Anyone round Milton Keynes area with a Caterham SV?

[fwaggie]

I'm very tempted by the PH Caterham 7 drifting day but being rather lanky and, err, "big boned" I don't want to stump up the money without verifying I can actually fit into one!

(6'5" and 16.5 stone, it's the height that's the possible problem I think).

So I was wondering if anyone in or around MK has one of the wide bodied ones that I can have a sit and make "squeeeling" noises in?

[huwp]

You'll be fine in an SV. I'm 6 foot but with a long inside leg and 14 stone. The seat in my SV is a good 3 to 4 inches from its maximum rear position. I'm not near MK but if you're passing Swindon you are welcome to have a look.

[Steve-B]

I've got a mate with an SV (as do we) who's 6'4" and about the same weight with no issues filling in his SV. He has the seat back, but I don't believe on the furthest setting as he still packs stuff behind his seat. I'm 6' and a bit heavier and I have no trouble at all fitting in, and have the leather S seats and can/have/will again do 8-10 hour drives very comfortably in our SV.

I do some unusual gymnastics to get into car with 1/2 hood or full hood, but that may be more because I'm 50 and don't bend (very sadly) the same I did at 25....

No worries

[fwaggie]

huwp said:

You'll be fine in an SV. I'm 6 foot but with a long inside leg and 14 stone. The seat in my SV is a good 3 to 4 inches from its maximum rear position. I'm not near MK but if you're passing Swindon you are welcome to have a look.

What is your inside leg if you don't mind me asking?

I'm about 34". (or rather that's the IL measurement I go looking for when buying jeans)

[fwaggie]

Steve-B said:

I've got a mate with an SV (as do we) who's 6'4" and about the same weight with no issues filling in his SV. He has the seat back, but I don't believe on the furthest setting as he still packs stuff behind his seat. I'm 6' and a bit heavier and I have no trouble at all fitting in, and have the leather S seats and can/have/will again do 8-10 hour drives very comfortably in our SV.

I do some unusual gymnastics to get into car with 1/2 hood or full hood, but that may be more because I'm 50 and don't bend (very sadly) the same I did at 25....

No worries

Cheers Steve, I do have a similar problem with a knackered knee that doesn't bend so well.

I'll admit this drifting day does have a dual purpose as I've always been tempted by a 7 (or probably a cheaper 7-a-like like a Robin Hood), and if I can ever bear to chop in the current baby, change it for a tall 4x4 (easy to get in and out of) and a 7-a-like for fun.

[huwp]

fwaggie said:

huwp said:

You'll be fine in an SV. I'm 6 foot but with a long inside leg and 14 stone. The seat in my SV is a good 3 to 4 inches from its maximum rear position. I'm not near MK but if you're passing Swindon you are welcome to have a look.

What is your inside leg if you don't mind me asking?

I'm about 34". (or rather that's the IL measurement I go looking for when buying jeans)

34".

I'm sure you'll fit. If buying however I would go for the lowered floor.

[fwaggie]

huwp said:

fwaggie said:

huwp said:

You'll be fine in an SV. I'm 6 foot but with a long inside leg and 14 stone. The seat in my SV is a good 3 to 4 inches from its maximum rear position. I'm not near MK but if you're passing Swindon you are welcome to have a look.

What is your inside leg if you don't mind me asking?

I'm about 34". (or rather that's the IL measurement I go looking for when buying jeans)

34".

I'm sure you'll fit.

Cheers!

huwp said:

If buying however I would go for the lowered floor.

Lowered floor?

I know they do wide bodied, and they also do deeper footwells but this is the first I've heard of lowered floors!

[Steve-B]

Lowered floors tilt the seat bottom backwards and generate roughly 2-3cm better clearance in a line from the nosecone to the FIA bar. Huw i'd aviod that unless he gets into a problem with helmet clearance as that should be the last measure.

now if you're getting an SV and it's built by the factory have a LF put in. it's 260 rivets/side on an SV -- I know as I've lowered the floors on both side of our SV

[huwp]

Lowering the floor is both a factory build option or a retrospective fit. It will drop the floor by about a couple of inches. Even with the SV I would have thought that, given your physique, this would be a sensible option.

[2slo]

At a mere 6'1'' I think a lowered floor is well worth having. I was at CC south last week looking at various options and the difference between lowered floor and std floor for me is being able to look through the windscreen/see the instruments as compared with looking at the top of the screen frame and the steering wheel obscuring the main dials.

It does affect the ground clearance mind. I took their r400 demo out and grounded it coming off their car park ramp. Must have been the weight of the passenger!

Mark.

[michaeljclark]

6' 7"
34" inside leg
Size 16 shoes
20 stone

It's snug, but it's all good

ETA: I've got the lowered floors all round, standard seats, and a quick release Momo steering wheel

Edited by michaeljclark on Sunday 19th September 20:44