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Of course, I should have remembered. It's a long time since I was on a LEGS run with you and the gang. Nice to get a reply to one of my spots. Doesn't often happen so it makes me wonder, why aren't they on TLF?

The acceleration between 200kph and 300kph looked mind boggling. And if I read it right he peaked at 344kph. 213.752mph. 😳

About 7pm this evening, Stirling Road, Milnathort heading towards the M90. Passed my new gaff as I reversed into my drive. Lovely colour. Hope I got it right....

Saturday afternoon just South of Dunfermline. Probably only saw you as I was driving a van and could see over the barrier! Definitely popped in the bright sunshine, in between the showers today.

Wow. I've worked in tech and that could be any tech company these days, apart from the cars on show. Bet there's fuzeball and free beer as well. Certainly looks impressive and I guess having just raised $700m on the listing they can afford it. But I sincerely hope a good chunk of it gets channeled into the post SUV sports cars rather than fancy offices in expensive locations.

Spotted my first Evija in the wild today. Serving behind the counter in Pret at Farringdon tube station this lunchtime. Yes, the young lady who served me coffee had her name tag on - Evija. I did point out that she carried the same moniker as the Lotus hypercar and she was aware. I'm not the first to point out the coincidence apparently. Now, she is Latvian and assumed that's where the name originated but according to Wikipedia it's origins lie in ancient Hebrew. She does pronounce it differently though, more Ehvia than Eevija. With the E as in Evian. You learn something new every day...

No flat 6, no 911? Discuss. Nice colour though. Also at Scotch Corner lunchtime Sunday. PS - An Everatti convertion I believe.

Ha! I said to Jane, hey that looks like Brian! Pity we hadn't turned in a few minutes earlier, I would have embarrassed us all by flagging you down. Glad to have popped your Lotus Spotted cherry 😉 You should have seen what pulled in a few minutes after you'd left. See me next post.....

Just leaving the car park @ 4:45pm as I arrived. Dark Verdant I presume. Sounded lovely.

Ah yes, the pay wall. Well, if you can zoom in far enough, it's yours to read. But nothing new at all and totally uninteresting to the Lotus cognoscenti. In fact, don't know why I bothered posting it 😄 Nice pictures though.....

Absolutely nothing new but nice to see Lotus getting significant exposure in the business section.

Heading North on the Edinburgh road mid day Saturday, just North of Peebles Could have been an S2 or 3, I was deep in discussion with my navigator at the time... But it looked good, hunkered down flowing along the road.

Well bugger me. My first Esprit, which I lost on black ice in early 2008 on the A1, has just popped up for sale. I had it shipped back to Hethel for assessment. £30k in new parts plus paint, labour and VAT. Not counting a very bent chassis at the rear that would need to go on the jig to straighten. As expected, it was written off for £15k (what I paid for it two years earlier) the then market value. It reappeared at Douglas Valley Breakers a few weeks later as a £10k 'project'. Someone obviously took on the challenge and got it back on the road. Very impressive. And very weird to see it 15 years after I gave it the last rites! https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1317522628901020/?__cft__[0]=AZUD7cxOczOI40v-zqfLEQlIq3QWXIsjdWojOkGuUOx9Kz5m6q6rdmdX_huBegCbDI8ftlB-cWj09GCKTXuoPCQcxQ89KHwzhuQqbyt5j1idjRfqa6sYEgPjGfdm3ysjdq-n-LCisEtW04PgsM3ZwVR8v9s_w8PNiRouloCFq5EM_w&__tn__=-UK-R

@Bibs do you have visibility on their pipeline of appointments? Wondering if there is anyone in Scotland pitching for it. I'm planning a major refurb and will need some paint defects addressing, maybe a full respray.

Chuffed to see my letter about meeting up with Barrie's Essex Esprit in 2008 published in the new issue of Absolute Lotus. Looking forward to seeing him/it in 2028...