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Snoopy1969

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  1. Very nice story and many thanks esp for sharing all the interesting photos from the past! Your story should send to everyone thinking of selling his Lotus for a soulless mass (even thinking of relatively low numbers for sport cars like P, AM, Audi ) production car - of course the search for a "new thrill" (= other sports car) may attract a lot of people but your story is a very good example that a long relationship has its very own "special" attraction / just by the way: it is also very enviromental friendly in my eyes! just my 2p P. S.: want to see your car in 30 years again (also updates before , so in 29 years ...:-) -are welcome!)
  2. the article in print and the reactons / comments from here.... http://www.thelotusforums.com/forums/topic/56421-comparison-evora-s-ips-vs-porsche-911-pdk/
  3. patience is the name of the little smurf that doesn´t live in my house ..:-)
  4. Concerning the everyday ability of the Evora: I think no one has mentioned the Evora´s Xenon light - wich the exige s does not has - Driving in the night I think this is a huge plus, just by the way
  5. Hello - in a Lotus Racing brochure is mentioned that an Elise Cup R should be coming - any information on this?
  6. Thanks for sharing - the brick stone houses give you a clear hint that it is northern Germany :-)
  7. when you see a r8 parked next to an Evora I can say which looks cooler.......(and wht 90 % percent would say...)
  8. just talked a week ago to a german evora s owner that had made a test drive for several hours - he was disappointed, nothing special, no alternative for his Evora ! (of course just a single opinion and everyone has s different taste...) I think the market for a "special feeling", not too race track orientated (exige s for example), GT car is very tight, esp if you are not looking for a 997 or similar... Have you thought about owning a little bit older car? What about an (old) AM Vanquish? - I read the feature on it in the last EVo and was thinking: maybe that would be more a special car than a modern AM.
  9. Also some are surprised when you tell them that two Esprits were used in Basic Instinct. In general I would say that esp the owners of an Esprit are more interested in the Evora than Elise owners.
  10. But the engine is in the wrong space - when I remember back: one of the firts aspects that make me look at the Evora in detail is that it is a mid-engined car!
  11. @@@Justin: simple solution - as mentioned before: just keep it! @@@Thomas: hangar 111 - as promoted at another place / Playground - is offering the 410 kit from komotec for the evora s also (? - but I wonder as I have not seen this kit for the evora S on the komotec site ...??? - but same engine....)
  12. off topic: one of the advantages of this forum is that I learn several new expressions - "to be gobsmacked" was new to me (by the way: apologies to all members for trapping on your nerves by using "funny / incorrect english sometimes (or some more times...:-)....)
  13. I agree on Matts point totally - the quality for long drives in the Evora is very high. Last week I made a business trip for nearly 4 hours and I left the Evora absolutely "fresh", ok I wondered a little bit how bad the pavement of the highway was because in other cars the same road feels "ok" - but that is the consequence of the brilliant suspension: you know everything about the surface of the road. Back to the article - Beside some weird words he also wrote in a very detailed way, in my eyes much better than the typical "short driving experience" of a normal "car magazine reporter" (which makes you wonder if he have ever seen the car not to mention if he had driven the car...) I like the following part of the article: " On rural country highways and gnarled city streets, the engineers’ approach worked flawlessly. The Evora turns exactly when and where a driver wants, and the charted line is unperturbed by mid-corner bumps. Dialling up enough speed and power to rotate the car shows that even when the rear tires reach their limits of adhesion, there is no hair-raising drama. The Evora is that rare car that seems to actually do what you intend, rather than what you tell it to do in your best ham-fisted manner. In that way it recalls nothing so much as the near-mythic Acura NSX." Funny - just some days ago, looking to my old car magazines I read an article, comparison of some sport cars, and reading about the impressions of the NSX I recognized some similaries to the Evora.
  14. I wonder which colors they want to add......the MY 12 "new" colors were not that successful (esp. when I think how much have choosen frost blue paint in MY 12 :-).......) (but I am very happy with it.........)
  15. I saw Evora MY 14 (US / Canada) on www - therefore my question: What do you know about the changes? I recognize: -alpine again -metal plates on sills deleted -still leather knob on gearshift (I think someone mentioned that the sports racer aluminium knob will be used on all Evoras?) -headliner anthracite? (when I ordered my car I was asked whether I want a anthtacite or the light / cream one)
  16. found that in the web: Evora in lambo paint: Interesting color but I have seen Gallardos in that color and if it is raining they looked a little bit weird...(in my eyes)
  17. The floor looks a little bit like LEGO ...that may explain your thoughts while putting the 4 chairs together..........
  18. hairdressers think "Lotus" is a sort of massage oil and not a sports car brand.......
  19. Very interesting, many thanks Thomas (and much better than to watch all the clever on TV this night on TV........election in Germany)
  20. @@@Bibs: If people would have taste than you would be right...but - and this is a huge b u t : Why do people buy touayennes? Of course of the badge from stuttgart not because they have taste.....:-)
  21. and that from a GERMAN car magazine.......:-)
  22. on B roads it seems that a lot of motorcycle riders have an u r g e n t need to overtake the Evora (no matter how fast you are....) in the city esp BMW (no matter if new m3 or old pimped up 3series with black windows...) do everything to overtake.......esp in the near of the BMW-"World" / museum in Munich it seems that they are thinking: "that is our ground and our streets also" - of course I let them go.....no need to spend only 1mm of my tires on that crowd also in the city the suv drivers are thinking that their tank is owner of the street and to telephone and not to look at the streets is theit duty (indicators are used only when driving off road...:-) see Thomas above...) and not to forget: our beloved tourist from the east that are driving in rented cars like......
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