
what car thread - Lotus Edition
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Fab news Rich, nice one
Love a long distance car collection!

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Sounds like you're having fun.
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Ad is on Page25. But was originally mentioned on page 20

https://classifieds.seloc.org/ads/lotus-elise-s1-2/
Took me over 5 months to find an Evora - difference being that I didn’t mention it on here (as I already knew exactly what I wanted).
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Yeah Rich! He didn't go on and on about it for 26 pages!mik wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 8:43 amAd is on Page25. But was originally mentioned on page 20![]()
https://classifieds.seloc.org/ads/lotus-elise-s1-2/
Took me over 5 months to find an Evora - difference being that I didn’t mention it on here (as I already knew exactly what I wanted).

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Exactly - the last thing this forum needs is threads about cars!!Matty wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 8:58 amYeah Rich! He didn't go on and on about it for 26 pages!mik wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 8:43 amAd is on Page25. But was originally mentioned on page 20![]()
https://classifieds.seloc.org/ads/lotus-elise-s1-2/
Took me over 5 months to find an Evora - difference being that I didn’t mention it on here (as I already knew exactly what I wanted).
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Brilliant news, a fun summer ahead then 
Can you get the littleun in the passenger seat with the seats it has ?
Dave!
Can you get the littleun in the passenger seat with the seats it has ?
Dave!
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Only took 2 monthsscotta wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 11:49 am https://classifieds.seloc.org/ads/lotus-elise-s1-2/
Bit less cash so would give some budget to make it what you want.

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yep, the guy was a nightmare in getting back to me. i first started chatting to him over whatsapp on the 14th November and he said he was going to get some decent photos for me twice and didn’t get round to it. i suspect he didn’t really want to sell it or didn’t believe that i was genuinely going to fly up from south england for it.scotta wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 10:30 amOnly took 2 monthsscotta wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 11:49 am https://classifieds.seloc.org/ads/lotus-elise-s1-2/
Bit less cash so would give some budget to make it what you want.![]()
His advert expired and i went back to him a week or two ago, thinking he’d changed his mind about selling it, but we arranged for me to come up and see it (and he put the ad back up in case i didn’t want it).
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Good work Rich. I’m glad it’s as good as it looks.
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Looks great. Makes me feel old as I remember sitting in my then girlfriend's, uncles S1 back in probably around 2003. I remember it feeling like you were sat on the floor. 

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Re the guy giving you a load of spares, that must go with the territory with these cars, I have accumulated quite a lot of bits and I'm not very spanner-y.

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The car was manufactured on 31st dec 1999 - i quite like that it was the last day of the last century!GG. wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 1:12 pm Looks great. Makes me feel old as I remember sitting in my then girlfriend's, uncles S1 back in probably around 2003. I remember it feeling like you were sat on the floor.![]()
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I was going to post up the details of a Honda powered one that has come up for sale just down the road from me in Chesterfield, but I won't bother now

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Isn't that a bit like something built on a Friday afternoon though?Rich B wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 2:25 pmThe car was manufactured on 31st dec 1999 - i quite like that it was the last day of the last century!GG. wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 1:12 pm Looks great. Makes me feel old as I remember sitting in my then girlfriend's, uncles S1 back in probably around 2003. I remember it feeling like you were sat on the floor.![]()

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it actually is a friday, and probably the worst friday afternoon ever!duncs500 wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 3:04 pmIsn't that a bit like something built on a Friday afternoon though?Rich B wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 2:25 pmThe car was manufactured on 31st dec 1999 - i quite like that it was the last day of the last century!GG. wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 1:12 pm Looks great. Makes me feel old as I remember sitting in my then girlfriend's, uncles S1 back in probably around 2003. I remember it feeling like you were sat on the floor.![]()
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If you tell people you've bought a car from the last century they probably assume it has a hand throttle and foot-operated horn.


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i was laughing earlier, at lunch one of our (very showy) sales guys said he’d bought a new car at the weekend (M3 touring), i said me too. Despite his peacocking, everyone was more interested in hearing more about mine!