Hi guys!

I've had my 996tt for 6 years now. Modified it and it's great. I have to admit I'm a little bored with it. I'm thinking of an Ariel Atom. Thoughts?

 

The AA is an interesting car but pretty much limited to track use.

Once in a great while one of the UK car mags attempts to treat an AA as a GT in one case driving one in Norway to above the arctic circle (in winter no less) but I think it a stretch to consider the AA as anything more than an exceptional -- if the reviews are accurate -- track car.

My advice would be to go test drive one, drive it as you intend to use it -- even if this is as a GT car -- and make up your mind.

If the weather is bad be sure to wear your rubbers.

 

To much of a trendy/fad type thing in my opinion but if you want performance they have it. Keep the 996tt and pick up something else to play with= lots of cheaper fun rides out there.

 

As long as you dont mind looking like this:

 

Was just looking at their stuff the other day, they have a bunch of used cars on their site! All sorts of different trims and motors with at least one having full fenders. Not practical as any sort of a daily but I sure wouldn't mind having one - but not at the expense of selling the 996 IMO.

 

I personally couldn't do it for an Atom, now a BAC Mono would be an entirely different story. Even with the same drawbacks..

 

Thanks for your thoughts guys! Cool car and a real drivers dream!

 

I wouldn't drive anything other than a good 4wd with decent ground clearance in the area of Arctic Circle Raceway in winter, so driving an Atom there would be pretty extreme.

 

Not familiar with the BAC Mono.

There are some nice enclosed cars.

There's the Ginetta G60 with a 3.7l V6, 310hp, 288 lb ft torque. Don't know how much it weighs. I have not read any reviews of it.

There's another car fully enclosed that is the hot setup. The Radical. 4-cylinder. 2l. 245hp. 265 lb ft torque. Again, no weight. But with these cars the weight is quite low. Acceleration 0 to 60mph in 3.0 seconds. Top speed of 160mph. These are not heavy cars.

The above are really intended for track use. While one can drive the car to/from the track -- least in the UK where it appears anything with wheels can be licensed for the road -- road use beyond to/from the track I think would be out of the question.

 

It was extreme.

Here's a link. Not much info, that is no real details. But it was done.

http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/gre...ives?imageNo=1

 

Talking about freezing ur ***** off!