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1. Martyn Esprit SE 2. Markw996 Esprit S4 3. chip Elan S2 4. ChrisJ Turbo Esprit or Excel SE 5 Dave Elise 111R 6 Dave Kippen, Elise S 7. Dave Eds Evora / Elan (LEC) 8. Phil, Elan M100 SE 9. Markhur Elise S1 10. Nasty Esprit V8 11. Owen GT3 Esprit 12. Paul & Karen Lotus Elise S1 13. Ian M100 Elan (LEC) 14. Esprit22 Turbo Esprit 15. Brian Esprit S3 16. PhilW. Dry sump turbo esprit 17. Yellow Peril - Esprit S4 (tentatively attending) 18. Pete's Son - Turbo Esprit 19. Gary Elise S1 20. Clivef38 Elan M100 21. Nicola & Simon Elise S1 22. Rick. Elite S.2 23. Paul Saunders Elise Type 72 (Email) 24. Dave Ahmad M100 Elan (Email) 25. Dave.G Exige S 26. Dave Freeman Esprit SE 27. Paul M100 (Maybe) (LEC) 28. Wayne... Top-plumber... S4 Esprit 29. rip M100 ... I'll get there probably after lunch.

Oops. Missed that

Thanks Bibs. See you on Sunday

Hi Bibs, I did post about 1-2 weeks ago asking to be put on the reserves list but I can't find my post any more. Is there still room please? I'll also be travelling down with G UK. He was on the reserves list but has dropped sort of...off

Great to be part of this & thanks to Hopo for letting me drive his NA.

Didn't somebody else agree to help out by leaving their Elan at home?

1. Bibs 2. Sparky 3. Spud 4. GKP 5. MPx 6. Dunc 7. Mattwatts 8. Martyn 9. Mark B 10. Vulcan Grey 11. Mayesprit 12. Paul C 13. fsrowsell 14. Mark P 15. rip Anyone on planning to meet up at Chievely (Newbury) services on the M4?

Ace hold a Lotus / TVR / Noble / Ginetta night on the 3rd Wednesday of every month. Many of us on here go to that although I think the black clouds put a lot off last night.

Poor turn our last night. The weather was great so I expected the car park to be rammed quite early on. Plenty of room. Not as many Esprits as I expected & only Elan was mine. May well turn out to be the warmest Ace meet night of the year too.

I visited Egypt back in 2001. I did a cruise on the Nile based around Luxor. There are plenty of different temples around the Luxor area as well as the Valley of the Kings, so we lived on the cruiser & travelled each night. Luxor is several hundred miles south of Cairo. I was only there for a week & did not get a chance to see the Pyramids. I was a little disappointed with this, but there was loads to see around Luxor. I did an extra plane trip to see Abu Simbel which was pretty special. If you've not had a good look at a map, Egypt is virtually all desert with a small habitable area each side of the Nile. Cairo is near the Nile delta & Luxor is several hundred miles South (about 500 IIRC). Sharm is away on the East coast, so nowhere near either Cairo or Luxor. Egypt was hotter than I could have imagined. The temperature was over 50c every day and even at night was still above 30c. That was inland, so it may well be cooler on the coast. The culture is very different too. Egyptians tip (baksheesh) for everything. Even if you ask directions, you should expect to pay for it. They are even very keen to sell you things while you are standing in a queue & are so pushy about it that it may get on your nerves. The best way to stop this is to politely say 'no' in their language (Leh). Things are different on the road too: drivers do not turn their lights on at night because it runs the battery down:tumbleweed:, they only observe a red light if a police car is visible close by, passengers ride the bumpers of vans & best of all, if you are on a single-carriageway (dusty) road & want to overtake, you sit there beeping your horn at the car in your way! After a week there, I really felt like I had been away somewhere very, very different. Surely that is what a holiday is all about?

The forum or the Elan?

Brilliant! That was far funnier than ignoring her. I'll bet it gave you some satisfaction & was a gesture that the drivers behind you surely would have understood & appreciated.

I think more LECers have posted on this thread today than they have on LEC itself See you on LEC soon, Steve

I can answer some... Brown goo in the dash? Sounds like the stuff that Lotus put there I'm afraid. One of our members from mainland Europe was trying to tidy this up. Driver's seat mount.. I've got some spare runners....at least I think that's what they are I bought them new (cheaply) at a recent Lotus sale. Stock brakes are rubbish. Even with cleaned calipers & upgraded pads, they don't inspire a lot of confidence. When the issues get sorted & you manage to get on the forum, have a look for Bob Brown's work in the Brakes & Suspension section. He did a nice kit for the front of mine recently. Works a treat & didn't cost a fortune. Idle/Air control valve should be behind the engine a few inches beneath the adjustment screw. It's not the easiest thing to get at & sounds like someone's bodged yours. Headlight motor bushes are known to fail so many of us have spares for these, me included. If you cannot find any elsewhere, then let me know...but I'd rather not let these go because I WILL need them in time.

I agree, Mike. The sheer number of roundabouts in MK encourage a different driving style & level of awareness at roundabouts. Once you adapt to it, the place is really quick to get around. It is so different that I know some outsiders who have found it intimidating.