softlips
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One word: Miura
And that piece of antiquity, albeit still desirable, was almost 50 years ago!
Not to me it isn't.
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Back on track in Guildford have quite a bit of experience on them. I use them for mine, for reasons other than price. Not sure I agree it will affect the resale price significantly, but I don't plan on selling anyway.
If B&C charging under £400 for a service they must have revised pricing. They were quoting me circa £460 , £650 & £850 for the constituent parts of the service schedule (inc the playground discount).
Yep, they quoted me £460 but lowered it to around £400 on the phone. The JCT price was £440 before haggling I think.
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TBH I'd be less likely to purchase one if they produced their own engine.
Aston Martin are having to go elsewhere as they can't afford to develop their own, why would Lotus be able to?
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Out of interest how much odd you pay for the three year service?
I paid £380 including VAT at JCT Leeds and was quoted a virtually identical price at Bell & Colvill. This was last month, £500 extra seems quite a lot more.
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Great idea at last.
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Very naughty.
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Which Elise are you looking at Conner? The S1 soft-top is perhaps 4-5 mins to fit
I used to fit my S1 soft top in just over a minute. I had a little mark on it where to centre it to stop leaks, I've never understood how you could take 5 mins to fit it.
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Ah, I see what you mean now, that would be annoying.
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I just took it for a drive and when in neutral and engine is free revving, hitting the brake does not stop it, only after two to three seconds does it drop to idle.
Why are you in neutral and revving?
I read this thread several times and can't work out what people are doing. Are they allowing the car to coast in neutral? If so this has used more fuel than leaving it in gear with no revs for years, and notwithstanding fuel use it's something that would cause you to fail the driving test.
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I saw two in a garden near J27 of the M1 yesterday.
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Very different but similar cars. I agree the Exige seems to give more instant responses to the right peddle, it makes you want to do it too. The Evora is more relaxed, better as a GT car while still being great handling etc. I nearly swapped to an Exige S earlier this year but I'm sure my wife would enjoy it and use it like she does the Evora.
One great thing about the Exige is the driving position which IMHO is better than the Evora with the offset peddles.
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The margins on new cars is shockingly small, I worked for two brothers while at college who had several dealerships and a second hand car lot where he sold the older trade ins. He always said the little car lot made far more profit than the others put together, admittedly it was partly because it cost nothing to run. The last few years before they retired they sold everything except the car lot.
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Very nice, welcome. Aside from the exhaust I've not done anything to mine.
Except black and silver badges all round (inc steering wheel), black LOTUS and Evora badges, black surrounds around all rear lights.
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Very sad, sounds like suicide.
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Would have loved to pilot my chopper
Me too
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Maybe he was getting at the almost infinite adjustability of the car's set-up rather than the potential for something important to fall off? People do tend to fiddle with their Lotus.
I took it as meaning this too.
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Woman at the petrol station today "What car is that? Is it a Lamborghini?" (Tempted to say "NO, something better"
)I often get people mixing it up with a Lambo.
I don't think I've ever been out in it and someone not take a photo.
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Any talk re future developments?
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No, I can drive now, no restrictions.
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Spent five hours in hospital today. Many scans, blood tests etc later and they say I didn't have a TIA but it was a "complex migraine". No further tests, treatment or restrictions required.
Obviously very happy.
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Had a bit of a scare this morning. Got up, took my dogs on an hours walk, came home, then while my wife was preparing breakfast I had a TIA (mini-stroke). I couldn't speak, very alarming the noises of the words were in my head but in the wrong order and all my wife could hear was mumbling. I recovered within five minutes but obviously went to hospital. I'm home but have to see the stroke specialists and can't drive for a month!
My wife has offered to bring me down to MBW on Sunday but although I feel fine now I may not feel like it on a Sunday. I've posted on the thread and Concorde thread as I'd hate to cancel late and my place be wasted.
Have a great day everyone!
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Unfortunately due to my health issue I won't be able to drive down to this event. I hope one of the reserves manages to fill my spot and that it's a great day. I'm gutted to be missing it but would like to thank Bibs for arranging what promises to be a great day.
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Unfortunately due to my health issue I won't be able to drive down to this event. I hope one of the reserves manages to fill my spot and that it's a great day. I'm gutted to be missing it but would like to thank Bibs for arranging what promises to be a great day.
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MJK back in Hospital
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Glad he's on the mend.