tuesday 16th June 15:08

[maekm]

Martin, congratulations, that look sfantastic you are one very lucky person, still waiting for mine

[martin thomas]

maekm said:

Martin, congratulations, that look sfantastic you are one very lucky person, still waiting for mine

Mark It's worth the wait! How did you spec yours?

Martin

[maekm]

martin thomas said:

maekm said:

Martin, congratulations, that look sfantastic you are one very lucky person, still waiting for mine

Mark It's worth the wait! How did you spec yours?

Martin

Martin, nothing fancy, stuck with a manual transmission, roulette green, trackday exhaust, track day roll bar, heater, and a few other little bits.

Edited by maekm on Wednesday 17th June 19:49