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Hi chaps, i've recently seen the light and bought my first Lotus - an s1 111s Elise. Now i realise what i've been missing... fantastic fun! Anyway, the car was advertised as 'Limited Edition' - why?... i dunno! Looks exactly the same as other Elises to me. Is this just blurb applied to all Lotus cars? Is there any way i can check (before i go ahead and start making mods)? Thanks in advance. Andy
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I was going to retrim my seats with Corbeau but they have no interest in doing it. I went to a local upholstery place who will add padding and retrim my seats and sill pads for £400 but tbh im not so sure about the leather he supplies. Looks a bit too "leatherly." Looks like it would be suited in a 1972 Rolls Royce. So I've enquired about getting S2 seats or S1 Exige seats but they are pretty scarce. Other alternative is the Corbeau seats as advertised on Hanger111. What do people think of these? Contemplating the ones will harness holes but I reckon having harnesses would be a pain when driving everyday. http://www.hangar111.com/products/corbeau/CorbeauS…
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Well, found a car that I'm pretty interested in, but being a complete novice when it comes to th technical stuff, need to get a specialist to have a look at it to give it the once over. Who would people recommend? The car is based just outside Birmingham...
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Clicky It's ok for work Night Night MLOC buddies :tired:
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While I was working at Rockingham Speedway at the weekend, one of the instructors saw me next to the Elise and we got chatting. Apparently he is test driving new Elise models, and apparently theres going to be some higher powered models coming out! He wouldnt give me any details but I gather that Lotus have tuned the Toyota engine and are going to start putting these in New Elises. Sounds like they will be normally aspirated and probably kick out over 200bhp. He also hinted at Exiges with higher power as well. Well, we shall wait and see! Dave
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Hi Jez, Hope this comes out ok, thought you might like to see this pic I took during the Le Man run. I don't know about you but i'm still boring he pants off everyone about it!!!! Daz
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Anyone know what courtesy cars Nick Whale use? I've got mine in for a bonded in floor style footwell repair tomorrow night/Friday but would like to think I can enjoy the weather in something reasonable (S2 Exige would be nice.... )
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hello, i brought some shiney door panel screws, but b4 i fit them whats the general feeling? are they too bling or do people think they look good, they're the nice lotus ones to replace the original black plastic ones. ta
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Thanks GuyTom for those friday tickets, my mate and I had an awesome time, hope the weather holds for the Sat/Sun people. I definatley recommend this event to all car peeps, saw a few weary girlfriends though, dont take swmbo if poss! This is me, well in the pax seat at least! This is a MUST DO for people going! Bowler 4x4 0-60 in under 4 secs OFF ROAD! £40k basic / 100K for Dakar ready....... Also saw Peterbourgh firm making a new chassis with Ford engine to fit under Elan+2 body, sub 5 sec dash, £30k for completed one, or buy the chassis for yours....
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Guys, Us Lotus fans here in the U.S. hope to be getting the Exige by year end. Trouble is, we've never seen one in person. I would love to see some of you personal pics of the Exige S2 and hear your comments. Thanks
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Thought you guys and girls might be interested in this. http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenhouse_data.html I know there are two sides to every argument but the content of this report looks pretty convincing to me! Dunc
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Tossers like david gerald tvr! Noticed they have a rather clean 160 elise for sale! so sent an email to see if they take my tidy s1 plus my rare fhc 350i in part ex! the 160 is up for 14995! so they said if i put 7grand and my 2 cars they would do a deal!! How are they in business?? my two cars have an insurance value of 16k (which i know is not the market value) But that is ridculous. I curse the person who spends any money there.....
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A few weeks ago I had a bizzare situation where my speedo only registered cumulative speed based on accerleration. Sounds wierd I know but the needle didnt fall when I slowed and then went up when I speeded up. Anyway after sitting there switching the ignition on and off 20 million times I eventually got the needle back to zero and the problem was pretty much sorted. Well now imagine my happiness when the problem has returned with avengence. 3 days now without a speedo (well it registered off the dial). Every time I slow it seems to wiggle a bit as though wanting to fall but it doesnt. Then if I switch the ignition on and off 20 million more times I can again g…
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I'm sure this has been mentioned a million times before but I've searched the archives and found nada. I'm lookin for a decent pda holder for the S2. Found a great one for the S1 but no joy otherwise. www.brodit.com for ProClip s1 holder
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After many weeks of consideration, I've finally come to the decision to get myself a Hurricane(replacing K&N 57i) I know everyone goes on about the Hurricane and how good it is, but is is £164 better than my warm engine bay air induction on at the minute. Secondly I would appreciate any advice on the 160 throttle body. Is it worth doing at the same time as the above, where to buy cheap, advantages, disadvantages etc. Cheers Daz
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