Looking for Lotus advice
11-06-2016, 10:34 AM
#821
Haha, can't argue with that
11-06-2016, 10:23 PM
#823
11-07-2016, 02:16 PM
#825
Yer Tis
Modified the seat backs last weekend and fitted the Schroth 4pts, keeping the inertial reels to placate the GF.
Simple front splitter to go on, the rear diffuser is done as you can see.
To do - perhaps make a bung for that 2Bular as its loud - I have a dB meter and I'll see what gives before rocking up at coombe with it.
Also MT90 for the box. Its due soon but an easy DIY.
And some uprated lamps for the front as we do a bit of night running in winter
Love it so far.
Simple front splitter to go on, the rear diffuser is done as you can see.
To do - perhaps make a bung for that 2Bular as its loud - I have a dB meter and I'll see what gives before rocking up at coombe with it.
Also MT90 for the box. Its due soon but an easy DIY.
And some uprated lamps for the front as we do a bit of night running in winter
Love it so far.
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11-08-2016, 11:52 PM
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Modified the seat backs last weekend and fitted the Schroth 4pts, keeping the inertial reels to placate the GF.
Simple front splitter to go on, the rear diffuser is done as you can see.
To do - perhaps make a bung for that 2Bular as its loud - I have a dB meter and I'll see what gives before rocking up at coombe with it.
Also MT90 for the box. Its due soon but an easy DIY.
And some uprated lamps for the front as we do a bit of night running in winter
Love it so far.
Simple front splitter to go on, the rear diffuser is done as you can see.
To do - perhaps make a bung for that 2Bular as its loud - I have a dB meter and I'll see what gives before rocking up at coombe with it.
Also MT90 for the box. Its due soon but an easy DIY.
And some uprated lamps for the front as we do a bit of night running in winter
Love it so far.
Will be a great drive that one.
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m1bjr (11-13-2016)
11-13-2016, 04:18 PM
#830
Thanks all.
Its about as impractical as I want to get. I just offloaded a mint Boxster 3.4S. Nice touring wagon, but too boring if I'm honest.
Maybe the TIP was a crap choice, but they are heavy buses to move along even with 300bhp. At Coombe it was 'OK' no more.
I totally get the commitment required to run an older Lotus. After a few weeks there are some testing moments for sure.
But the sensations, feedback, acceleration and sound trump all of the impracticalities. Cliché, but nevertheless true for me.
What I was unprepared for was the attention this thing gets.
I mean everywhere.
People stop at the side of the road when they hear/see it to watch it go by. There are very few around here, but that's not why. Its the same up north too.
The kids are all over it. Strangers pass favourable comment in Tesco and filling stations.
I get let out of junctions almost immediately, people pull over on the motorway or alongside so the wife or kids can take a look.
It's the only car I ever owned with universal appeal. And that in itself is strangely attractive.
MB was quite right - attitude? "You don't get that driving a Lotus".
I won't ever own some of the exotica that Mikey, Gad, MB and Co. drive, and so this whole 'attention' thing is very odd to me but I'm getting used to it
It's bloody noisy.
I cant see myself running this to Spa for example... not without a box of An-A-din.
And it rattles a bit. But I'm working out the kinks one by one. Like I did on the S2000.
Its good on fuel, surprisingly. I reckon about 45mpg on a motorway and I'm not hanging about.
Porker did 30mpg or less.
The cornering prowess has me baffled.
I found the S2k limit in month one and backed it through a fence. So I'm somewhat more cautious these days, especially in November.
The braking, ditto. Diddy little discs, slim rubber. Just....how? Not found ABS / Threshold braking yet on the road, and I have tried.
Lack of mass I guess. Never had a lightweight before.
So although it rattles a bit, is noisy, a little smelly, tricky to take to the shops or grab a parking barrier ticket (I learned the hard way lol), I 'm smitten.
Steve
Its about as impractical as I want to get. I just offloaded a mint Boxster 3.4S. Nice touring wagon, but too boring if I'm honest.
Maybe the TIP was a crap choice, but they are heavy buses to move along even with 300bhp. At Coombe it was 'OK' no more.
I totally get the commitment required to run an older Lotus. After a few weeks there are some testing moments for sure.
But the sensations, feedback, acceleration and sound trump all of the impracticalities. Cliché, but nevertheless true for me.
What I was unprepared for was the attention this thing gets.
I mean everywhere.
People stop at the side of the road when they hear/see it to watch it go by. There are very few around here, but that's not why. Its the same up north too.
The kids are all over it. Strangers pass favourable comment in Tesco and filling stations.
I get let out of junctions almost immediately, people pull over on the motorway or alongside so the wife or kids can take a look.
It's the only car I ever owned with universal appeal. And that in itself is strangely attractive.
MB was quite right - attitude? "You don't get that driving a Lotus".
I won't ever own some of the exotica that Mikey, Gad, MB and Co. drive, and so this whole 'attention' thing is very odd to me but I'm getting used to it
It's bloody noisy.
I cant see myself running this to Spa for example... not without a box of An-A-din.
And it rattles a bit. But I'm working out the kinks one by one. Like I did on the S2000.
Its good on fuel, surprisingly. I reckon about 45mpg on a motorway and I'm not hanging about.
Porker did 30mpg or less.
The cornering prowess has me baffled.
I found the S2k limit in month one and backed it through a fence. So I'm somewhat more cautious these days, especially in November.
The braking, ditto. Diddy little discs, slim rubber. Just....how? Not found ABS / Threshold braking yet on the road, and I have tried.
Lack of mass I guess. Never had a lightweight before.
So although it rattles a bit, is noisy, a little smelly, tricky to take to the shops or grab a parking barrier ticket (I learned the hard way lol), I 'm smitten.
Steve
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