MarkD

Is that the door at the back,a bit of a tight fit to get in.

Thanks both, I think I'll have the cut-off installed, I try and use the 7 as often as possible but sometimes in Winter this is just to make sure it's given a good run. The AGM sounds great and I'll keep a note to check these out once the current battery dies.

I've just been able to secure a garage to house the 7 but it is in a block away from the house so there's no power socket anywhere near. I'm conscious of letting the battery drain between use and have already been caught out with it draining and needing a boost to start (its a Banner in a K series). Are there any suggestions of what's best, I could just disconnect it or even take it home and put it on a battery conditioner when not being used. Would installing a battery cut-off switch help? Many thanks for any suggestions.

Yellow with bonnet stripes on East St heading into Epsom. I was out for a walk heading the other way

I saw one a few days ago, not my cup of tea they are massive things. We need a photo of one alongside a Seven.

Andy Belcher of Tech 7 is in Redhill & comes highly recommended.

A bit overkill maybe but what do you use for the exposed suspension parts at the front? I recall Autoglym used to recommend a spray product when they had a promo video on Caterham's website but that is no longer there. Not sure if it's their Rapid Detailer but I'm a bit wary of spraying anything there that might affect the brakes or suspension.

Bricol - amazingly I had one of those as well, at that price I wish I'd kept it.

How accurate are these camera warnings? do they rely on users notifying the app firm that they are aware of a camera, or do they have "official" access to information to where cameras are located. I understand Waze relies on it's users but maybe wrong.

Surrey area going anticlockwise - I was stuck in the traffic going the other way.

Heading to Dartford crossing I thought you may be going to Sevens and Classics until you passed the junction.

Sounds like the same that happened to my 1.8 k series. I went back to Caterham (courtesy of green flag) where from memory CC said they cleaned the connection between the ECU and starter and changed the battery - although I don't think this was flat. Hope you get it fixed.

This morning heading into town past the. Haywain

Apologies, I'm not sure why the paragraphs aren't being picked up correctly. Hi "at last I have a Seven”, something I’ve been waiting to say for many years having wanted one as a teenager 30 years ago. When I had my first job acceptance the first thing I did was to write to Caterham Cars for an order form for a Seven, unfortunately having to move to central London meant that the order form was never filled out but I still have it today, dated October 1986, then another dated 1991, also a list of second hand ones dated 1998 However, earlier this year I picked up my year 2000, blue with silver stripe, k-series Roadsport 140 from Caterham Cars and drove it the 20 miles home to Epsom in the pouring rain – not how I envisaged my first drive in a long awaited Seven! Part way through the journey the passenger side wiper blade flew off and before I had time to pull over, the bare metal wiper arm had scratched the heated windscreen with a permanent arc. Great service from CC though, after a few emails back and forth to salesman James with a photo and it was booked in to have the windscreen (and wiper) replaced. With hindsight, this January and Feb hasn’t been the best choice to pick up a Seven but I have managed a few local trips with the roof off in between the rain and snow and I hope to try and come along to the local Surrey Se7ens meetings. One reason I have delayed buying one is that living in a Victorian house, there is no garage and only a small off-road area to park the car so mine will be kept outside under wraps which whilst not ideal I decided that it was this or nothing. I have a Storm-force cover fitted for a Seven which certainly keeps the recent wind and rain away and I’d be interested to hear from anyone else who also has to keep their Seven outside in terms of key areas to keep clean and dry – I guess all of it! In terms of longer trips, I am born and bred from Carmarthen in West Wales and spent my formative years hooning around in a Mini on roads that you’d swear were designed by Colin Chapman and Alec Issigonis. I’d love to take the Seven there and retrace some of the routes at some point but the only trouble is that between Epsom and Carmarthen lies over 200 miles of M25 and M4 which isn’t the greatest environment for driving a Seven (thinking of Mrs MarkD). I’ll try and upload some photos when I can get to take a few, but in the meantime, that order form from 1986 – in component form with engines from Ford 1.6 GT (84bhp) £7,590, Ford RS 1600 BDR (150 bhp) £10,624. Loads of extras such as Heater £76.47, De Dion £569.25, Aeroscreens £35.02 and Lucas electronic ignition for £56.12. Bye for now thanks MarkD