is a 360 challenge a viable daily driver?

about the same here apparently. here is a link

http://www.classicdriver.net/uk/find/4100_results.asp?sorderby=tblManufacturers.sName+ASC%2C+tblModels.sModel+ASC%2C+bOfficial+DESC%2C+tblCars.sType+ASC&spriceoperator=less&action=simple_search&coopid=0&lmanufacturer=10042&lcurrency_currencychangeform=4&next=4100_results.asp&dealerid=0&lseller=1&smilageoperator=less&bsubmit=true&lmodelflag=13680&bclicked=false&ldrive=1&bshowstock=Wahr&lresultsperpage=20&lprice=0&lvat=1&lmilagetype=1&lCarID=1782123

 

the seller told me it was in an accident on the right side. you can see a weld in the right front wheel well also (i think) in 2nd to last pic. he has been very upfront about this and explained that it was in the repair process that he managed to get the street papers. but i take note, and will ask for the frame to be checked. thx

 

what if its padded, as in the photos?

 

well i just got back from driving my 512tr to monaco and back from geneva, and i have to admit that even in that car, i felt pretty beat up after it was over. the aircon doesnt work at the moment, so it even had that bit of realism thrown in.

this is the kind of run that i had envisaged for the challenge car. i think the only way that would be possible is to take the advice of the fellow who pm'd me, and that would be to raise the car another few inches, change the springs out for cs types, and keep a helmet handy ! BUT i still want to go see the car for myself...coming soon.

 

ok, update on the quest.
i spoke to the seller again in order to try to set up a meeting. unfortunately he is going into the hospital for back surgery - AND NO, it was not due to riding in this car! so i will have to wait a few weeks before going up there. but in the meantime, we talked about the car a bit more.

he is selling it because he has another couple of race cars and has just bought a 599 and needs the cash to feed his addiction.
this is one of 3 challenges that he has had and worked on, but its the only one that he managed to get road papers for (and the only one he has heard about in switzerland - corroborated by the local dealer here). (the other 2 challenge cars he had were sold to japan and italy). the current neutral set-up is for monza and/or hockenheim.
i described my concerns about the nature of the car on the road, and he agreed. he described it as a race car that had only been slightly softened. he agreed that it would need to be further softened in order to be useable outside of the track, and confirmed the advice of 'cornerswell' and jim about swapping out the springs and raising the ride height to at least 10 cm. he also said the front splitter can be taken off in a few minutes (and of course put back on easily as well). he said the rollbars are pretty well padded and ought to be ok on the road.

i asked him how it compared to the cs. his response is that the cs is a lovely car but is a road car that they have tightened up slightly for some nippier handling and performance, whereas this is a race car that can be dialled back just enough to be useable on the road - and then relatively quickly turned back into a race car.

anyway, still need to see it, but it is sounding better all the time.

 

since i am not mechanically proficient, can anybody opine about the underside pics on page 2? what are we looking at and what should i be looking for? one specific question, what are those triangular things stuck into the wishbones of the suspension?

 

no idea, and i cant ask the seller till after 15th.

 

yes i have both seen this and thought of this episode during my musings about buying the challenge..... but like i said above, i do have plenty of softer cars. but i do need something that is 'weapons grade' for track days, and other solo jaunts to some places ( a bit closer to home than james was !).