what car thread - Lotus Edition

[Sundayjumper]

Here's a picture of my old one, just so you can see what a correct colour looks like (Chrome Orange).

I prefer that to your current one. Sorry

[Sundayjumper]

Insurance - all of mine are with Admiral now.

[Rich B]

Insurance - all of mine are with Admiral now.

and presumably you added cars on with no new NcB of their own?

[Matty]

Henderson Taylor insured all of my Lotus cars, he was dirty cheap and included track day cover for free.

However....I think he sold the business so I'm not sure he was as cheap as before.
Alex on here then insured my Evora for far cheaper than online quotes, but no track cover if that matters to you.

I didn find that comparison sites weren't usually great, so used to go with recommendations from SELOC for the Lotus-friendly fringe companies.

[duncs500]

Here's a picture of my old one, just so you can see what a correct colour looks like (Chrome Orange).

I prefer that to your current one. Sorry

Not need to be sorry, it was a lovely car. Not as good as to drive as my current one though. And if you mean the colour, orange looks good on Exiges (both S1 and S2), but not good on S1 Elises.

[duncs500]

I use Classicline, they're cheap plus 5 UK TDs included. A lot of Lotus people use them.

They don't use NCBs at least on my policy.

[Rich B]

cool, i’ve been doing some test quotes - Reis, classic line and my current one (which is Alex off here).

[nuttinnew]

Unbelievable Jeff

I would if I could, and I'd keep the red roof :

[Marv]

Here's a picture of my old one, just so you can see what a correct colour looks like (Chrome Orange).

I still have a fond memory of our first trip to Scotland imbedded in my mind, when we were travelling down a reasonably fast road at a pace and I looked in the rearview mirror to see your Exige, looking like a mini Le Mans car chasing me down. With YK following in his ITR, you both had your lights on and it just looked like I was being chased down the Mulsanne straight, or something

[duncs500]

The glory days.

[mik]

Seeing the orange missile reminded me of your Scotland trip too - mainly ‘cos it was the only time I saw it. Special thing though.

<break to YK poring over a huge OS map asking for advice on best routes>

[Sundayjumper]

Insurance - all of mine are with Admiral now.

and presumably you added cars on with no new NcB of their own?

Errr… probably ? I’ve honestly made so many changes over the years that I can’t remember all of them ! Run a quote on their website. Start there.

[Rich B]

yeah, i’ve done some quotes with various ones - classic line don’t use ncb, so that’s useful!

[mik]

yeah, i’ve done some quotes with various ones - classic line don’t use ncb, so that’s useful!

I used them yonks back for the 944S2.

Don’t use NCB and do agreed-value policies which avoids any negotiation if the worst happens. Only real downside for me was mileage restriction.

[Marv]

yeah, i’ve done some quotes with various ones - classic line don’t use ncb, so that’s useful!

Also, worth noting that ClassicLine policies include full European breakdown cover too, which for me made it cheaper than elsewhere, if I had to buy breakdown cover separately.

It used to include homestart too, but that's now an optional extra. And probably worth having with a Lotus

[Rich B]

I'm waiting for this thread to go quiet, fall off the radar, then for Rich to put a reply on the Your fleet running reports thread that he's bought a Dacia Duster

Nah, it'll be a pimped out slammed T6 then he decides he doesn't need a Lotus after all and keeps the BMW

Well, i’ve provisionally bought a pimped up black T6.1 (needs slamming still, but that will follow) and sold the M2, so the next part is to find the perfect Lotus.

i’m still liking the idea of the S1, but the S2 Exige S is again leading my searches! i reckon this thread may go on for a while longer until i find the perfect one… sorry all!

[Marv]

Seeing the orange missile reminded me of your Scotland trip too - mainly ‘cos it was the only time I saw it. Special thing though.

<break to YK poring over a huge OS map asking for advice on best routes>

Kind of passed me by that the trip was over 10 years ago now, time flies!

The relatively small Exige did seem more suited to some of the smaller single track roads we were driving down, when compared to my M3. I could never seem to pull away from Duncs in his Exige either, so they're plenty quick enough for the road.



Earlier in the year when I was in Sweden I had an Orange Elise appear in my mirror, I had to double take that it wasn't an Exige with Duncs behind the wheel

[Sundayjumper]

Well, i’ve provisionally bought a pimped up black T6.1 (needs slamming still, but that will follow) and sold the M2, so the next part is to find the perfect Lotus.

Or..... get fed up going in circles looking for a Lotus, get fed up parking the T6 on a daily basis, sell it and buy an M3 Touring

[Rich B]

Well, i’ve provisionally bought a pimped up black T6.1 (needs slamming still, but that will follow) and sold the M2, so the next part is to find the perfect Lotus.

Or..... get fed up going in circles looking for a Lotus, get fed up parking the T6 on a daily basis, sell it and buy an M3 Touring

They’re too much money even if i did want to go that way! if they were £45k i’d probably have bought one by now!

[duncs500]

Seeing the orange missile reminded me of your Scotland trip too - mainly ‘cos it was the only time I saw it. Special thing though.

<break to YK poring over a huge OS map asking for advice on best routes>

Kind of passed me by that the trip was over 10 years ago now, time flies!

The relatively small Exige did seem more suited to some of the smaller single track roads we were driving down, when compared to my M3. I could never seem to pull away from Duncs in his Exige either, so they're plenty quick enough for the road.



Earlier in the year when I was in Sweden I had an Orange Elise appear in my mirror, I had to double take that it wasn't an Exige with Duncs behind the wheel

The 7 was the correct tool for those single track roads though!