What made you happy today?

[Chillidoggy]

I tried it, but there's nothing printable.

[Mark Blanchard]

Just tucking in to this

 

 

[silverfrost]

Best colour, Best model    Makes me laugh seeing this as my ex used to work in publishing and she was having a meeting one day with an editor of some car magazine and she brought up the topic of her husband owning a lotus esprit and a car enthusiast,  and the pompus txxt turned round to her and said no i collect real sportscars and supercars not lotus its a different ball game 

 

[Loose Cannon]

54 minutes ago, silverfrost said:

Best colour, Best model    Makes me laugh seeing this as my ex used to work in publishing and she was having a meeting one day with an editor of some car magazine and she brought up the topic of her husband owning a lotus esprit and a car enthusiast,  and the pompus txxt turned round to her and said no i collect real sportscars and supercars not lotus its a different ball game 

 

That would be Robert Coucher at a guess, Lotus hater and pompous arse extraordinaire.

And yes the gold S2 is the best Esprit

 

 

On 25/01/2017 at 09:22, Liam Warnock said:

I found this thing which makes a picture out of your most used words on Facebook ?

Your top 100 used facebook words include Machete and Shotgun?

[Mark Blanchard]

4 hours ago, Loose Cannon said:

That would be Robert Coucher at a guess, Lotus hater and pompous arse extraordinaire.

I once asked Robert Coucher why he hadn't put a Lotus on the front cover of Octane.  He replied "if we did no one would buy the magazine."

He's a sock cucker.

[eeyoreish]

Back on topic...

Found out today that front wheels for my '90 Esprit are only £25 new from Lotus!!!

Considerably softened the blow of finding out (after I'd had it refurbed) that one of mine is buckled.

[johnpwalsh]

Bloody hell that cheaper than having one of them blasted and painted.

[eeyoreish]

Tell me about it. I got them refurbed for £35 a wheel, but would still have been cheaper to buy 2 new wheels!

[Barrykearley]

I'd bag a set quick chap 

[eeyoreish]

It's only the fronts. The rears are still about £180 a piece.

Already ordered a new one from the dealer today. Even he couldn't believe it! Was tempted to order a 'spare' but it'll probably just collect dust for the next 20 years.

Noticed SJ have them at the same price too.

[Barrykearley]

I've just been hunting on the deroure parts list.

some other fronts are cheap as well - rears all expensive - even saw one front tyre and wheel assy for about £99

[eeyoreish]

Supply and demand I guess.

Not a huge number of Esprits with each wheel type In the first place and then you need to find somebody that actually wants a new wheel. Presumably there are largeish stocks of some wheels just sitting at the factory with a very limited pool of potential buyers.

It occurred to me that they might be the same as the x4 on the later Excels but I think they must be a different as SJ don't list the same part. Maybe due to those Toyota hubs...

[andydclements]

Excel = 4 stud pattern.

 

 

[eeyoreish]

That's it then! 10 years since I had my Excel and my memory for stud patterns doesn't stretch that far...

[johnpwalsh]

13 hours ago, eeyoreish said:

Tell me about it. I got them refurbed for £35 a wheel, but would still have been cheaper to buy 2 new wheels!

Best prie up here for a wheel refurb is £55 per wheel, plus refitting the tire and balancing afterward's.

[eeyoreish]

I went direct to a powder coating company in Portsmouth. They do scuff repairs too although it's not really their main business and they did have to redo 2 of mine to take out some marks that I could still see. End result is good though and 4 wheels for £140 is cheap enough.

My brother in Yorkshire got his powder coated (no repairs) at a place for £20 a wheel! 

[Stuart Monument]

The internet made me happy today. Mrs 12 plate 5 series had a suspension fault. £500 to fix at dealer. Quick google and it cost me £145 in parts and a step by step guide meant even I could fix it myself. Just finished and even the Mrs was impressed (albeit only half impressed). 

[Barrykearley]

 

What did you do with the spare light bulb ?

[johnpwalsh]

Only half Stuart. Go buy her Sunday lunch and say hanks to her for trusting you to work on her car and saving a good bit on the household budget for the month. make sure you strongly word the conversation with, I had your safety and comfort in mind, etc. Gain huge Kudos and loads of brownie points for when you next have a big spend on any of the collection.

[Liam Warnock]

On 26/01/2017 at 09:37, Loose Cannon said:

That would be Robert Coucher at a guess, Lotus hater and pompous arse extraordinaire.

And yes the gold S2 is the best Esprit

 

 

Your top 100 used facebook words include Machete and Shotgun?

Yeh ??  were farming folks 

 

also are you the nathen loose cannon I've seen posting on Facebook?? 

[Loose Cannon]

No not me. Still confused what the machete is for in farming or is that for errant ramblers who stray off public footpaths?

[johnpwalsh]

This made me happy today. I am registered with an agency as an crane and lifting equipment engineer with an offshore operators Stage 3 certifcate, appointed persons cert and more certs than you can shake a shitty stick at, and this is what they sent me. Why the ferk do we even bother looking for work and having to deal with halfwit's.

Wow, fantastic job offer today as a sales trainee with the parent company of HS Samuel jewelers at the fantastic rate of, wait for it, £3.50 per hour. What the hell will I do with such high earnings, oh and you get staff discount as well. Whooopeeeee. Spend, Spend Spend.

[Dan E]

Joh tis bollocks, how does that work I thought the minimum wage was £6.70?

 

 

[silverfrost]

How the hell does that work John ?  Minimum wage is 7.20 i think ?    Just remember the phrase, minimum wage, minimum effort 

[johnpwalsh]

Bloody good question Dan. That offer came from Reeds Employment Agency for engineering disciplines.