Saint Matt Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Hi guys, just thought I'd introduce myself. I'm Matt, 26 from Derby. Picked up an S2 Elise 111S this weekend from "Acehole" on here, looking forward to spending most of this summer in it! I've had mainly Honda Type Rs before this, a DC5 Integra Type R, an S2000 and a couple of older DC2 Integras, the last one I fitted a K20 into, so this is my plan for the Elise Lastly I just wanted to say a huge thanks for PaulC on here, he gave me loads of helpful info and let me loose in his S1 a few weeks ago, just to see if it was my kind of thing, even though we'd never met before! Hope to see you guys around soon Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jody391 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Welcome mate, we have a few meets planned for this month, check the calendar.... Fish's Hut meet and the Donnington park race car museum plus breakfast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex B Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Hello and welcome! I'm not a million miles away from yourself, in castle donington. You've brought yourself a lovely car. I had a ep3 type r before my first Elise awesome engine but poor handling car. As Jody has said few meetings in the not to distant future, you should come along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin R Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Matt, welcome to MLOC. take it easy in the wet and enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Matt Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thanks, I'm Findern just by the Toyota factory. I'll check out the meets section then EDIT : Yes certainly taking it easy in the wet, my S2k taught me that haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darryl Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 welcome to Lotus and MLOC Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimSportsTourer Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Welcome, and enjoy. I hope I'm not teaching you to suck eggs, but there's a thing that everyone says on here to people who join in the winter, and that's to take it easy in the wet. What they don't point out is why - Elises (like all rear mid-engined sports cars) can lose traction abruptly and then cause you to reverse rapidly into an accident. It has happened to lots of us on here, and very frequently in the first few weeks of ownership. So it's good to get the warning in early, before you break yourself or your car (like I did). I hope this is an unnecessary warning, but just in case, I prefer to be explicit rather than expecting you to guess why everyone says it. There are probably other reasons too, but this one should be enough. On the upside, I expect, like most of the rest of us, you'll love having the most fun car on the planet. Have a great time in the car, and on MLOC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanB Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Welcome aboard Matt. Acehole was unlucky with that car, a few bits and bobs went wrong with it (including the head gasket) but he had it all fixed by the best guy (imo) - Gav at Unit4 in Burton. When he finally got it sorted he went and sold it! Get yourself out to a meet soon, you will be glad you did. Btw I echo the take it steady on slippery roads advice - I got caught out in a vx220 I used to have. The thing you need to know is that most elise spins & accidents occur when the driver loses the back end ON THE WAY IN to a corner, when OFF the throttle. They aren't too bad on the way out when you are accelerating unless it is a very slow and very slippery corner. Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyfox Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Yep welcome to MLOC :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatty Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Welcome sir... Just down the other end of the a52. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John FISH Curtis Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Welcome to the forum. Your local to a lot of members, all great guys and if you need help, we will help. I have done work on your car, its had some good stuff done to it. Get yourself along to a meeting (two this month). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marky_p72 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Hi from me! I'm new around these parts aswell. Just got my 1st Elise less than 2 weeks ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumason10 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Hello and welcome to you both!! Oh and where are the pictures???!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meister Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Welcome Sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex B Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Hello and welcome to you both!! Oh and where are the pictures???!!! yes we like pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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