I can see your points. I bought my 1998 Racebase recently for £6k. Usual price of a normal EK9 I believe?
My argument for buying it, a normal EK9 comes with stuff I didnt want nore need for the purposes of my taking the car to the track. Its not a daily driver.
I guess yes I could of bought a full fat one, but the hassle of ripping stuff and selling it one wasnt something that interested me. The red interior of a the Type R range I personally feel is rancid (including the heavy red Recaro's).
I believe the normal EK9 has tinted glass for the 3 rear windows? Also not a fan of that at all.
Love that fact its lighter out the box, love the fact it has no assists and gives you a pure driving experience. Dont want to go down the major modifying route anymore, plan to just improve on it by lightening it up further.
May sound sad, but I also like the slight rarity factor, as I understand there are less racebases out there over normal EK9's?