BIG NEWS.. well for me anyway

[Esprit]

Well I'm sure you all know my ongoing saga and grande plans for the TR7 but to be honest it's all been getting a bit much for me lately.... the drudgery of driving a stationwagon to work every day and the realisation that the TR7 is still 3 years plus and a LOT of money away.... and in a moment of weakness I caved.......

I thought aaah F*&K IT! ..... and bought this:



Ok, so now I'm broke... but am I happy? YES!

Guess I'll be seeing you at the next track day after all Kylie

[speedy_thrills]

Esprit said:

Well I'm sure you all know my ongoing saga and grande plans for the TR7 but to be honest it's all been getting a bit much for me lately.... the drudgery of driving a stationwagon to work every day and the realisation that the TR7 is still 3 years plus and a LOT of money away.... and in a moment of weakness I caved....... I thought aaah F*&K IT! ..... and bought this: Ok, so now I'm broke... but am I happy? YES! Guess I'll be seeing you at the next track day after all Kylie

Excellent choice! Hope the new motor goes very well for you. TR7 project cancelled or just set back a few more years?

[kylie]

GOOD man George!!!! Your joking right? If your not you are part of the elite now
The Elise is an amazing car that will leave a permanent grin on your face every time you drive it.
Yes indeed will see you at the events. The guys are great and will look after you. Theres plently of knowledge floating around locally too to help keep your baby well sorted.

Where did you buy it from ?

[izza]

:speightsmodeon:
GOOD ON YA MATE!
:speightsmodeoff:


Nice one G
I bet your on



Hope you enjoy lots of


I am insanely jealous
U read all the fine print, there must be something about me having to drive it?

Congratulations mate!

[Kylie]

Sorry PH was playing up



>> Edited by kylie on Monday 9th May 19:55

[kylie]

as above comment



>> Edited by kylie on Monday 9th May 19:56

[jamieheasman]

Nice one. I've seen that car for sale for a while and I seem to remember it was a very reasonable price.

All you need to do now is remove the weedy little K-series and slot in that 5.0litre V8 you've got sat lying around! ;-)

[Kiwi XTR2]

CONGRATULATIONS ! ! !

That's summer sorted . . . what will you drive in winter ?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

May your weekends be filled with brisk trips to nowhere in particular on interesting and empty roads

[GravelBen]

congrats on the new toy, how does it drive?

[robdickinson]

niiice. So if I see a silver elise when I get there theres a 50/50 chance its you then?

I assume these are very rare in NZ?

[nztrev]

I'm in shock George.
I did'nt think you'd wimp out on a 4 banger Loti,(No offence Kylie)
This is surely TIV money,Start taking some Testosterone shots!
Seriously, nice car,looks the biz.

[Esprit]

Wow... the forums are behaving again finally!

Umm ok Details... it's one of only 2 Silver S1s in NZ (I think) so yeah it'd be a 50/50 chance it's me... the other one is a VERY rapid Sport-135 so it' looks different. It's a '98, Bog standard apart from the Magnesium wheels (Lotus Option) and the stereo. It's the tightest Elise I've ever ridden in... no rattles or anything. Paint is IMMACULATE, it's NZ new, only 24,000 original KMs (barely run in) FSH, reasonable price... the timing was just right! The car has been a Lotus Club car all its life and you'll have seen it at a few trackdays. The previous owner sold it because he'd just imported a '98 Esprit V8 GT from the UK and he had one too many toys... bonus is that I added as a condition of sale the blagging of a few rides in the Esprit on Trackdays and the like

Hehe yeah I'll admit that the thought of somehow shoehorning my spare TVR engine into the back of the 'lizzy Hehe nah seriously it's just going to remain standard and well looked after and be my weekend dry-weather fun-car.... the perfect companion to my boring stationwagon.

The TR7 project is just going to go into a shed under a blanket for a bit I think... would consider selling for the right price but in the current market that's not likely.

I'm probably going to sign up with the Lotus Club in the next month or so... who is the best person to contact Kylie? I hear you guys have another one of those driver-training days coming up in the not too-distant future... sounds like the perfect first track outing to me!

Oh and the cherry on the cake? The Jaguar is due to hit the roads legally in a few weeks.... it's going to be a long, tempting winter, but I'm hoping the odd sunny day will pass to allow me to blow the cobwebs out

I've yet to drive her in the dry and it's the first Elise I've actually driven... but I can say without a doubt that it in terms of response and road-communication, it's the sharpest car I've ever driven... full stop.

I am indeed on cloud nine

[Esprit]

Kiwi XTR2 said:

May your weekends be filled with brisk trips to nowhere in particular on interesting and empty roads

That is quite possibly the anthem I'll be living my life by... in my Chch days in the TR7, that WAS my social life.... study/work for 6 days a week dan til dusk then come sunday afternoon it'd be off to some random destination for Nachos (I'm looking at you Izza). That's been sorely missing in my life the last two years.... and it's about to return

[dejoux]

Congratulations. Glad to see you decided to buy it.

Hmm remember talking to you when you had just started working about where I am now. Dont think Ill have to dedication to get there so quickly.

Ill have to come up for a ride one day. May your weather be far nicer than what chch has been lately for driving

[kylie]

Hey George heres the link to the Club site www.clublotus.org.nz/
The membership details are in there. Got a committee meeting tonight so shall let them know to expect your details to come through

Theres a training day coming up and another sprint meet coming soon too, both at Puke. Will get some fixed dates tonight hopefully.

[Esprit]

Thanks Kylie,

I have a feeling that I might have to wait for my next paycheque to join the club as for some weird reason I seem to have no money at the moment..... I wonder why

I stumbled across the site and will be surely joining as soon as it's possible. The driver training day will be my first track day I think... give me a chance to get comfortable with the car in a more settled environment before letting myself go crazy. It's run in conjunction with the Jaguar club right? I have a feeling that I might also be able to convince my father to bring his E-Type up because after the last one I told him I thought that it'd be the ideal situation to test the car on-track in a controlled manner.

Keep me posted on the trackday dates No doubt I'll be seeing a lot more of you

[kylie]

Cool no rush! As you know its a great scene. Last couple of training days were run with Jaguar and BMW. Will check whos coming this yr. We seem to be attracting Lambos and Ferraris of late too. So will be a great mix of exotica.

[Esprit]

Heh yeah I know there's no hurry

The guy I bought the car off is James Smith, just in case you know who I'm talking about. He's also got a Titanium '98 V8-GT Esprit with an SE wing (2-post boomerang)

[kylie]

Yes I know him very well nice guy, I bought my car off him Tall bit of timber isn't he, can understand why hes back in an esprit for that reason. Mind you, not too much leg room in those either. Ahh so James getting into a V8 eh..

[Esprit]

AAh ok... so we got our cars from the same source eh? yeah his Esprit is GORGEOUS... you'll love it when you see it

Oh and I've told him to come on into the PH forums, so we may see some more of him in here

>> Edited by Esprit on Tuesday 10th May 01:06