Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 2:19 pm
Done deal
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Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 2:26 pm
yep, like SJ - i like silver!
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 2:35 pm
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 2:43 pm
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 3:20 pm
What did Lotus call the silver paint? Was that New Aluminium?
Classic Elise colour anyway, excellent choice.
Classic Elise colour anyway, excellent choice.
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 3:27 pm
Goes really well with the red. Buy it this weekend and let’s get this wrapped up.
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 3:31 pm
Something like that yes, I’m not an expert on the names of the colours, I only ever wanted a storm titanium one and ignored all the rest. Ended up having every colour but the one I wantedJobbo wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 3:20 pm What did Lotus call the silver paint? Was that New Aluminium?
Classic Elise colour anyway, excellent choice.
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 3:50 pm
That externally looks excellent and with Dan’s approval, probably the best/safest £20k spend possible!.. 
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 3:52 pm
Agreed. 18 pages long, it's becoming a novel240PP wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 3:27 pm Goes really well with the red. Buy it this weekend and let’s get this wrapped up.
I don't like the red seats but you'll be swapping them out for some nice Tillets or otherwise, so that moot.
Get it bought.
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 3:58 pm
I'm mot'ing it tomorrow at lunch time so you can take it away in the afternoon 
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 4:09 pm
Seconded.IanF wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 3:50 pm That externally looks excellent and with Dan’s approval, probably the best/safest £20k spend possible!..
Not a fan of the interior colour myself, but that's not complicated to change. Welcome to have my black seats for a small fee... but TBH they're probably in similar condition and so you might as well replace or retrim those ones.
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 6:56 pm
The seats are actually quite nice, they’ve not had many miles on them since they were retrimmed by the look of it and they’re the super comfy s2 seats rather than the horrifically uncomfortable standard s1 seats that feel like you’re sitting in a bucket.
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 7:08 pm
Looks great tbh, pretty much exactly what I’d be looking for if I was buying one.
Do you know what cams / head work it’s had?
Do you know what cams / head work it’s had?
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 7:10 pm
DVA K04 kit I think
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 7:56 pm
Sounds good - doing some reading up on them.
WRT the interior, i don’t hate it, but i’d still prefer non-leather. hmmm … Black seats with red carpets… very Peugeot 205 gti (like the dashboard buttons!)
WRT the interior, i don’t hate it, but i’d still prefer non-leather. hmmm … Black seats with red carpets… very Peugeot 205 gti (like the dashboard buttons!)
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 8:10 pm
I bet you're not feeling great at the moment? Got a touch of the flu coming on? Sounds like a sick day, but need a drive out to go get some meds. Apparently they have a great pharmacy over in Bromsgrove, so I've heard.Rich B wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 7:56 pm Sounds good - doing some reading up on them.
WRT the interior, i don’t hate it, but i’d still prefer non-leather. hmmm … Black seats with red carpets… very Peugeot 205 gti (like the dashboard buttons!)
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 8:58 pm
The S2 seats are a good upgrade.
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 9:06 pm
Ah that's good, thought they were S1, which I understand can be improved with a re-bolstering, but I certainly never got on well with mine.dan wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 6:56 pm The seats are actually quite nice, they’ve not had many miles on them since they were retrimmed by the look of it and they’re the super comfy s2 seats rather than the horrifically uncomfortable standard s1 seats that feel like you’re sitting in a bucket.
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 9:08 pm
they’re actually VX220 seats…
Re: what car thread - Lotus Edition
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 9:47 pm
Suddenly an expert now are you
