Despite his recent absence, I expect you are likely to recall that he’s owned a string of Lotuseses : early NA Evora, followed by an early V6 Exige, followed by the Daddy V6 Exige : the 430Cup.
Should you require a reminder of the latter – you may (fondly?) rekindle your memories by visiting this thread over here.
After 4yrs of ownership however, the 430 has just moved on. It has been replaced by <extremely truncated drum roll> a 2023 Cayman 718 GT4RS.
Demonstrating some rather smart/sneaky planning - this particular vehicle was originally specced and owned from new by another driving buddy (Chris - who is climbing a further rung up the Porsche RS ladder) - hence Maurice knows the full history of the car, how it’s been used, how it’s been maintained, the names of his children etc. Even for an RS it has a pretty tasty spec : those indigo blue (I think) magnesium centrelock wheels look good in the pictures, but another level in the metal. Even when half-covered in brake dust they look *perfect*.
Both Exige430 & GT4RS and their respective owners (at that time) were part of the group at Anglesey last August. @scotta ventured out for a few laps p-ride in the GT4RS (partly for the experience, partly to provide guidance on lines (as he’s done several millionty laps round this track via a number of RacesOfRememberences, and because RACINGDRIVER)), and declared it to be “a weapon” whose wheel I believe he would very much have liked to get his grubby racing gloves on for a couple of laps.
Early (abridged) reports from Maurice (that I am sure he won’t mind me sharing) include “experience utterly dominated by engine & gearbox. It’s scalpel sharp. It takes some commitment to keep it pinned to 9krpm. Sensory overload”.
All of which I read as happy-boy.
I’ll sign off now as I need to make his tea and toast, and he gets snippy if I dilly-dally or put too much milk in.
Nice! Although is it really much quicker than the 430?
