Who’s the youngest/ oldest Lotus driver?

[tanman]

Whilst out today I saw both a young (about 23) and ‘old’ person (about 55) driving a Lotus and this made me wonder who is the youngest and oldest people out there driving these great cars. If you think you’re the youngest or oldest lets here about it.
Tanman
Ps sadly i will not qualify in either catergory (33) Getting old:weeping: but closer to retirement:)

[kill_zippy]

22, but definately not the youngest. I'm sure i can recall reading some posts by 20/21 year olds....

[beachbum]

Lets just say I am likely to be at the upper end of the range, but hopefully not at the top.

As the saying goes "Growing old is madatory, Growing up is an option"

[ChristianM]

Got mine 4 months after my 21st.

[bogie]

best ive ever seen was on a run about 3 years ago up North - an elderly couple turned up in an S2...must have been late 60's easy ...the guy got out fine, went around and helped his missus out - then got her walking stick out of the boot...respect...hope I enjoy my retirement that much

[greysquirrel]

i was 22, but sadly now im 23 :-( long spiral downwards from here on i fear..

[Muncher]

21, lotus in wolf's clothing

[Esprit]

I'm 25 and am the youngest Elise owner in my country... not on here though.... Elises are MUCH cheaper in the UK than here.

[greysquirrel]

Whats insurance like for you over there?

[shot2bits]

tanman said:

Ps sadly i will not qualify in either catergory (33) Getting old but closer to retirement

Great, I was 32 end od last month so at least you're older than me!

[Mikey_W]

My dads 63 & he drives a MK1 Lotus Cortina Pre Airflow

[markie*mark0]

im 21 turn 22 in december and ive had my s1 elise for 8 months now, insurance is a killer but its worth it.

[bassgurusi]

I got my first lotus Elise... a gorgeous Calypso red 111s W reg when i was 21.
Then when 23 exchanged that for a real head turning Type 25.
Now 25... looking for my third

[xxplod]

I was 24 when I got my new S1 in January 2000. Obviously, having such youthful looks, people thought I was still in my teens! :cough:

Sadly, the big 3-0 looms now.......

[moles]

I'm 23 was 22 when I got mine. My brother's mate has an S1 and is 19 (pays 3k on insurance)

[Esprit]

greysquirrel said:

Whats insurance like for you over there?

Pretty good by comparison... I'm paying about $1000 a year which is about 400 quid to you for full cover with all sorts of bonuses on top of that (glass, bonus cover etc)... bear in mind that we don't have compulsary insurance over here so I COULD just not have it at all if I chose to But bear in mind we earn a LOT less over here than you guys do over there... bear in mind that my premium is actually very high because of the "rarity value" of the Elise in NZ it's actually more expensive than you might expect.... I think there's only 20-25 S1 Elises over here so insurance companies really don't want to touch me... but I have a good record etc so I'm not TOO bad