CaptainSlow

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Five cars booked for the tour now, plus one only for Assen and one only for Silverstone Classic. Started to look at BestBikingRoads app for suggestions on where to go in Wales.

Some will stay in cottages at https://www.maven.se/ and some of us will stay at hotels in Visby. We've got discounts on the ferries so please get in touch with me if you'd like to join. The ferries are filling up, especially on Sunday. This is a popular weekend to visit Gotland since Thursday is a holiday and many people take Friday off.

Time to take the ferry to one of the best (and most remote) tracks in Northern Europe. Gotland Ring is situated in an old limestone quarry at the island of Gotland. Unless you are local it takes some effort to come here. There are ferries departing either from Oskarshamn or Nynäshamn. We will depart on Thursday May 30 and go back home on Sunday June 2. This gives us 2 days of driving on this marvelous strip of tarmac. Do check out the guide at https://rejsa.nu/bana_info.asp?gotland Please contact me at stefan.axelsson [at] lccs.nu if you are interested. Information will also be posted at http://lccs.nu (in Swedish).

On August 11th 2019 we (as in Lotus Car Club of Sweden) arrange a track day at Kinnekulle Ring just outside Götene in Sweden. This will be the fifth time in a row that we visit this Lotus friendly track. Please contact me via PM or e-mail stefan.axelsson(at)lccs.nu for more information. Or take a look at the Swedish web site in case you master the language http://lccs.nu For more information about the track, check out this excellent guide: https://rejsa.nu/bana_info.asp?kinnekulle

Dates are now confirmed for our track days in 2019. First out is the now classic one at Ring Knutstorp. On May 1st 2019 we (as in Lotus Car Club of Sweden) arrange a track day at Ring Knutstorp in the south of Sweden. This track is brilliant for Lotus cars and usually the weather is great in the beginning of May. Please contact me via PM or e-mail stefan.axelsson(at)lccs.nu for more information. Or take a look at the Swedish web site in case you master the language, http://lccs.nu For more information about the track itself, check out this excellent guide: https://rejsa.nu/bana_info.asp?knutstorp

Anyone here who have fitted a Lite-Blox battery in their Evora? Tempted to add this to my list of winter upgrades. Interested in any experience, such as how long you can leave the car etc. https://komo-tec.com/Shop/Evora/Kompressor/Fahrzeugelektrik/Lite-Blox-Leichtbau-Li-Batterie-KT1-9-12-5Ah-6-8-Zyl-3-6-000ccm.html

Nice in the Summer, bloody cold in the Winter since it's always windy by the sea. Great roads on the nearby ridges as well as a great Lotus track 30 minutes away, called Ring Knutstorp.

Wales it is, hotels booked! 22-25/7 Maenan Abbey Hotel, https://www.maenanabbey.co.uk As seen in Car SOS episode where they restore a Jaguar Mk II 25-26/7 Hotel Portmeirion, https://portmeirion.wales/stay/accommod ... rion-hotel Known from "The Prisoner", tv-series back in the 60's

Up here we have something called winter. Which include snow and ice plus plenty of sand and salt on the roads. So sport cars tend to be kept off the road until spring. Good for you if you can drive all year round. Still a lot better than a Tesla 😂

Date for next year published at https://www.lotuscupeurope.com Hockenheim 26-28 April Paul Ricard 18-19 May Spa 8-9 June Assen 19-21 July Brands Hatch 10-11 August Nürburgring 13-15 September Le Mans 28-29 September In 2018, a bunch of us swedes drove to Hockenheim to cheer the Swedish drivers in the series. Great racing and well worth the visit. In 2019 we'll be going to Assen in July on the way to Silverstone Classic.

My daughter took some photos a couple of weeks back before the car was put away for the winter. She's a bit more artistic then myself...

Hotel rooms around Assen as well as around Silverstone are becoming fully booked rapidly. Four of us booked now, 2 x Evora and 2 x Elise.

Haven't done that many miles with them yet. Bedded in and one track day plus some road. Not having them cross drilled gives peace of mind. The old discs showed a lot of cracks, especially on the front discs. I bought them from a retailer in Sweden. Price was very reasonable, ended up paying SEK 11,500 for the full set (EUR 1,114, GBP 979).

Planning is ongoing for a tour to UK in July. Still in draft mode but this is the general idea: 19/7 Arrive to Holland 20-21/7 Watch Lotus Cup Europe at Assen (incl some supporter class called DTM) 21/7 Over night ferry from Hoek van Holland to Harwich 22/7 Factory tour for those that haven’t been there yet. Subject to availability since the 2019 dates aren’t available yet 22-25/7 Wales, possibly 25/7 Arrive at hotel near Silverstone 26-27/7 Silverstone Classic 27/7 Over night ferry from Harwich to Hoek van Holland Three of us have already booked hotels at Assen and Silverstone plus the ferry. If someone of the TLF bunch would like to join please send a PM to me. I’ll update this thread with more details as the plan get more crisp.