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Al

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  1. Very true, and yes we did. I actually found the Bluebird building strangely moving (possibly not the best word). I was reading everything and watching the video playing and felt in awe of these guys but then there was a different mentality after WW2 for many people I guess. Nowadays the Elf N Safety brigade would stop it all.
  2. Traditional Yellow / Green for the wheels as much as I like the Black silver for the ‘bonnet’ for me. (I did try this myself once by photoshop)
  3. Breakfast meet at Carfraemill and run to Duns April 7th. Plan will be to have an initial meet up at Hermiston Gait shopping area car park near the Halfords end for those who wish to convoy to breakfast We will be leaving there at 09:15 sharp. (W3W: purple.shine.toned) Breakfast at Caffraemill at 10:00 (W3W: spruced.coaching.paddle) Then back roads to Duns and Jim Clark museum. (W3W: latest.craftsman.mirroring) For those who have never been well worth a visit. You don't have to go into the museum if you don't want to and head off home and then some of us will be visiting Jim Clark's grave nearby as it is the anniversary of his death that day in 1968, 56 years ago Let's know who is up for it.by posting here or on the WhatsApp group So far on WhatsApp we have @Al @Liam Warnock @Andrew C Dougie Smith, and probably Fergus and Mark Lydon
  4. Thursday 7th in afternoon over a few hours. Reg GIG **30. Made the spaces that I had been whinging to the missus were far too small for our SUV look big! Parked up next to something covered!
  5. Heading N near Beatock summit around 14:00 I think on Saturday 9th. I was southbound and only had a flowing glimpse as on one of the curvier bits but looking good. Only my 2nd one in the wild.
  6. Yep, that'll be me. We were down for the weekend at The Gilpin Hotel and although we had done the museum a few years back on a similar visit we couldn't think of something else dry and warm to do as everything we fancied doing didn't open for another 2 weeks or so. Hey ho. I was wandering around with a Lotus gilet on as well.
  7. Al

    Lotus Emira I4

    Some things never change………. Well enjoy it after the wait. Just used my IPS one for its first really long run down to The Lake District for the weekend and it was very comfortable. So glad I went Touring suspension with the state of the roads once off the M’way as I drove a Sports with Cup 2’s for a day this week and very squirmy on cold roads and weather.
  8. Breakfast Club! Got your attention? An extra date some may wish to put in their diaries and not strictly speaking replacing a Breakfast Club is Sunday Worship through Classic Car Tours on the 24th March. All the information can be found on this link here. You have to enquire, get approval, and then make a £10/head payment in advance but for that you do get your bacon buttie and a coffee. At least 3 of us are going. Myself, @bingoking and @Dude so come and join the party. Usually a good eclectic mix of cars there and a friendly bunch.
  9. In & around Gstaad today. Verdant Green Tan interior on plate VD 528210. Mine and Bingoking’s firsts sighting of one in the wild and it was in middle of Switzerland! Followed us for a few miles. I was with Bingoking in a silver M5 Comp unfortunately so not able to show our appreciation! He was enjoying the tunnel runs
  10. Hi Folks, Nothing specific planned for this month unless somebody wants to take a shout out for somewhere, mainly because myself and Bingoking are going to be in Switzerland for the Geneva Motorshow. I will be making sure we have something better arranged for April meeting so keep the 7th April free. However anybody is welcome along to the Club Lotus/Lotus on Track meeting on the Saturday at the Bo-ness Motor Museum. Only coffee available I'm afraid. No breakfast. Meeting at 10:00 till 12:00. If you haven't done the museum it is also worth a visit especially if you are a James Bond fan......
  11. I remember test driving one at Appleyard Stirling in about 1980 and thinking I loved so much about it but thinking underpowered. (Now a Tesco store site) then went and bought a tango orange Escort Mexico ( now Stirling Uni apartments) and about 6 months later left it in a ditch somewhere when I ran out of talent shortly before the road. The TR8 was the sweet spot for me but too expensive, and then I got married……
  12. I was told that FB message from our local dealer at end of last week. Mind you it may be stopped as there is a load of i4 people who have been on order since the get go who will be hoping to see a car before some who may have joined the V6 queue well after them so I guess it kinda makes sense. Turn the line over to long term deposit holders of i4 then take stock and bring out the S versions etc. etc. before finally calling it a day.
  13. Further to this, there is new software out about a week ago that all Emira's so far should get updated. I just waited at dealer last week and it took 45 mins. It seems it was a common problem not starting. Mine was getting a lot worse. The fix if you can call it that if it happens to you before you get the update is to lock and unlock the car. You can do it sitting in it. The trick is to wait until you hear a click after I think about 1 minute or so which is the car fully shutting down before you unlock it,
  14. Al

    Lotus Emira I4

    Don't discount the IPS/Auto call it what you want if that was the bit floating your boat with the i4. After a 2+ year wait for it I gave up like many. Parks of Glasgow, aka Lotus Glasgow, had quite a few, a few weeks ago. I've never had a DSG boxed car but the IPS is great for me and my non planned track driving, and not even sure it wouldn't be good on track.
  15. Al

    Lotus Emira I4

    Hi, I share your pain. I sometimes wonder if it will ever arrive. Do what a lot of us have done. Cancel order, buy a V6 nearly new and save thousands £££ and be happy out driving your Lotus. They don’t give a monkeys about customer care so by buying nearly new from a dealer you are back in good old relationship territory. The central based buying experience is a complete failure IMO
  16. Hi Scott, I’ve added you to the WhatsApp group Al
  17. Well between the joint meet yesterday with Club Lotus and LDC (Lots there but many left by time I took photo) and our LEGS Breakfast Club this morning (5 cars 4 of which Lotus) we are slowly picking up the interest again. Hopefully we can get a bit of momentum going through the year. IMG_4224 2.HEIC
  18. Good to have you join. We managed a 5 car turnout today. Well 4 Lotus ones anyway.
  19. Mine is now just run in. Starting to use higher revs but it is illegal in the UK for us to even hold a phone when driving so I’ll get my son who is a Lotus Exige owner and will understand, to video some (legal) road driving in sport mode once weather improves enough so will not be any time soon I’m afraid! Either that or I’ll dig out the Go-Pro…….
  20. The auto transmission on a Emira is called IPS. It isn't as fast as a PDK or DSG by others so puts off regular track drivers. It is also only a 6 speed and not 8 or whatever. However I haven't had on track and don't intend to so suits me. I have had limited time so far in paddles mode and none on the gear change 'lever' in manual mode but what I did have seemed great. I've only just cleared the 1000 mile running in period keeping under 4K RPM so not really representative. Not had a good chance due to shitty weather to really light her up yet. When in Sport mode in auto it does do a nice blip on down changes and it was holding revs much higher in traffic rather than changing up like in Tour. It also has a Launch Control mode that the Manual doesn't have but not had a play with that yet.
  21. Not sure if the same problem but I was just getting a faint whirring sound a couple of times on pressing starter button but a press of the unlock button on the key fixed my issues. I was also getting a SOS system needs a test on startup, and a yellow warning triangle on dash, which is basically "a take back to dealer" job in manual and as I was getting this, I also got my new C-Tech charging leads to fit to the car battery. Car battery wasn't in good condition. Dealer said concurrently that that warning is common and usually low voltage. After a full 36 hours hooked up to charger and battery okay fault went away......
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