New car.

[tybo]

After six years of MX5 ownership (half of that being supercharged), we've finally replaced it with a new toy.

It's a MK Indy with a 2003 R1 engine with six speed sequential gearbox...no reverse.

[Sharief]

Nice, but err... How do you park it?

[tybo]

Sharief said:

Nice, but err... How do you park it?

You get out,(and seeing as it has the worst turning circle ever) perform a 18 point turn, involving a lot of pushing, pulling and swearing

Or, you just leave it where you stop

[petermansell]

Ver nice indeed

[Jessop]

Very nice, i'd love one.. however id most definatley want reverse though..

Unless it was a pure race car that lives on a trailer and you have alot of mates to help push lol

I'd imagine it being a huge chore in climbing in/out all the time at a trackday if you needed to turn around or pull into pits/get back on track or wahtever

[OllieBirmingham]

Bit O/T but I disintegrated reverse on a Renault 5 Campus I owned aged 18. Rest of the gears were fine, but I kept forgetting my lack of reverse and turning round became a bit of a chore after a while.

[tybo]

Jessop said:

Very nice, i'd love one.. however id most definatley want reverse though..

Unless it was a pure race car that lives on a trailer and you have alot of mates to help push lol

I'd imagine it being a huge chore in climbing in/out all the time at a trackday if you needed to turn around or pull into pits/get back on track or wahtever

Tbh, i made the lack of a reverse sound worse than it is.

As long as you plan your route, leave nice big gaps when driving etc... it's not a problem.
It's also easily light enough to push/pull by yourself too.

Only had it a couple of weeks, but haven't needed to reverse anywhere yet.
I'm even getting the hang of pushing it back into the garage in one go

[tybo]

OllieBirmingham said:

Bit O/T but I disintegrated reverse on a Renault 5 Campus I owned aged 18. Rest of the gears were fine, but I kept forgetting my lack of reverse and turning round became a bit of a chore after a while.

That's where you went wrong...forgetting about your lack of reverse

Saying that, it'd drive me mad on a daily driver

[Hollywood Wheels]

Oh, we like that!!!

[wiz 1]

Reverse only adds weight any way and the bec's are pretty easy to push about

[Xenocide]

Don't people add another starter motor and run it backwards or something?

Don't do it when the engine's running though