Jas
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Registered: 13th Oct 04
Location: Mid Wales
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as toy/track cars?
Just been looking and..
they can be bought for 2-4k for a half decent one
and surley they would be much more fun than any normal road car on the track?
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
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I always thought a kit car ends up costing more like 10k ? 
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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My dads building an Mk Indy at the minute (lotus 7 style). Hes been building it for nearly two years now because he doesnt get the time to work on it these days  Its running a 2.0 zetec black top on weber throttle bodies 
Cant wait for him to get it finished. Its all wired up and runs. Just the lighting and exterior panels are the main things to finish it off 
But yes buying a ready build one can save a lot of time/money and you still get the same fun after as you would building one
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Jas
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/robin-hood-evmo_W0QQitemZ280266859238QQihZ018QQcategoryZ29750QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Jas
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even something like that would be class fun on a track id imagine?
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
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Those arches are gash. Insurance is expensive isnt it? Its more fun beating people in a 106. For now anyway!
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Matt L
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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caterham 7 look alikes (tigers or something like that)
are silly cheap imo would love to sell mine and get one 
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Vickyxxx
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Registered: 8th Jul 08
Location: Leigh, Greater Manchester
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i know a lad who built a kit car, cost him over £20k and now he's crashed it
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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They are cheaper on road tax and insurance I think too.
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scoob
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Registered: 16th Oct 03
Location: Beverley, E Riding of Yorkshire
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i tried insurance for a 1000c bike engined kit car and it was dirt cheap
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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a lot of people don't have the storage space to keep them.
you can keep a clio 172 or a 106 out in the rain but you can't exactly do that with a caterham or westfield.
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little_duke
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Tamworth,staffordshire Drives: rover coupe
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quote:
Originally posted by shaunmods
My dads building an Mk Indy at the minute
seen this and its uber fucking
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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Because the cheap ones tend to be shit, cortina based, shed assembled heaps, with crappy old ford boat anchor engines with about 12 bhp.
The good ones, which people use as track cars, are more expensive.
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Theham85
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Registered: 29th Nov 06
Location: Brisbane Queensland
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My dad had a replica Austin Healey with a 2.1 pinto
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dava.
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Registered: 2nd Nov 05
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my mates got a cossie powered dax rush, and they aint as cheap as you think ,
he uses it on track but only on dry track days/nights which are very hard to come by up at knockhill, as if its wet then its just pointless, same being used as a road car its only ever out in really good days so weather is a huge issue imo,
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