Esprits required for ABSOLUTE Lotus group test

[Dan E]

I can’t really do either day as meant to be in Leeds but sod it, I will send one of the boys and deal with the fall out later 😂

[Barrykearley]

That’s the spirit. Wish mine was good enough 😢

[Dan E]

Llewelyn hate to point this out but I think you have a 928 😳

[Llewelyn82]

@Dan E That was true... However I picked up my new car on Monday and I've been curing faults on it ever since so it must be an Esprit !!!😄😄

[Dan E]

Excellent, maybe change your pic then, only @Barrykearleyon here who is into Porsche’s the rest are not too interested 

[Llewelyn82]

I'm not too into chickens to be honest but I'm not criticizing @Barrykearley for his!   (ok that's a lie, I do like a Nando's from time to time)

[JNW3]

13 hours ago, Bibs said:

Thanks Dan & Sparky

S1

Turbo Esprit (80-88) - Dan E

X180 Turbo

Sport 300

S4s

GT3 - Sparky

@JNW3, @jonroberts  either of you fancy seeing the S1 in print? @Mark Blanchard, @gghc87 could you make it with your Esprits? 

Would love to but mine is having its carbs rebalanced on June 12th as it’s running very rich and I daren’t drive it far until they’re sorted - unless they fancy doing it Cambridge way?! Or if the shoot gets postponed I’d be totally up for it - any chance of that?! 

[nello]

Sorry as a slight aside - is Cliff (gghc87) OK? Not heard of for a while and last online in Feb?

[Bibs]

From facebook today, he looks just fine!

11 hours ago, JNW3 said:

unless they fancy doing it Cambridge way?

There offices are in Grantham so it's not too far if everyone else is agreeable? 

S1

Turbo Esprit (80-88) - Dan E

X180 Turbo - Llewelyn82

Sport 300

S4s

GT3 - Sparky

[Dan E]

Yep fine by me 

[Chillidoggy]

Grantham? Shame they're not in Great Yarmouth.

 

 

 

No, wait, who'd want to be in Great Yarmouth?

[Choppa]

Is it deffo in Grantham? If a gap at the front end of the list needs filling I  could bring my S3 along but it's a 4 hour drive from my place according to Google Maps, so wrong car and a likely early start, can you put me down as first reserve.

[Dan E]

Come on chaps, piss poor show really we must be able to get this lot of cars together and support what is actually a start up and had an excellent first print. So @Lotusfabyou must have one of the bestest S1’s, Ian or Barry S4S I don’t know who owns a Sport 300 but come on chaps let’s get this done. For the love of TLF 😂👍

[Barrykearley]

My S4s is available - but it’s not as nice as Ian’s....

[JNW3]

I’ve DMed Bibs to get more info on what the mag is after to see if my S1 would be up to the job before it gets serviced! Waiting to hear back 😊

[Dan E]

Barry come on do it and I will buy you a steak 

[Giniw]

Well, there would be more candidates if they accepted cars on a trailer I guess!

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(Seriously, what is Absolute? A magazine?)

(EDIT: OK I just found after looking for "absolute lotus", not just "absolute" — https://absolutelotus.co.uk/)

[Chillidoggy]

I might be able to do it on 6th, but I can’t do it on the 7th. I need more info about the times and locations.

[Bibs]

I'm in Poland chaps but it's a bit sad we're short some cars, TLF has never struggled to get some Esprits together before. Anyone else please? 

[Barrykearley]

I’ve offered - choice of two 👍

[JNW3]

On 25 May 2018 at 10:44, Bibs said:

Have DMed you Bibs!

[Chillidoggy]

I can’t commit unless I know where, and when.

[Giniw]

(and why, and how many £!! ..........  )

[Chillidoggy]

Ha, ha!

My experience with the media (and I include the BBC in this) is that they’re a pain in the arse that want you to bend over backwards for them, and expect you to run around pandering to their every need for nothing, while they make money from filming or photographing or interviewing you.

I wouldn’t normally touch them with a barge pole, except Bibs has asked.

[Bibs]

1 hour ago, JNW3 said:

On 25/05/2018 at 11:44, Bibs said:

Have DMed you Bibs!

I did see that but being abroad and trying to relax has seen me slip behind on messages. It's a group test so ideally all the cars need to be in fine health to give the reviewer a chance to get a feel for them. They also need to be very clean and in good order visually (I'm looking at you Kearley!) as you are representing not only TLF but more importantly the Esprit, they need to be good cars on the day in every respect to do the model proud. 

I've pointed Adam from AL to this thread and hopefully he can give you more of an idea of time/location, it's a bit tricky for me right now.