What made you happy today?

[theelanman]

yep got the app for my phone to turn it on a lock it...also find it if you cant remember where you put it

its got everything....more optional extra than I can shake a stick at.......living in Buxton where we get snow I thought 'snow pack'......but come on.....heated steering wheel......are we that soft these days....lol.....(still got it tho')

I do think Im becoming very idle as its got the 360 cameras and self park auto detect cruise etc etc etc....the thing almost drives its self.......

lovin it..........

just gotta find something for the wife now..........small town car with 4 doors (or 5)......

@Kimberspointed me to this 

looks like the one.....but......she wants yella......

cheers @Kimbersfor the pointer

[C8RKH]

I turn off the active cruise, just have normal cruise in.

360 cameras are great, used the self parking once to try it out. Lane assist can be a pain too as if you do not indicate it tries to steer you back into your lane.

It's almost self drive and no doubt the purpose is to prove the tech.

It's a great cruiser. Handles really well for such a big car. But it's not really for the drivers or a sports car....

[internets]

After being disappointed the Elise 250 Cup cars don’t come with the model designation embroidered into the seat backs like other models, although have seen a few with it, I decided to have my seats  embroidered and very pleased how they turned out. Allon White did a great job being the only official Lotus after sales trim shop they could get the correct Alcantara from Lotus and also the correct logo.

A small thing but made me smile today  

[Giniw]

1 hour ago, internets said:

Allon White did a great job being the only official Lotus after sales trim shop they could get the correct Alcantara from Lotus and also the correct logo.

Interesting to know, thanks! https://allonwhite.co.uk/lotus-car-interiors-trimming

They seem to have made a good job on your seats indeed!

[USAndretti42]

Gpt the Excel out of its garage today s short walk from where I live and was driving it out of the estate when some young kids were coming the other way on their push-bikes.  The guy at the front saw my car and opened his mouth in excitement and I heard him say, "Oh, my god" as I drove past.  Nice to know their are some young entusiasts around.

[Barrykearley]

she’s got interviews at 2 unis confirmed today as well 😊

[Bibs]

Just been for an interview myself. Apparently my salary demands are 'extortionate' 

[Chillidoggy]

TBH, if you got 11 out of 13 that’s pretty good.

[Dan E]

48 minutes ago, Bibs said:

Just been for an interview myself. Apparently my salary demands are 'extortionate' 

i have done three jobs for them bunch of lunatics. Don’t think I went to a meeting with less than 15 people in it seemed to be a lot of people doing the best part of fuck all, I think you would have fitted in perfectly. 
 

 

[swindon_alan]

42 minutes ago, Chillidoggy said:

TBH, if you got 11 out of 13 that’s pretty good.

I thought that was a "fitness" measure of Ms Rochette. A la Bo Derek?

[mayevora]

Proud of my Wife 😁

Went to a large open air Christmas fair yesterday. There was a chap there with his Morgan selling ‘Morgan Experiences’

As we walked past the chap tried to make conversation with her. My wife just pointed at me at said “that’s the wrong car for him, it’s not a Lotus” The chap then replied “Well until he gets one give him a Morgan experience”

”Already got one” she replied and walked straight passed him. 🤣

[Colin P]

Sunday 9pm channel 4. Guy Martin does the Great Escape jump. 

Proper telly. 

On 01/12/2019 at 08:55, mayevora said:

Went to a large open air Christmas fair yesterday. There was a chap there with his Morgan selling ‘Morgan Experiences’

As we walked past the chap tried to make conversation with her. My wife just pointed at me at said “that’s the wrong car for him, it’s not a Lotus” The chap then replied “Well until he gets one give him a Morgan experience”

”Already got one he will replace it with a Morgan in 30 years or so.

There, sorted that for you . 

[Bibs]

[pete]

Good choice

[Spinney]

After nearly 2 years of dodgy Wi-Fi that kept causing my Sonos system to disconnect itself from the phone control, today I finally got it sorted!

I’d bought Wi-Fi extenders to give me a decent signal all over the house but turns out it was these that were confusing the Sonos system.  After some fresh advice I finally invested in a BT Whole Home mesh system and joy of joys, I can now control the music from anywhere in the house and garage. 

Very pleased with myself!

[Jacques]

I stick to my old Rega turntable. If I just play loud enough on the tube amplifier, I can hear it in the garden as well as in the garage. Loads of fun looking through all the old LP's, looking at the covers from when someone actually cared about how they presented their music, and the placing it on the turbtable, cleaning it with soft velvet brush, then the AM anti static brush, and then finally moving the arm over and letting it play. Makes me happy to listen to a whole side on an LP rather than jumping songs all the time. Great enjoyment.

Kind regards,

jacques

[Bibs]

10 hours ago, pete said:

Good choice

Thanks Pete - It's the light honey oak, the chestnut would have been too dark in the rooms. Lounge is done now, dining room today. Yay! 

[oilmagnet477]

8 hours ago, Spinney said:

After nearly 2 years of dodgy Wi-Fi that kept causing my Sonos system to disconnect itself from the phone control, today I finally got it sorted!

I’d bought Wi-Fi extenders to give me a decent signal all over the house but turns out it was these that were confusing the Sonos system.  After some fresh advice I finally invested in a BT Whole Home mesh system and joy of joys, I can now control the music from anywhere in the house and garage. 

Very pleased with myself!

got so fed up with sonos constantly dropping out, I sold the lot and with the proceeds bought a yamaha receiver amp with bluetooth and a pair of wharfdale diamond 11s. Got those in the kitchen now and use old mk1 Ipad which is still going strong (just won't do anything else on line because of Apple built in obsolescence!). It holds all my music (or enough at least 64gb). The whole music round the house thing sounds cool but I never really used it. I also bought (with the same funds from selling Sonos) a Denon AV receiver amp which is in the Sitting room and we use that for projector/cinema but it will also bluetooth to the same ipad. Never had a single problem since.

Good luck with yours - I have now also binned BT Broadband - utter crap in middle of nowhere Norfolk. Now have 4g Vodaphone router with a £30/month unlimited phone sim - getting about 10mbps on average which is about double what bt were able to do - I doubt we will ever get fibre and even if we did, we are so far from the exchange I don't think it would be any better. What I really don't understand is how the router gives me 3-4 bars but my vodaphone mobile struggles to get 1 bar? Antenna power I guess......

13 hours ago, Bibs said:

I liked it with the grey finish!

[DaveC72]

Haven't been driving much due to lots of foreign work travel.  Drove up to HQ which is roughly Southampton to Bury St Edmunds and back this week.  Not the most enthralling of drives, but loved every minute of it in the Evora.  

[Bibs]

1 hour ago, oilmagnet477 said:

I liked it with the grey finish!

They're putting 2 tons of that down! 

[Chillidoggy]

I shall be round to inspect it when it’s finished!

[Sparky]

This may call for a bottle of English Harbour.

[Chillidoggy]

6 minutes ago, Sparky said:

This may call for a bottle of English Harbour.

Winner of the “2019 Most Accurate Comparison Award.”

[ChrisJ]

Made up for yesterday's unhappy experience.

 

[DaveyT]

Safely installed in her new Lancashire home, having done the trip from Bude with style and panache, not missing a beat!

not sure what to go for next.....