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Re: Spotted

Postby Squirtydog » Sun 04.05.2014, 01:56

Mustard S2 Brimstage Road Wirral then M53 yesterday.
Didn't expect you to bother with that overtake point else I'd have stayed closer. ;-)
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Re: Spotted

Postby Fredjohn » Thu 08.05.2014, 20:45

One pair of M100 rear lights with grooved plastic covers in Maple Leaf Garage Daventry.

Unfortunately they were attached to an Alpine A610, "L" plate for sale at £19950. Cursory glance it seemed in good condition.


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It's on ebay and belongs to the owner of the garage, who is selling it. Full history and genuinely in good nick. Also double the price of any other A610s for sale!
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Re: Spotted

Postby Artaban » Fri 09.05.2014, 22:17

Pacific Blue M100 travelling along Sealand Road into Chester at 12.30 today. I've seen another blue one in Chester but I think that was sold recently so suprised to see this one today.
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Re: Spotted

Postby Gordon » Thu 15.05.2014, 16:10

JxxxBCL ... BRG. M5 Northbound between Junctions 10 and 9 - 8am Wednesday 14th May.

Drinking his Costa Coffee ;) - with the hood up...

Probably paid no attention to the Vectra that passed him with an M100 Plate.... ;)
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Re: Spotted

Postby GavT » Wed 28.05.2014, 02:41

05/27 I-80 in Nebraska heading west around 2000 central time. BRG being trailered.
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Re: Spotted

Postby Stef » Fri 30.05.2014, 11:24

At the Silverstone British GT race on the Lotus Forums stand an Elan M100 on the list under Jonathan.

Anyone from here??
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Re: Spotted

Postby JonJon » Sun 01.06.2014, 23:33

Stef wrote:At the Silverstone British GT race on the Lotus Forums stand an Elan M100 on the list under Jonathan.

Anyone from here??


Hi Stef,

Great meeting both, hope to catch up again at Brands.

Cheers Jon, Michelle & Jazmine
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Re: Spotted

Postby Enright » Mon 02.06.2014, 09:58

Yesterday there was a car show called Autokarna at Wollaton Park in Nottingham.
Wollaton Park is now better known around the world as "Wayne Towers", after it was used as that location in "The Dark Knight Rises".
Anyway because it was such a beautiful day the event was extremely well attended, with between 500 and 700 cars.
In fact it was over-attended by about 100 cars so being as I was unable to pre-book (due to not being sure I'd be road-legal and ready in time), I was unable to get my new Elan in on the day.
That was a particular shame because there was still space available, and unfortunately the Lotus presence there was tiny - I only saw a couple of Esprits and a single Elan.
However that Elan was a pretty special one - it was Andrew Ennis's old Azure Blue S2.
He used to absolutely lavish attention on that car and it won concourse competitions and cups.
It has an ESM V5 Switcher and a set of Simon Kuching's roll-hoops and matching faired rear deck.
It turns out that the new owner only lives about 5 miles from me, and didn't know there was a regular Lotus meet literally just round the corner from him at his local pub!
I gave him a demo of fault-code diagnosis and a few pointers. His face was a bit of a picture when this random bloke just stepped up out of the crowd and started showing him all sorts of things that he didn't realise his car was capable of!!! :lol:
Here's hoping he gets online in here a bit more often and starts enjoying his car more...
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Re: Spotted

Postby rip » Mon 02.06.2014, 12:55

Pacific Blue Elan heading towards Liverpool on a bridge over the M6 about a mile north of J23 at about 1930 yesterday.
I think it was an Elan anyway. I only caught a glimpse of the top half of the body & the roof.
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Re: Spotted

Postby Jamie N » Sat 07.06.2014, 19:08

Broken down Pacific blue near Kincardine bridge Friday afternoon, looked like collapsed suspension :o . Last 3 digits CTR.
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Re: Spotted

Postby Enright » Sat 07.06.2014, 19:55

DROMONG wrote:Last 3 digits CTR.

Help 999 Croaked Track Rod :o
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Re: Spotted

Postby Jamie N » Sat 07.06.2014, 20:26

DROMONG wrote:Last 3 digits CTR.


Help! 118 Copart Tow Recovery. :drunk:
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Re: Spotted

Postby epipete » Sun 08.06.2014, 19:11

North London, parked up by the Zoo (and the Church I was married in!). Very nice looking!
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Re: Spotted

Postby Stef » Wed 11.06.2014, 14:00

JonJon wrote:
Stef wrote:At the Silverstone British GT race on the Lotus Forums stand an Elan M100 on the list under Jonathan.

Anyone from here??


Hi Stef,

Great meeting both, hope to catch up again at Brands.

Cheers Jon, Michelle & Jazmine


Good to meet you all too and see you upholding the Elan brand for us!

Hope your drive home was good, catch you again soon :)

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Re: Spotted

Postby Danny R » Wed 11.06.2014, 21:30

This morning on my way to work (07:50ish) , A638 Ossett / Jnc40 M1 sat in the traffic was a lovely looking metallic green S2. Didn't get any of the plate but I don't think there'll be many M100's in my area fitting this description in Wakefield / Dewsbury.

Sorry if I startled you, I was filtering through the jam on my motorbike and with his hood being down I shouted "Nice!" as I passed. If it hadn't been for the traffic this morning I'd have probably been in mine.
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Re: Spotted

Postby DABgp » Wed 18.06.2014, 13:00

My daughter said she thought had spotted me turning out of a side road onto the Heath & Reach road out of Leighton Buzzard last week. But no, I was in Lancashire. Same colour as mine though (NMY) hood down, bloke with grey/white hair. Who was that then?
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Re: Spotted

Postby Fredjohn » Sat 21.06.2014, 17:59

Heading North on M1 near J15 at 11am on Thursday 19th June: NMY, hood up!

I was heading south in an anonymous white van.
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Re: Spotted

Postby DABgp » Sun 22.06.2014, 10:45

Keswick by pass, Cumbria yesterday, just after 3.00pm. Two occupants in a Norfolk Mustard, top down waving cheerily at us in ours travelling in opposite direction.
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Re: Spotted

Postby sheriff464 » Sun 22.06.2014, 13:15

BRG Elan; H8 OSP,heading towards Sainsbury`s off A5 at Meole Brace island,Shrewsbury.12.30pm. Two onboard with hood down,gloriously hot today! I was in my eurobox unfortunately, so did not wave hello!
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Re: Spotted

Postby Fredjohn » Sun 22.06.2014, 17:47

DABgp wrote:Keswick by pass, Cumbria yesterday, just after 3.00pm. Two occupants in a Norfolk Mustard, top down waving cheerily at us in ours travelling in opposite direction.


That was Roger and Lindsey on their way back to Borrowdale Hotel after trip to Alston. I was also around somewhere as it's Club Lotus Lakes 35 weekend.

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