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Hi Everyone
We first looked at a Lotus in 1976, a second hand dark Blue Europa, it cost a whole years annual salary ($5000.00 back then) but that did not put us off. The annual insurance of $1000.00 was what killed that dream. So here we are 36 years later, and the dream finally comes true. I flew to Sydney from Tasmania one weekend to look at this 2003 Type 25 (Which is a bit different from the UK model I believe as the 4 built for Australia have the Rover VVC engine, mine is Number 2 of 4), I fell in love with it, then two weeks later my wife and I flew back to Sydney to pick it and drive it to Melbourne, then onto the overnight ferry and across to Tasmania, 1000k for our first drive and we had a ball.
Seven weeks later and we are loving it, I can hardly bear to close the garage door on it at night.
Any way we live in Launceston in Tasmania and have both always been keen car and bike fans with to many owned now to remember. Would love to meet with any other Lotus drivers in Tas
Cheers and looking forward to life with a Lotus