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  1. Needed something to transport the family.
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  2. Because I wanted something different. Back in late 1979 I was given a company car (Ford Escort 1.3 LX !!) and found it boring as hell. I decided with the massive budget of £2K I wanted something interesting as a second car. Anything that looked interesting at the right price I went to see including a Piper GT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_Cars and even the adams brothers probe 15 https://web.archive.org/web/20161022200749/http://adamsprobe.com/adams_probe_15_photos.html That was definately interesting but at the time a non runner and I thought beyond my mechanical abilities. I kept looking longingly at the adds for Ferrari Dinos but they were about £2300 for what was probably a rubbish one, so just beyond my budget. Slowly I homed in on the Europa and after the 1st test drive I was sold. Never had I dreamed a car could handle like that. So in April 1980 I became the proud ower of an S2 Europa and not only do I still have it, I still think it's the best handling car I have ever driven. I've thought of selling numerous times, but then I go for a drive and think "don't be daft!". I've driven lots of faster cars, but nothing that puts a smile on my face to the same degree on a twisty British B road.
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  3. I chose Lotus for my first real sports car as: 1. It's built in a field in England by a bunch of turnip scarecrows 2. It has the feel (some would say build quality) of a car that was handmade by a time served engineer in his shed - the cars I swear are alive and breathing 3. When I bought the Evora, NONE of my friends, neighbours etc knew what it was - I liked the feeling of being different. Of being an individual 4. On my first test drive (which was after I had decided to buy it and placed a deposit) I just giggled like a kid 5. When I'm out driving it, people shout, stare and point - but not in a bad way 6. Women come up to me in the supermarket car park and compliment me on my choice of car (it has happened several times since I bought the Sport 410 new - it's the colour!) 7. I don't feel like a prick when I say i drive a Lotus - I would, if I said I drove a Porsche 8. When I'm out in the mountains and glens up here in Scotland, driving on my own, I just feel like I'm blessed - the noise (oh my god the noise), the steering, the scenery. Nothing beats it. 9. I love the history and the motorsport endeavours. The backwater upstart, taking it to the mighty Ferrari's, Fords, etc and using ingenuity and good old british inventiveness to get ahead
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