Sunday Bits and Bobs

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Sunday Bits and Bobs

Postby Specky » Sun 18.04.2010, 17:06

Sunday turned into a bit of a hidden Gem....

It had everything saturday had to offer, but with the addition of a large classic car show to top it off...

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Re: Sunday Bits and Bobs

Postby muley » Sun 18.04.2010, 20:56

Good pics. I feel a caption competition coming on..
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Re: Sunday Bits and Bobs

Postby theelanman » Mon 19.04.2010, 01:07

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Re: Sunday Bits and Bobs

Postby Nige » Mon 19.04.2010, 05:01

As a Mod I can delete all of his posts if I want, let me show you........... :twisted:

Good pics Dave thanks for posting. The more I see of the Evora the more I like it, just the front 3/4 view makes it seem a bit heavy above the rear wheels (too much body panel above the wheel arch) apart from that I just need a posting where I can buy a tax exempt car (ended up with my S2 last time).
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Re: Sunday Bits and Bobs

Postby Rambo » Mon 19.04.2010, 21:49

That orange Evora (E6 ACL) belongs to Andrew Laing from Scotland. It was the 2nd off the production line and the 1st to get its 1000 mile service at Hethel. He picked it up one day, drove to Scotland and back down to Hethel the next day before gettingits 1st service Back tyres have now done 8K miles and are close to the 1.6mm wear treads :shock:

Andrew also has an Esprit v8 and a supercharged Elise in his collection ;-)

Oh to be rich ;-)
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Re: Sunday Bits and Bobs

Postby Scott J » Mon 19.04.2010, 23:04

Great pics, pity I missed the Sun, too much of a hurry to get home.

Mark, Chrome orange is a bit loud for Andrew, he usually buys silver cars?! O to be rich indeed.
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Re: Sunday Bits and Bobs

Postby Specky » Tue 20.04.2010, 06:15

He also had 1.6mm wear on the rear hubs...

That cars wider than it looks.


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Re: Sunday Bits and Bobs

Postby Rambo » Tue 20.04.2010, 08:59

To all those who missed the Sunday event - it was much better than Saturday :!: Much more to look at, albeit less Lotus' and Elan's in general. There were only about 10 of us in the main marquee

Oh - and Scott - in case you thought there weren't many babes around on Sat. you should have seen Sunday. Babes a plenty and the hot weather bought out the short skirts ;-)
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Re: Sunday Bits and Bobs

Postby Rambo » Tue 20.04.2010, 10:39

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Re: Sunday Bits and Bobs

Postby Scott J » Tue 20.04.2010, 23:16

Rambo wrote:
Oh - and Scott - in case you thought there weren't many babes around on Sat. you should have seen Sunday. Babes a plenty and the hot weather bought out the short skirts ;-)


"there weren't many babes around on Sat". I didn't see any. Where were the LEC models. Is Club Lotus a bunch of old duffers discussing donuts for their garbage 1960's kit cars. Bring on the Formula 1 dancing girls I say, its 2010, not 1963.
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Re: Sunday Bits and Bobs

Postby GeoffSmith » Thu 22.04.2010, 18:51

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Re: Sunday Bits and Bobs

Postby Karl Martin » Fri 07.05.2010, 12:03

Before I bought my Elan, I took a good look at ALL the alternatives, including all the other models of Lotus...(the fact that I personally believe that only an open top can give you that really special experience narrows things down somewhat!) and looking at all these photos (cheers people) I still believe that the M100 still holds the title of best looking (with possibly the later Esprits taking the title, but unfortunately no soft top).

So the Evora appeared and when I saw the first artist impressions, I was smitten (especially with the promise of a convertible with even more power)

Then I saw it in the local show room…what a disappointment....I really want to love this car, some angles look good, but overall, it just doesn’t do it, a sentiment shared by all of my petrol head friends. Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and the (apparently) imminent convertible version may change those views.

However, at its current price....no deal!....there are just too many alternatives and my personal belief, especially talking to certain people who sell them, is that they will run a certain number and cease production.

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