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Old 22nd April 2011, 08:42 AM
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Jake in my opinion you have made the right decision, although track days are great fun and you can really drive the car the way it should be you will also have a lot of fun blasting around the country lanes in a group of other roadsters or a summer nights drive out. Think you'll do more miles than you think and at least you will have the option.

Build it as a road legal car from the outset then you always have the choice at the end of the build. The main benefit of the IVA is that the car gets a thorough going over by an inspector and afterwards you can be pretty confident that you have a well built roadster that you can thrash about with yourself or family and friends.

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I think the answer to your problem is build another roadster and have two! Have one set up soft for the road with civilised suspension etc and a full caged track warrior. That way when you either blow the engine up or hit a tyre wall you can still drive one the following weekend,simples.
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Old 23rd April 2011, 09:31 AM
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I think the answer to your problem is build another roadster and have two! Have one set up soft for the road with civilised suspension etc and a full caged track warrior. That way when you either blow the engine up or hit a tyre wall you can still drive one the following weekend,simples.
Second the building of another car. We are doing the very same thing although it's a rather different car this time.
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