Test drove a Dax Rush today

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bigdog

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 Walla Walla, Washington
Went and checked out several 7's today. The first one I saw was owned by a collector. He was nice enough to show me his whole collection.
This is the car I looked at. http://www.ebay.de/itm/LOTUS-SUPER-SEVEN-DAX-RUSH-SPORTWAGEN-KLASSIKER-RENNWAGEN-/130969902524?pt=Automobile&hash=item1e7e6a1dbc
I counted in two very large garages.
1, Cobra
1, Speedster
8, Westfields
3, Dax Rush's
1, MK1. looked similar to the Westfield xtr2
2, Westfield 11's
1, ASC Julietta. that looks to be a version of a Morgan

The second dax I checked out. Was very similar to the one linked to. The only difference was that he let me take it out for a spin. What a hoot. It was a lot of fun without having to go a million miles an hour. And everyone that saw us driving it waved or gave a thumbs up. Something that never happens in my Zed.

I guess that seals the deal. The Zed needs to go. The 7 ticks all the boxes that the zed doesn't. I.E. The 7 feels fast without having to go fast. Yet it can haul butt. It gets attention where ever it goes. People can't wait to come and ask about it. Those are all the things I miss while I owned my Speedster.
 
I know what you mean. If a seven was more useable I'd have one.

I had a vx turbo until 2 years ago when it tried to kill me. It got all the right sort of attention.

Unfortunately the wife threatened to leave if I bought another...hence the Zed.
 
Don't sell the Zed! Buy the Seven as well not instead. I have both - the Seven is so cheap to buy, own, run, insure, maintain etc that it really doesn't make much of a dent financially. The total cost of ownership for mine including purchase price over the period I've had it is under £70 a month. If I deduct the resale value and consider only running/maintenance costs and depreciation, the total cost is under £1 a day!
There will be so many days when the Seven is impractical but you could have taken the Zed - I think you'll miss your Zed if you sell it.
 
I've still got my Westfield (although missus is desperate to get rid). Different animal. Pure seat of your pants go kart type of car but so impractcal. As bmwz4mc says you need both. The seven just wouldn't get used as much. I've had the Westie since building it in 2002 and its done about 4k miles (admittedly I haven't got a roof) it's very thirsty on a thrash but otherwise very cheap to own
 
BMWZ4MC said:
Don't sell the Zed! Buy the Seven as well not instead. I have both - the Seven is so cheap to buy, own, run, insure, maintain etc that it really doesn't make much of a dent financially. The total cost of ownership for mine including purchase price over the period I've had it is under £70 a month. If I deduct the resale value and consider only running/maintenance costs and depreciation, the total cost is under £1 a day!
There will be so many days when the Seven is impractical but you could have taken the Zed - I think you'll miss your Zed if you sell it.
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Here in Germany there might well be a lot of days where a 7 would be dreadful to drive. We do have the wife's 328 as well. But as we will be returning to Walla Walla Wa. in 2 years. The weather there is much more agreeable to a 7. From May through October we generally have just a handful of summer storms. The last summer I was there (2010). We had two thunder storms all summer. Yes! Six months and it clouded up and rained two times.

The issue that I find though is this. The price of 7's here (Germany) and in the US is rather high. Especially for a well done factory built one like that red Dax in the ebay advert (18,000 Euro) I have been looking to buy one from the UK. But then there is the issue (cost) of going to look at it and check it out and get it back to Germany. By the time I buy a flight, hotel, car hire & fuel, food. I'd be out hundreds of pounds with no guarantee of finding a keeper. How many trips will then be needed to find the right one.

To import to the US. The 7 would have to be at least 25 years old on the paper work. It's been hard to figure out what the rules are for Germany concerning bringing a UK plated car here. The customs agent at Ramstein Air Base said that if the car is registered in the EU I can have it. That sounds way to easy. The fella with the collection has a 2 year old Dax with Honda S2000 drive train on GB plates. The Germans want 6,000 Euro to put it through Euro 6 emissions testing. The Germans said that even though the S2000 was Euro compliant. It is now in a car that is a third or more lighter than the S2000 and so should emit a third or more less emissions. It sounds like they just make up stuff as they go. So it would seem to be safer to buy one in Germany at a higher cost that has already run the gauntlet.
 
My son has a Dax Rush and loves it, but will probably have to sell it for their first house :thumbsdown:

http://tomsrush.blogspot.co.uk/

Andi.
 
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