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Hi All, Have a look at this. Sunday 13th August, display your Lotus at this event, participate in a parade lap of the circuit (Cadwell Park) and watch classic saloon car racing all day. All absolutely free for the display car driver. Passengers and other non displaying visitors can attend too for £22 (in advance) or £25 on the gate. https://www.cadwellpark.co.uk/2023/august/cult-classics I'm all booked in with the Esprit SE. Would be great to see some of you chaps there too. Display entry closes tomorrow so be quick. Sorry for the late notice, I've only just come across it. Andy.

A couple of photos from Kop Hill Climb today. Saw Doors Hendrie's old GT3 going up the hill. It was faster than some of the McLarens / Ferrari's. I understand Dermot O'Hare did some up grades on it. The new Owner Will has been restoring it. For anyone interested in going, it's on again tomorrow.

We came over with the Elan JPS for the festival. Our first time in Silverstone, very impressive and we had a great day. Lots of Lotus both on track and in the inner field club stand. No doubt several from on here as well? I should have asked earlier. We already met Leigh with his stunning Essex Elite. And he was kind enough to send me a picture of the Elan. With so much to see, we completely forgot to take one ourselves... We're very much looking forward to the rest of the weekend!

Just spotted this on FB Not sure about the 'Lotus car or an Emira' line but other than that should be a lovely day out

Angus Marshall is putting on a display of Lotus cars to help celebrate the companies 75th Anniversary. There will also be parade laps on track! Ideally historics cars are needed but in light of the anniversary, some modern Lotus cars will be very welcome. Please contact Angus directly - angus.mars[email protected] https://hscc.org.uk/event/croft/

Following on from the terrific response in this thread, here are the plans for Nigel's 60th. Meet arrangements: Chieveley Services, M4 - 10.30am for an 11am leave. Head to http://www.carnarvonarms.com/ for 11.30am - Nigel arrives at midday so we'll essentially take over the car park. His wife, Devina would like to buy us all a drink but perhaps I'll ask her to make a donation to a charity instead as we're driving or perhaps insist on coffee? 1. Bibs - Esprit SE 2. Boots - Esprit S3 3. Dodgy - Esprit S3 4. Nelly9000 - Elise S2 5. Jez - Esprit S4s 6. Bazza - Essex 7. Pilko - Girls Car 8. internets - GT3 9. sparky - GT3 (usual cabin crew strike caveat) …

Just posted on FB. More information coming soon.........Bibs had a TLF stand/space for 2022. LEF also attended.

TDI in Lakeside https://www.tdi-plc.com/ have a long affiliation with Lotus & Motorsport and have given us the chance to spend a day with them running cars on their amazing hub dyno's. It'll be a full day if you wish and we need 18-20 cars ideally to fill the day. Book a slot, cost is £90 + VAT per car and I'll bring some doughnuts! 9:00 Bibs 9:30... 10:00... Slots are every 30 mins from 9 to 6pm.

I live near Brooklands race track and on Saturday, April 30 they are having an Italian sports car day with an expected 300+ ferraris and lamborghinis etc on display. Could we turn up in our Esprits waving the Guigaro flag (not literally) to get in?http://www.thelotusforums.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/whistle.gif In any case its a great event- there are different entrances for display cars and regular parking so the worst that could happen is being turned round to go with the 'normal' cars. http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/events/details/auto-italia-italian-car-day/

A couple of photos from the Scramble on Sunday. Was a great day.

Hi everyone, I’m sure I’ve posted this on here, but can’t find it! The annual Lotus Southampton breakfast meet us next Sunday, 23rd April. We’ve just had confirmation from Hethel that the Eletre will be joining our showroom display for the event too! Full details here: https://facebook.com/events/s/lotus-only-breakfast-meet-at-h/3478390175822259/

Just decided to book in and do this trip again. I booked through a Company called Bends & Curves 3 years ago and was super impressed with their service and planning of the trip and in my opinion a great all inclusive price for hotels (that were superb) and excellent food. Just beer/petrol money to find. Think there was was around 40 Lotus last time I went. Anyone else fancy an awesome 5-6 day road trip through France/Belgium/Germany/Austria/Switzerland/Italy and back in September? Couple of pics from last trip.

From Lotus: Hethel, the home of Lotus. Since 1966 this peaceful part of Norfolk has reverberated with the sounds of some of the world’s most exciting and innovative motor cars. We invite Lotus car club members to visit the factory at Hethel, at a rate reserved for Lotus car club members, and to see for themselves how Lotus has transformed into a truly global brand. A visit will enable owners to tour the factory and witness the build of the new Emira. Aficionados will boost their experience by combining their tour with a visit to Classic Team Lotus where they can tune in to Lotus’s legendary Formula One history. Lunch is also independently available at the n…

Held on the first Saturday of every month, our Allon White Saturday Breakfast Clubs are a popular place to catch up on all things motoring. Visitors share a sports car passion and come to chat with like-minded folk who speak car! Each month we have a different speaker or 'workshop' to boost your knowledge, entertain you or just give you an excuse to take your car out for a drive. Past topics have included tips when buying or selling cars, valeting masterclasses, test drive days and talks on motor racing. Bacon rolls, tea, coffee and chocolate biscuits are served from 9:30, though as it's a breakfast not a brunch club, arrive too late and the food will be finis…

Anyone booked in for either? What dates you going? Where you staying? Going Tunnel this time - Staying on the usual site at Maison Blanche.

Hi Everyone! Following on with the Hendy Performance (Lotus) Thruxton partnership, and our fantastic summer Open Day event, we’ve organised a series of winter breakfast meets at the circuit! All tarmac parking, with the superb Thruxton Centre Restaurant opening to serve breakfast rolls and drinks! The first event is Sunday 23rd October, then Sunday 20th November, both with a 9.30 start. We appreciate many Lotus will be tucked up for the winter, but likewise, many will be ready to have their legs stretched and drivers fed and watered on a Sunday morning! The meet is open to all makes and models, but I’d love to have s…

Hey all I'm organising a 3 day run of Wales (Starting south / ends north). Looking to get a mixture of different cars (very max 18 cars total) and currently have 8 provisional cars. Hotels you'll have to book yourself - I'm just organising this for my own fun. If anyone is provisionally interested then let me know the following: The Car you'll bring Your name Email (for sending details on routes and any updates etc) Preferred start Friday or Saturday (but will be prioritising people who going Friday after we have 10 cars provisionally) Basics are: 555 miles total over 3 days. Friday starts in Chepstow: 1230-1300 Friday evening: Tenby Saturday starts near…

I've noticed that LDC have a club stand at the Prescott Hill Climb club day on April 2nd and have booked to go along (not to go up the hill but to park the Evora up with other Lotus and watch the fun on the hill :-)) Anyone else planning to be there?

Yay!! Conveniently located very close to my house, this year's Christmas meal is in the wonderful Duke of Wellington, Ryarsh. Celebrating it's 506th anniversary this year, the pub is also the location of our Kent monthly meet and 4 doors from me! The meal is at 7:30pm, I'll be there from 6pm (or more likely, midday!) and will be on Saturday 3rd December. The bar will remain available until midnight if you need to book a cab. As usual, I'm happy to do a few ferry runs beforehand to pick you up from a local hotel. The Premier Inn in Leybourne is a popular choice, pretty cheap and has thin walls if you want to headbutt them after some rum/scotch/beer. …

Shall we have a club stand? Who would be interested? Looks like a cracking day out https://www.hpopenday.co.uk/

Malcolm Ricketts will be holding his popular Open Day at the Old Dairy Barn, Lamer Lane, Wheathampsted AL4 8RG on Saturday September 10th. He will have several unusual Lotus cars on display and a BBQ will be provided in exchange for a donation to his local charity The Isabel Hospice. Ample parking, including space for trailers and unloading facilities. 12 noon until 18.00 Old Dairy Barn Lamer Lane Wheathampsted AL4 8RG We are going to make this our monthly meeting for September I'd suggest you indicate what sort of time you will arrive so that others can get some idea of when members will be there. 12:00 14:00 16:00

On behalf of the kids at Copthorne Prep School, West Sussex, we invite you to register for our inaugural charity car show taking place 11SEP22. Some Lotus drivers have already signed up via FB groups/my previous post on TLFs but adding here also fgo. We have 80 cars registered overall as of today including 7 generations of Corvette, a Pontiac Satellite, Panhards, Lamborghini's, McLaren's, R8's, Sebring's, numerous Aston Martins's and a Ford Model B! We have 30 slots remaining so please register asap. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/copthorne-prep-charity-car-show-2022-registration-388904492807?keep_tld=1 Raffles prizes include 2 Lotus Factory tour tic…

I've only been once before when the 340R was on the Yokohama stand in 2019. It was a fabulous event. I'll be going on Friday with the prototype Elise S1 which will be with other Lotus inside the circuit. Justin

Off to the Spa F1 on Thursday 7:30am crossing via the Euro tunnel. Wondering if anyone on here is going too?

For those of you who don't frequent the regional forums, this is a really good event - more details in the thread below.