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Originally posted by clayfoushee
Trevor,
At the risk of hijacking this, just a little, what do think of the Noble GT? It is about Britain's auto. cottage industry.
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OK lets get this thread into the low hundreds.............the Noble is an AWESOME road car. End of story.
Or almost - not yet had the priviledge to drive one as yet, I really must, there is a dealer only 5 miles up the road! It has brought forth massive praise from weary motoring journalists in the UK and is a massively quick and capable machine. A solicitor in my home town owns a yellow one and I encountered him on the by-pass not far from my home - I was in a friends Mazda MX5 (sorry - Miata?). We pulled away from a roundabout together on a streaming wet road, he put his foot down and simply became a dot on the horizon. I had to check I had not hooked reverse!!! Amazing traction! Charlie Agg (see earlier posts, Cobra pilote extrordinaire and one of the fastest drivers I've ever come across) had a loan of a friends car recently and he assured me that the Noble was one of the fastest road cars he has ever encountered. If he says its quick, then it must be everso quick! Do not accept a lift as a passenger!
On the down-side, it has a very basic interior, but adequate,and one of the motoring magazines recently had a wheel collapse into a wheelarch, fortunately at around 25mph. Lee Noble called EVERY member of his staff into work on a Sunday and went through the problem with a fine-tooth comb. One mechanic had fitted one bolt that was a fraction shorter than it should have been.
I did hear of another owner who has a 'rogue' car that has had more than its share of problems and he is on the verge of returning it with a demand to have his money reunded. I think he is just unlucky. Good cars - buy one.
Sorry to have ruined Wilf's life by the raising of the dreaded 7! My apologies, no harm intended, but get out and drive one Wilf - come over to the dark side. The most fun you can have with yer clothes on.