2000 R500 Superlight on Ebay

[8ball]

As you can tell, I'm shopping, but not quite ready to buy.
so here's to sharing.....

2000 R500 Superlight (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2000-Caterham-R500-Superlight-250bhp-LOW-miles_W0QQitemZ330158369346QQcmdZViewItem?hash=ite m330158369346)

[Al Navarro]

This has appeared before.

Despite what the ad says, there are a few questionable things about the car.

For starters, it's not a bonafide r500. No stack dash, not RHD, no Euro motor, no Carbon Tilletts.

So right there, I'm skeptical.

That it's a nicely spec'd Superlight R I don't argue, but it's not an r500. FWIW, the US Superlight Rs don't exactly sync up with the UK "R-series" offerrings. The Superlight R has carbon at all fenders and a carbon dash like the r500, but not the Stack digital dash nor the Carbon Tilletts (they are an option...Scott L has them, but mine and I think JBH's came with what they call the Composite seats (were these called "Kevlar" back in the day?). And we have roughly the r400's power. Like I said, a mash-up.

Still, if one could find out the origin/builder of this car and get it vetted, not a bad value.

[stevet]

If the spec is correct (and as Al says it needs to be checked) it could be a great track day car. Not sure what those seats are, but they did not come from Caterham. I love that the spec says 'Factory AM/FM' audio system :rofl: Yeah, right.

[slngsht]

If the spec is correct (and as Al says it needs to be checked) it could be a great track day car. Not sure what those seats are, but they did not come from Caterham. I love that the spec says 'Factory AM/FM' audio system :rofl: Yeah, right.

They probably checked off some options off a checklist and left that as 'stock' :lol:

[Kitcat]

The seats have no headrest-they look "home-built". It has the wimpy roll bar too. I'd want to upgrade both before exploring its performance limits.