View Full Version : So is the 818 going to have a coupe like?
I live in Florida were it rains quit a bit and the roadster is cool in all. but if were to get one as dd I would need a coupe version like the one picture
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Flamshackle
08-05-2013, 03:10 AM
I live in Florida were it rains quit a bit and the roadster is cool in all. but if were to get one as dd I would need a coupe version like the one picture
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I living in New Zealand am in the same boat.
The soft top should be revealed in the next month or so and the hard top is a long term goal for FFR.
Turboguy
08-05-2013, 09:38 AM
A car like this will never be a daily driver -- SO, need to drive around in the rain? Just make sure your DD has a hard top.
Xusia
08-05-2013, 10:48 AM
A car like this will never be a daily driver...
I beg to differ! I don't have my kit yet, so nothing is 100%, but that *IS* my plan. :)
ehansen007
08-05-2013, 11:02 AM
It really depends on where you live. Theoretically, it would easily be a DD here in Southern California and probably a few other areas. People ride their motorcycles every day around here so why not an 818 that's just as fast and 4x as safe! I see guys driving their Tesla Roadsters to work every day in LA and Silicon Valley. I'm sure there will be a number of top/window (probably flexi-windows) setup pretty soon from one of the builders as well as FFR for those rainy days.
jkrueger
08-05-2013, 12:19 PM
I plan on building one for a daily driver. Just waiting for a coupe version and side windows.
shinn497
08-05-2013, 03:00 PM
The picture you are looking at is fan made.
If you want a coupe it will have to wait. Personally, I have no trouble waiting for the coupe and inevitable gen II version of the 818.
Benji
08-05-2013, 05:08 PM
If it wasn't for the fact that this forum doesn't allow you to berate people, you'd have to be wearing a pretty thick flame suit right now for not using the search function, one word was needed 'coupe' and you'd have had your answer.....
ehansen007
08-05-2013, 06:33 PM
Let's not get all upset. There are plenty of people here who still like to talk about it even though it's been brought up before. And it can be said a lot nicer with a lot fewer words. He's a junior member and may not be familiar with the forums.
riptide motorsport
08-05-2013, 09:09 PM
RELAX Benji................
If it wasn't for the fact that this forum doesn't allow you to berate people, you'd have to be wearing a pretty thick flame suit right now for not using the search function, one word was needed 'coupe' and you'd have had your answer.....
blueafro
08-05-2013, 11:07 PM
I beg to differ! I don't have my kit yet, so nothing is 100%, but that *IS* my plan. :)
Have you found insurance which will cover a kit as a daily driver, or are you lucky enough not to have a commute to work? If you've found dd insurance, I'd be interested in the details. All of the insurance I've found which would cover a kit has forbidden commuting.
Xusia
08-06-2013, 01:24 AM
I talked about it with an agent last year. Stated value policy is my plan.
What are you going to set your agreed value at? I was hoping to find (haven't shopped too much) a policy that will do agreed value of 25-30K but I've heard there are mileage limitations to those.
blueafro
08-06-2013, 09:25 AM
I talked about it with an agent last year. Stated value policy is my plan.
Your company might write policies differently than others, but usually a stated value policy is not the same as agreed value. Stated value usually means the maximum value of a payout, not a fixed payout like agreed value. Actual payouts will usually be less.
Here is a quick overview of the typical difference, Grand Sport Registry's article on Stated vs. Agreed value (http://www.grandsportregistry.com/CIL-0904_09-GrandSportRegistry-Stated_vs_Agreed_Value.pdf).
If only for peace of mind, you might want to double check how the policy your agent is selling actually works.
bbjones121
08-06-2013, 09:33 AM
I beg to differ! I don't have my kit yet, so nothing is 100%, but that *IS* my plan. :)
+1 I will be making it my DD.
tirod
08-06-2013, 10:56 AM
There will be coupes. Too many don't want a short summer lifespan for a $25K car just to see it sitting in the garage in March, April, May, October, and November. A roof doubles the driving season above the Sun Belt.
Check the Coupe map for Daytonas, lots sold up north to enjoy a longer season between snow melt and first freeze up.
If F5 choses to linger, there will be a resourceful entrepreneur to offer a hard top kit to the existing one. More than one did it for the original Roadsters, and then in recent history. We can't really even say no one is doing the rough in right now. Molds are easily carved in layers of styrofoam to hold the layout shapes.
It's not rocket science, guys have added roll up window and door latches to the Daytona, it never ever had them.
Xusia
08-06-2013, 12:20 PM
Your company might write policies differently than others, but usually a stated value policy is not the same as agreed value. Stated value usually means the maximum value of a payout, not a fixed payout like agreed value. Actual payouts will usually be less.
Here is a quick overview of the typical difference, Grand Sport Registry's article on Stated vs. Agreed value (http://www.grandsportregistry.com/CIL-0904_09-GrandSportRegistry-Stated_vs_Agreed_Value.pdf).
If only for peace of mind, you might want to double check how the policy your agent is selling actually works.
Didn't know about that difference; thanks! What I was referring to was actually agreed value.
Xusia
08-06-2013, 12:20 PM
What are you going to set your agreed value at? I was hoping to find (haven't shopped too much) a policy that will do agreed value of 25-30K but I've heard there are mileage limitations to those.
I was thinking in that same ball park. It will depend on the cost.