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5 minutes ago, hexbit said:
Ah, there you are! 😄
Was it you who applied for the Show or Display exemption? I'm wondering how you found the process (if you were the one that did it).
I’d never even heard of a show or display exemption until now, so it wasn’t me
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7 hours ago, C8RKH said:Adfer had two concurrently for quite some time. The carbon and the white one, I believe he just has the carbon one now.
Correct Andy
19 minutes ago, Bravo73 said:Don't believe everything that you read on the internet. 😉
5 hours ago, 21gg said:Either way he's just plain greedy 😂🤣
Indeed I am! Or maybe I just like GTEs
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19 minutes ago, BatMobile said:Thats The same interior as the Stratton cars.
is that where the other 4 ended up?
The other four were never produced. If you look at the nose of my car you will see it is slightly longer and sharper than the other cars including the Stratton’s cars
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36 minutes ago, TheKevlarKid said:
If you remember, they had planned/informed us they were going to make 5 full carbon cars but only one of them ever appeared.
The original plaque on my car shows that it was indeed one of five planned.
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30 minutes ago, TheKevlarKid said:Yes, some of the cars had carbon doors Alan, they were painted of course. Wasn't until you removed the inner trim panel you could tell if it had them or not. Non of the 20 factory cars except yours got to keep them though.
Same with the full carbon floor panels, it was only your carbon car and my silver no. 15 that got to keep them. I imagine the Stratton cars will also have them still in place..
Carbon floor panels
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6 minutes ago, CocoPops said:I guess it was weave/lacquer quality that meant they were painted over?
I think the difficulty was getting the weave to align from one panel to the adjoining ones
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9 hours ago, Bibs said:
Regarding the Stratton cars, I'm fairly sure some of them (I can't remember which) are full carbon bodied too. Spotted the weave through the paint on a recent visit.
How do you define “full carbon bodied” Bibs? Does that include the doors?
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The Mansory seats do make the driving position higher. That’s fine for seeing what’s in front of you but not so good for seeing what’s behind you. I opted for a very simple solution. I duck my head when I want to see what’s behind me! Maybe I don’t look in my mirrors often enough but I survived two European Road trips with that solution.
The Mansory seats are more upright but you get used to that.
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3 hours ago, 21gg said:
Fair point Gav, cheers. The picture C8RKH posted shows a bolt hole drilled in the side frame but not sure if this was how it was done by mansory/factory? Obviously it's only the seat belt clip as the outer/lower anchor point is on the car floor.
Adfer, have you got any pictures of the seat belt mounts on yours?
Cheers
I’m not near my garage at the moment but maybe these will help :
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Looked good in the car too.
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29 minutes ago, C8RKH said:
Those seats on the ebay link are just standard S1 recaro's retrimmed are they not.
The original proposed GTE seats were these carbon ones I believe, weighing only 5kg a piece and they are lovely in the flesh. Craig Moncrieff had a set in his office in Edinburgh in red. Lovely....
The red set that were in Craig Moncrieff’s garage are mine. I fitted them to my white GTE. They are incredibly light and very comfortable. I still have them.
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Thanks Bibs
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That's a good question Thomas. Driving faster would give you more grip at the rear, but the risk of aquaplaning also depends on the depth of the tyre tread and the amount of water on the road.
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20 minutes ago, C8RKH said:
No issue for me. I took the bulbs out of the boot lights anyway as I sometimes leave it open when the trickle charger is on.
The real answer @adfer is:
1. They fitted one boot light to the 400 to reduce weight - one is lighter than two!
2. Sparco seats are lighter than the Recaro's
3. Plastic grills are lighter than metal ones and they don't need to be repainted when you've been washing the car for a few years
4. Michelin tyres are lighter than the pirelli ones.... hehehe...
See, all those improvements where for the benefit of the new owners driving pleasure and to stay true to Colin's original ethos of light is right.....
Andy, I detect a tongue in cheek attitude in your response!
Yes, the squeaky Sparco seats are lighter than Recaros, but Mansory carbon GTE seats are lighter still.
The metal mesh top grills were prone to rusting if you are over enthusiastic with the power washer. Mine are fine.
"Light is right" is an admirable philosophy but doesn't mean that light is always better. Weight on a tyre gives you grip.
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29 minutes ago, TBD said:
The aggressive camber increases tire wear, but should not have a serious impact on grip in the wet. The 10mm increased width increases the contact area by about 3%. Water displacement is heavily driven by tread design and depth. Both are supposedly better on the Michelin, which is why Lotus chose it for the Evora 400.
I think Lotus chose to use Michelins because they were cheaper to buy. This is the same company that decided to fit one interior boot light in the 400 where previously there were two. Sparco seats instead of Recaros, plastic grills instead of metal. I'm sure the price of tyres came before any performance advantage if indeed there is an advantage.
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55 minutes ago, bingoking said:
My rear tyres shredded on the inside edge within 4,000 miles and I was told that the rear camber and toe out is set up on the GTE's very aggressively to improve the handling.
If that is the case then the tread pattern can't be square to the direction of travel and would that not reduce the effectiveness of the tread in shedding the water in heavy rain.
I may well be talking tosh and happy to be corrected!
I think the aggressive camber on the GTE is a factor in the tyres ability to shed water but what effect does fitting a wider tyre have? I would have thought that less weight on the contact area between tyre and road would decrease grip, or am I missing something?
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7 minutes ago, BigErch said:
Hi Brian, that was your way to Brooklands? When we were down there my tyre wore down through the radial belt too. Murrays said that the car left the showroom with 4mm so it looks like I went through that and a bit more in 1000 miles!
The key words in your post Archie are "Murrays said"
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I seem to remember that the Michelins are 10mm wider at the rear than the standard Pirellis. That's fine in the dry but I wonder about how much that extra width increases the chances of aquaplaning when it's wet.
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On 10/11/2016 at 18:47, JayEmm said:Carbon roof is nice, although I really wish the piece between the roof and the deck had been made carbon too, it looks a bit odd.
I think the difficulty would be getting the weave of the carbon to match with the the roof and the deck, although it can be done.
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I'm surprised they supplied you at all.
What are real GTE owners going to do if all the unique parts have been sold off to people making GTE copies?
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9 hours ago, EuropaSman said:
Very very nice. Porsche test track Leipzig?
I was suprised to find out a couple of months ago that there is a Lotus dealership in Leipzig (I was just checking in case I have to relocate in case of a Brexit - the company I work for has it's main European air hub next door at the airport - you can't miss it because the buidings and aeroplanes are very yellow!).
Yes, the photo was taken at the Porsche test track in Leipzig. They have a museum and restaurant there too.
The Leipzig dealer is the same guy that has the Berlin dealership. It's not an official dealership.
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Nice photo Andrew. Enjoyed that blast last night
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I believe the intended USA customer kept trying to knock the price down with the result that Lotus Motorsport got tired of trying to agree a price and decided to advertise the car more widely.