VXT accident damaged cars

[stingray01]

My son is thinking of buying a VXT but starting at ground up. There seems to be a few accident damaged cars (cat D) for sale on various sites. I suppose with the power they have for a light car they could be prone to accidents. He wants to buy a straight genuine car in black but trying to avoid dealer prices. I would appreciate any info on the pros and cons of the turbo car, what to look for on accident damaged ones. I know it may be against all rules for the type of car it is, but is there any after market traction control for them, if so, is it effective.

[wmg100]

vx220.org.uk is your friend.

There shouldn't be too much wrong with buying a cat d repaired one as long as you're carefull, they can get written off for purely cosmetic damage due to the cost of replacement clams.

You can get aftermarket traction control www.regal-shop.co.uk/acatalog/VX220_Turbo_Electronic_Hardware.html

The best places to look for a car are on here and on vx220.org where you can often trace the cars history through a number of members.

[Ratspants]

Traction control won't help much here, 65% of the weight is over the rear wheels. Physics will spit you off the road before the TC was even aware there was a problem.

The best traction control you can buy is a carlimits/1stLotus day with Andy Walsh (www.carlimits.com/). I really can't recommend this highly enough. There would be a lot less Cat-D's if people learnt how to drive a mid-engine, rear-drive sports car like a VX or Elise. It's not hard, it's very rewarding to learn, it's a lot of fun but it is very different from a hot hatch.

Ben

[tangerine_sedge]

stingray01 said:

My son is thinking of buying a VXT but starting at ground up. There seems to be a few accident damaged cars (cat D) for sale on various sites. I suppose with the power they have for a light car they could be prone to accidents. He wants to buy a straight genuine car in black but trying to avoid dealer prices. I would appreciate any info on the pros and cons of the turbo car, what to look for on accident damaged ones. I know it may be against all rules for the type of car it is, but is there any after market traction control for them, if so, is it effective.

Has he considered starting with a VX220 NA first? Cheaper insurance, good choice of private cars for sale, and probably slightly easier/safer for the mid-engine RWD first-timer... I find it takes a lot to provoke the rear-end of my NA, certainly too much for public roads....