Lotus Festival 2018

[Dave Eds 280]

Anyone know if we broke the record for the most Lotus parked on the M25?

[NR2k 75]

Fabulous day thanks to all who put in the hard work to organise, and make sure everything ran smoothly. 

 

[CHANGES 1,191]

So close......  but no show for me ......   Yes that was me surrounded by the boys in blue on the A11...     Alas as some of you may know it was my sixtieth birthday yesterday and i still have all my teeth,  which is more than i can say about my gearbox today.  crunch bang grind..  was the noise it made, which is probably the same noises some of you are you going to do tonight  

All have a great time sorry i missed the fun..   

Dave

[Dan E 1,556]

Absolutely wonderful day @Bibs I actually can’t think of anything that could have been better.

this is one very happy Rick, had the Elite signed by both Winterbottom and MJK thanks Stuart Monument for sorting the first one. 

Oh and this was my car of the show I so need one 

 

[Royal 34]

That for me,  was the best all-round Lotus meet I've been to! Weather was perfect too. I was able to chat briefly to Bob Dance, and he said the  purest F1 race car in the line of beauties (for him) was the 32B. No extras, no wings etc.

Nice to see you again Bibs, and your efforts as always, are appreciated. 

 

 

[Colin P 644]

Thanks Bibs and all at Lotus. An excellent day and obviously a lot of effort (and expense!) went into this.  Fantastic!

[CocoPops 827]

Fantastic day.

Great to meet people and put names to faces. Met Neil Turner of customer service game, what a thoroughly nice guy, clearly cares about Lotus and customers.

Looking forward to next year!!

Would love to see the drone pics too!

[internets 472]

 

Fantastic day,  very much enjoyed it.

Thank you @Bibs for your hard work organising the BBQ and event, have a well deserved drink tonight

[DarrylV8 226]

Yes a very special day, good to see the young lady whom the Elise was named after.

The price of the 70th celebration merchandise, wow a very nice surprise.

[kunstenaar 96]

Too many amazing moments in one day... met so many lovely famous and not so famous Lotus people!  My own highlight was being reunited with another Lotus 101. Just amazing... 

[PaulCP 675]

A great and successful day 

Well done Bibs et al for getting such a day arranged and organised in the limited time you had

[Neal H 876]

All of the above really. what a superb day out. Big thanks to Bibs and everyone else who helped organise it.

[Steve1 62]

As the others said thanks for a fantastic day Bibs and all the others involved to make it such memorable day. Right from start to finish...

Also because arrived early me and my misses decide to film and take pics of the cars coming in on the track, some of might have notice. When she gets time she will go through them and put on her website and put up a link. Have to say what I've seen there are pretty good. 

Quote of the day though... go out onto the track on that big long straight(and tight right hander if you were early enough)and keep to 15mph......

[Dan E 1,556]

10 minutes ago, Steve1 said:

As the others said thanks for a fantastic day Bibs and all the others involved to make it such memorable day. Right from start to finish...

Also because arrived early me and my misses decide to film and take pics of the cars coming in on the track, some of might have notice. When she gets time she will go through them and put on her website and put up a link. Have to say what I've seen there are pretty good. 

Quote of the day though... go out onto the track on that big long straight(and tight right hander if you were early enough)and keep to 15mph......

Yes certainly looked and sounded like everyone stuck to that

[dcmp 35]

1 hour ago, CHANGES said:

So close......  but no show for me ......   Yes that was me surrounded by the boys in blue on the A11...     Alas as some of you may know it was my sixtieth birthday yesterday and i still have all my teeth,  which is more than i can say about my gearbox today.  crunch bang grind..  was the noise it made, which is probably the same noises some of you are you going to do tonight  

All have a great time sorry i missed the fun..   

Dave

Hi Dave, I was sorry to see you on the side of the road. If I'm honest I was pleased you had just broken down....the boys in blue made me fear some off roading had occured - especially given the large Silverstone tribe had left Newmarket minutes before. Hope all is well.

Bibs, you are a star....thank you for the invite and I also appriciate all the effort you and your team put in. Well worth 8 hours in the car today (well it is a lotus so worth it anyhow). Also, thanks for showing me how the alarm works. Im actually deaf in one ear at the moment and was subconsciously laughing at someone's car alarm going off - didn't actually realise it was mine while I was sat in it. All together now....you plonka David!

Apologies I was last on the stand so couldn't get to say hi to everyone but love this forum. 

Travel safe everyone!

[Atommad 21]

9 minutes ago, Dan E said:

Yes certainly looked and sounded like everyone stuck to that

Well I thought if Tony Shute can light up his tyres off the line then that’s permission to get your foot down

Thanks Bibs.  Excellent day.  So worth the 500 mile round trip in the 211. Thanks for arranging the weather too. 

[andyj007 407]

31 minutes ago, Steve1 said:

and keep to 15mph......

didnt hear the 15mph bit . had tripple digits and then some, racing line through the corner.. im blaming @Gm77 he was in front i heard his exhaust and he disappeared rapidly up the tarmac  i just followed what with the epic journey to the factory was the absolute perfect start to the day!!! for the next hour or so after we arrived all you could hear was screaming cars along that straight...  brilliant..

 

[TAR 398]

A grand day out  

[Thorburn 1]

Didn't make it along today, but watched some of the live stream and looked like an excellent event.

Know we've had our differences in the past Bibs, but hopefully all water under the bridge these days, and congratulations to yourself and Lotus for the work in putting it all together, and thanks for sending through the the SELOC tickets. 

Edited September 29, 2018 by Thorburn

[Buddsy 1,622]

It really was a great day out.

I think the big screens link to live feed with @Guy Munday interveiwing people and pressenting what was going on on track worked so well and helped make the day a great sucsess.

Im not really into the cycles I have to say but enjoyed them on the track. Classic team was the highlight for me for the sound alone! That said the Sunbeams were very close and more epic than I would have beleived.

The lap record I have to say made me very nervous...old cars dont like slow moving traffic and my brakes are not as sharp as the Exige I was following so I have to admit I did duck out after 2 laps.

Well done @Bibs was an event to remeber.

Geely looked to have spend a pretty penny on the do. All good signs for the future.

Lastly big thanks tomother nature who really pulled a glorious day out of the bag for late september.

 

buddsy

[markw996 26]

2 hours ago, CHANGES said:

So close......  but no show for me ......   Yes that was me surrounded by the boys in blue on the A11...     Alas as some of you may know it was my sixtieth birthday yesterday and i still have all my teeth,  which is more than i can say about my gearbox today.  crunch bang grind..  was the noise it made, which is probably the same noises some of you are you going to do tonight  

All have a great time sorry i missed the fun..   

Dave

Sorry to hear that, I did wave back when I saw you parked there, but it was a bit last minute!

(Relieved to hear it wasn't an accident)

[Nelly 186]

2 hours ago, andyj007 said:

OUTSTANDING! that was such a fantastic day, from start to finish..  

 

 

 

Summed up perfectly.  Not enjoyed a day out like this for ages.  Well done to everyone involved.

[nigeninja 60]

Awesome day,big thanks to Andy and who ever else was involved in organizing the event ,again an awesome day       

[domguy 106]

What an experience! Amazing day out.  Big thank you to everyone that helped organize the best Lotus event to date!

[Kimbers 1,781]

Wowsa. I said to many of you that I could easily have spent the whole day just on the track. All of the (our) cars were amazing. And OMG what a noise some of them make. Walking the full length of the track I was thinking "I need to sell my kids and build a large air con'ed barn for all those cars I want to buy!! 

Bibbo, you never ever disappoint. have a great night tonight and have one for me. To everyone I saw it was awesome to see you all, I never feel more at home than when I am with you all and I have so many friends from Denmark to Germany, Belgium to Netherlands and all over the UK! Big Love!!

My favourite moment.....well 2 actually. I was watching MJK on the big screen being interviewed and there was a guy standing there watching the screen avidly. He looked at me and said "I worked with him in India when he was working for Tata". I said "Thats my dad and I'm sure he would love to see you again". he said "He won't remember me"......."I bet he would" I said. So we walked over to MJK and just before we got there a totally different guy with a walking stick and 2 sons helping him walked over. My dads face lit up and he called him by name (can't remember now....Mike maybe). Dad gave him a big hug and the guy burst into tears. He said "You don't know how much this means to me!" and there was a long conversation and much hugging. the guy had had a stroke and just wanted to talk to his old mate again. He choked up again when they parted. It was amazing to see what dad meant to someone.

So my man from Tata steps up and I say to dad, someone wants to say hi. Dad looked puzzled and the guy said "You probably don't remember me, it was 17 years ago....." and my dad said "In Pune, you were working in the office when I came in and I can still see your face and you saying "What are you doing here". The guy was amazed.

I know he's my dad but for someone to have touched so many people and still remember a guy working in an Office at Tata who he met briefly for 3 days of coming and going is amazing and humbling.