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Re: Dream Car

by Charlie » Tue Oct 11, 2022 12:39 pm

squarebeard wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 12:11 pm
squarebeard wrote: ↑Mon Oct 10, 2022 10:42 am I believe you're right, Charlie, th...
Wouldn't you know the factory reached out by email? :tu: So on a trackday in a new Atom 4 with under 500 km on it - I do need to watch the clutch and brakes - both of them have to wear-in over time with varied driving styles. I can feel that the clutch still needs more wearing in, so no launches yet, but the brakes are starting to show signs of life! The engine is good to go, full throttle, though I'm aiming for keeping things 8/10. No need to break anything on my first time out, and hoping that I can get away with this one set of ZZRs for most of next season. Tyre management!

Glad to hear you are still going to have some fun I am a believer a well run in engine would also perhaps make a couple of extra horsepower

Re: Dream Car

by squarebeard » Tue Oct 11, 2022 12:11 pm

squarebeard wrote: ↑Mon Oct 10, 2022 10:42 am I believe you're right, Charlie, th...
Wouldn't you know the factory reached out by email? :tu: So on a trackday in a new Atom 4 with under 500 km on it - I do need to watch the clutch and brakes - both of them have to wear-in over time with varied driving styles. I can feel that the clutch still needs more wearing in, so no launches yet, but the brakes are starting to show signs of life! The engine is good to go, full throttle, though I'm aiming for keeping things 8/10. No need to break anything on my first time out, and hoping that I can get away with this one set of ZZRs for most of next season. Tyre management!

Re: Dream Car

by squarebeard » Mon Oct 10, 2022 10:42 am

I believe you're right, Charlie, the handbook agrees! I've been driving around a little, so I could change the oil now. I've had a think about this - I would normally always follow factory recommendations, but I don't think the risk is all that great that I break anything. You could definitely argue that I wear my engine a bit harder than what's good by winding it up on break-in oil, but I plan to go at a medium pace and can't imagine I'll even be around when my Honda engine one day is too worn to run well. I guess I'm looking at it as a calculated risk with solid rewards. -Tim

Re: Dream Car

by Charlie » Sun Oct 09, 2022 10:46 pm

squarebeard wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 6:32 am Yes! That's mine. Thanks - I hadn't seen the video.
I made a post about my new Atom last week here:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=18776
I have my first trackday coming up in 2 weeks. Really looking forward to that. Other than one more quick street ride on sticky-type temporary Danish number plates, my car will be spending its winter in a Copenhagen parking garage until it's time to begin the German inspection and registration process in the spring.
35 months of waiting were a real challenge. I came close to tapping out more than once. But I'm so thrilled with the results that it all seems to have made sense in the end. :checkeredflag:

Not trying to tell you how to look after your car but I thought you were supposed to run it in gently over 500 miles before using full throttle and any track days

Re: Dream Car

by abcoro » Sun Oct 09, 2022 7:12 am

Amazing story! And fingers crossed for getting it registered.

Re: Dream Car

by squarebeard » Sun Oct 09, 2022 6:32 am

Yes! That's mine. Thanks - I hadn't seen the video.
I made a post about my new Atom last week here:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=18776
I have my first trackday coming up in 2 weeks. Really looking forward to that. Other than one more quick street ride on sticky-type temporary Danish number plates, my car will be spending its winter in a Copenhagen parking garage until it's time to begin the German inspection and registration process in the spring.
35 months of waiting were a real challenge. I came close to tapping out more than once. But I'm so thrilled with the results that it all seems to have made sense in the end. :checkeredflag:

Re: Dream Car

by Charlie » Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:54 pm

Squarebeard is this you if so congratulations on taking delivery looks good spec?

Re: Dream Car

by K20A2 » Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:23 am

Charlie wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:00 pm Hi no offence taken I am trying to source the same parts it is just the price on the options sheet doesn’t seem that much of a saving considering they are replacing parts that are already on the car so I figured I would wait and perhaps buy them later instead of paying out so much at the one time for the extras thanks.
You could already ask Ariel for the prices of the parts you perhaps want to add/replace later to get a good idea of the costs.
Most prices will certainly differ from the configuration sheet.
ADDING options later might be less expensive than REPLACING already existing parts.
E.g. the price difference to ADD the 3 stage boost control later would probably be less than to REPLACE the brakes, because you pay them twice, parts and labour.
Also selling the used parts would be hardly possible, because the standard options are not that famous. ;)

Re: Dream Car

by Fastlane » Tue Sep 14, 2021 7:39 am

Charlie wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:00 pmHi no offence taken I am trying to source the same parts it is just the price on the options sheet doesn’t seem that much of a saving considering they are replacing parts that are already on the car so I figured I would wait and perhaps buy them later instead of paying out so much at the one time for the extras thanks.
Very sensible. A lot of new Atom owners don't think too much about spending many thousands on their Atoms. For others, buying a more basic Atom and then saving up for upgrades is a more realistic option, and at the end of the day even a more basic Atom will be a brilliant and fun car.

Make sure you post up the obligatory collection day photos and enjoy your car. :tu:

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Re: Dream Car

by autobackup » Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:38 pm

I know someone whose wife won a McLaren Spider which turned out to be the most basic spec available.

- he had to contact McLaren to add over £70,000 worth of extras prior to the build to make it up to a decent 'resaleable' spec - luckily he had sufficient 'moola' available to accomplish this!!

Re: Dream Car

by Atlarge » Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:22 pm

[mention]autobackup[/mention] - yes I know them well, mainly from my many failed attempts to win nice motors! ;D

Re: Dream Car

by autobackup » Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:16 pm

Atlarge
Can’t believe you are a botb winner - you wouldn’t believe how many times I’ve cursed my own lack of ability to spot the bloody ball
BOTB are a company who run weekly and monthly draws for exotic cars to which anyone can buy ticket(s).

BOTB stands for 'Best of the Best' www.botb.com

However one of the main drawbacks of winning a car in a BOTB draw is that in most cases (but not all) the cars won are usually the most basic model available with virtually none of the desirable performance 'goodies' included in the spec!

To spec the car up to something reasonable after winning can be expensive!

Re: Dream Car

by Charlie » Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:00 pm

Atlarge wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:38 pm
Hi yes I only got the essentials like stainless fixings, lsd and baffled sump for the moment as brakes and suspension are quite expensive for me at this time but I do plan on sourcing them but perhaps I will go for alternatives from the likes of Skunkworks when they start catering for the 4 was hoping to pick up brakes etc from the for sale section on this site or elsewhere but proving hard also asked in the technical if the parts can be sourced from other makes of vehicle that perhaps have the same fitment but no one has replied.
I think most people who purchase Ariel’s cars trust that they source and provide the best possible components for their products. Please don’t think that’s a thinly barbed snipe at your good fortune, it’s just the sentiment I’ve seen here on the forum generally (not a bad thing). I also think people want to support the manufacturer that brought us the car we all enjoy so much, to some extent - there aren’t many cars like the Atom!
In almost any form (never tried a 4) they are pretty crazy by normal car standards, so I personally wouldn’t risk trying to source something that’s not been reliably tested or used before for my own car.... once you start driving and finding the limits you want to be 100% confident that everything is right, IMHO.

Can’t believe you are a botb winner - you wouldn’t believe how many times I’ve cursed my own lack of ability to spot the bloody ball!

Hi no offence taken I am trying to source the same parts it is just the price on the options sheet doesn’t seem that much of a saving considering they are replacing parts that are already on the car so I figured I would wait and perhaps buy them later instead of paying out so much at the one time for the extras thanks.

Re: Dream Car

by Atlarge » Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:38 pm

Hi yes I only got the essentials like stainless fixings, lsd and baffled sump for the moment as brakes and suspension are quite expensive for me at this time but I do plan on sourcing them but perhaps I will go for alternatives from the likes of Skunkworks when they start catering for the 4 was hoping to pick up brakes etc from the for sale section on this site or elsewhere but proving hard also asked in the technical if the parts can be sourced from other makes of vehicle that perhaps have the same fitment but no one has replied.
I think most people who purchase Ariel’s cars trust that they source and provide the best possible components for their products. Please don’t think that’s a thinly barbed snipe at your good fortune, it’s just the sentiment I’ve seen here on the forum generally (not a bad thing). I also think people want to support the manufacturer that brought us the car we all enjoy so much, to some extent - there aren’t many cars like the Atom!
In almost any form (never tried a 4) they are pretty crazy by normal car standards, so I personally wouldn’t risk trying to source something that’s not been reliably tested or used before for my own car.... once you start driving and finding the limits you want to be 100% confident that everything is right, IMHO.

Can’t believe you are a botb winner - you wouldn’t believe how many times I’ve cursed my own lack of ability to spot the bloody ball!

Re: Dream Car

by Charlie » Sat Sep 11, 2021 7:46 pm

Fastlane wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 7:07 pm
Charlie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 2:44 pm Welcome to the club I also won an Ariel Atom 4 on BOTB back in Nov 2018 I was told I was on the waiting list and it would be 2 years but with lockdown I presume that has been pushed back as I still haven’t heard about my build status anyway nice to hear someone else had the same luck as me.
I was at the factory today and noticed your car was being built. Have you talked to the factory about the spec? It's one of the few Atom 4s with the standard brakes. If you can, you may want to pay for some upgrades.

Hi yes I only got the essentials like stainless fixings, lsd and baffled sump for the moment as brakes and suspension are quite expensive for me at this time but I do plan on sourcing them but perhaps I will go for alternatives from the likes of Skunkworks when they start catering for the 4 was hoping to pick up brakes etc from the for sale section on this site or elsewhere but proving hard also asked in the technical if the parts can be sourced from other makes of vehicle that perhaps have the same fitment but no one has replied.

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