Random car and/or Lotus related pictures and videos

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[Jason is Chasing]

Lotus hates the United States and wont let us have the Exige ;p. (I know that's not true I just like saying it)

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[Ali tuck]

[electro_boy]

haha has that photo been edited in any way?!!  Cant believe how big those trucks are, makes the Lotus look like a toy car! 

[TdM]

I respect anyone brave enough to weave through those big trucks in the US in anything smaller than a full size saloon car. I've driven a few 'normal sized' saloon cars in the US (like Mondeo etc.) and those trucks make a mockery of them. You just see wheels coming past. It's a pretty scary experience!

[Bibs]

I remember one of my Elise's looking tiny next to, ironically, a Mini! 

[Jason is Chasing]

1 hour ago, electro_boy said:

haha has that photo been edited in any way?!!  Cant believe how big those trucks are, makes the Lotus look like a toy car! 

My 4c is about the same size as an elise, and I daily drive a pickup truck, I'll take a full photo this evening PST, (however my truck isnt lifted mind you), 

 

Its say with the lift kits (ever so popular,  and a reoccurring trend every decade that's pretty accurate)

[comem47]

Just need a 3 foot lift kit for the Lotus !!!  (imagine the cornering degradation)!  

[Jason is Chasing]

How very FLORIDA! (i kid Floridians, dont burn down my house,  it's a joke)

[comem47]

Yes, anything goes down there whether it's safe or not !!!

[ChrisJ]

The 107 is a small car.

[au-yt]

22 hours ago, Ali tuck said:

The Mammal amoungst the dinosaurs...........

 

 

[jep]

Elise feels small on the road compared to other vehicles around when I have the roof up but with top down I really do not notice it at all. 

Excel never feels anything other than normal (size-wise). 

Renault 5GT Turbo feels fine but I would not want to crash in it. I fear it would fold quite easily. Lotus since and including wedges have had a very good reputation for crash structures.

Justin 

[ChrisJ]

Quite a bit faster now

 

 

 

[Giniw]

A very nice video about Lotus history I had never seen before:

 

 

Edited September 29, 2020 by Giniw

[Giniw]

This one seems interesting too (I haven't watch to it yet)

 

Edited September 30, 2020 by Giniw

[electro_boy]

Holy Moly! I've never heard of cable racing before, those cars are incredible, you can barely see them whizz around!

[jep]

https://www.astebolaffi.it/en/lot/108/35/detail

Essex Lotus Sunbeam in auction

Justin

[Bravo73]

Hmmm, I wonder if the new(ish) Heritage department needs a Sunbeam for their collection? If so, I reckon that’s got to be one to get. 
 

(Can someone mention it to them, @Bibs, please?) 😉

[mdw]

On 30/09/2020 at 12:42, electro_boy said:

Holy Moly! I've never heard of cable racing before, those cars are incredible, you can barely see them whizz around!

The  track is still there in Mote park Maidstone.

I used to have a control line airplane as a kid, similar type of thing ( but in the air of course)  noisy but fun.

[LOTUSMAN33]

2 hours ago, jep said:

https://www.astebolaffi.it/en/lot/108/35/detail

Essex Lotus Sunbeam in auction

Justin

What a fantastic car to own, agree with Jonny it should live with Lotus. 👍🏻
Dave  

[Leigh Greenham]

....and here's that Essex Sunbeam in the background of this pic of the 1980 Monaco GP paddock, with my Essex Elite and an Essex Mini.

[Jason is Chasing]

Wow the Monaco GP what w dream come true!

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

I don’t want to be a damp squib, but wasn’t the ESSEX petroleum sponsorship period a particularly bad time for F1 Team Lotus?