First Lotus

[Daitona]

Hi,

after nearly 10 years of driving Porsche, i have sold my 991 gt3 with a Nice Profit last week ???, still having a boxster gts. 

 

To Replace the gt3 i Decided to buy a Lotus 350 Sport, that i picked up today. 

After the first 200 km i have a Smile on my Face, but not able to really evaluate the Potential in comparison with the gt3. Of Course she is lighter, more direct and pure,  but only the first Track day with will Tell the Truth. I will Speed up to reach the First 1500 km to be able to push her harder. 

Anyway perfect fun and exceptional design, more positive appearence. I will Report more After the First oil Change..

 

 

[Bibs]

Very nice! Welcome to Lotus ownership, great choice too

[C8RKH]

Lovely looking Exige, nice one and welcome.

[JayEmm]

Herzlich wilkommen

[silverfrost]

Welcome to the forums Axel and a good choice on the Lotus. It looks evil.     Enjoy

[TAR]

Welcome. It will be interesting to hear your thoughts comparing the two cars, especially as you have had a long relationship with your Porsche.

 

[The Pits]

Welcome to TLF and Lotus ownership. I am sorry that you won't make a profit on your Lotus but it's a compliment to Hethel when a 991 GT3 owner chooses to spend his profits on an Exige.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do mine. Sport 350 is a great package. I think you will miss the GT3's high revs and power (and noise) but you should enjoy the steering, communication, stopping ability and manual gearbox.

[Daitona]

thanks for the welcome....yes i know i will miss the revs, power and sound.....but less than have the price for the exige, pure driving and most probably as much fun.

the gt3 was a fantastic car, but i was a little afraid that the high rev engine could be a problem after 20 k km plus the crazy prices for these cars will start to drop, once the knew one will be presented.

what is the experience of you guys concerning reliability of the engine if you really drive her hard on the track? i have not read about any problems? any known problems after a certain mileage???

 

[The Pits]

Toyota V6 is very robust as you would expect. I haven't heard of any issues. Mine doesn't even use oil between services!

[NW76]

Welcome!!! Great to see another Porsche to Lotus conversion. You wont regret it!!!

Hope to see you on track after your run in :-) The picture of your GT3 looks like it was taken at Bilster Berg, am I right?

Cheers

Norbert

[Daitona]

yes, my nearest track....1,57...without slicks...not great, but i was happy....

[NW76]

1:57 is pretty good already, considering that the lap record for street legal cars is a 1:467 

You can do a similar time with the Exige as well ... my fastest lap that a have on video there - only that counts, right ;-) -  is a 1:581 ... theoretic best is a low 1:56 ... and my car still is fully stock ...

 

 

[Daitona]

With Standard tires???  Impressed ???? i am far away of being a good driver, but the gt3 makes it relatively easy even for three Times a year Racers. Thanks for giving me a Target ???

 

[NW76]

Not on Slicks ... on road tires, yes,  but with Semis (Trofeo R) ... on the Corsa you will be a couple seconds slower but they are still a great tire and last forever ... 

 

 

 

[The Pits]

Avon ZZR is also a great, really fast tyre that seems to last longer than the Trofeo. An Exige on Trofeos has to be experienced at least once though!

Despite what many think about the Exige's performance relative to the GT3, among amateur drivers on track days the gap appears to be much smaller than what you read about in magazines. 

[ramjet]

Welcome to TLF Axel.

Hope you enjoy the Exige.

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