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11-03-2013, 09:23 AM
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Brilliant. 
How many miles have you racked up now? Would you consider fitting a colour coded hard top to the car, I think that would make it look even more fantastic. That MY had the best wheel option and exhaust position, love it.
My old dear phoned me this morning to ask if I would go and get her some bread. The supermarket is a mile from my house, I took a twenty mile route to get to it. Both ways.
I did actually consider heading down to York this afternoon for work instead of in the morning and taking the Evora instead of the Saab. Then I jumped in the Saab to take the dog down the loch and it felt liked I'd jumped in a range rover it seemed so high up! Taking the stroll with the mutt let me come to the decision not to take the Lotus though but the Saab as usual, I want to keep every drive I have in it as the fun stuff, these cars deserve better than being subjected to mundane motorway journeys.
How many miles have you racked up now? Would you consider fitting a colour coded hard top to the car, I think that would make it look even more fantastic. That MY had the best wheel option and exhaust position, love it.
My old dear phoned me this morning to ask if I would go and get her some bread. The supermarket is a mile from my house, I took a twenty mile route to get to it. Both ways.
I did actually consider heading down to York this afternoon for work instead of in the morning and taking the Evora instead of the Saab. Then I jumped in the Saab to take the dog down the loch and it felt liked I'd jumped in a range rover it seemed so high up! Taking the stroll with the mutt let me come to the decision not to take the Lotus though but the Saab as usual, I want to keep every drive I have in it as the fun stuff, these cars deserve better than being subjected to mundane motorway journeys.
11-03-2013, 09:26 AM
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...I think there's two different mind sets with sports cars. On one side you have people who put a lot more stock in prestige and image to go alongside the performance aspect, then you've got the nutty brigade (like us) who put more weight in to the whole driving experience and fun more than worrying about whether there's some clanky mechanical noise coming from various bits of the car every time you take a tight bend or hit the loud pedal enthusiastically...
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11-04-2013, 01:44 AM
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That was my car when the original owner had it. He sold the HT pre my purchase, just never used it. I am tempted though but they are expensive at 700 quid. I think 700 could go on suspension.
11-04-2013, 02:20 AM
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for the AD08s. I have them on the Atom. I went for a drive last Friday - 189 miles around Wales and some of the rain was of biblical proportions. Didn't have any problems although I was taking it very gently.By comparison with AO48s on I would have been through a hedge many times.
11-04-2013, 09:59 AM
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EDIT: And Nick, "woid"? I have no idea what that means so don't know if i'm quoted for something bad or good??
11-04-2013, 11:20 AM
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I can at the weekend Gary, I work away in the week and it's tucked up in the garage back in Scotland. I have a 2+2, though I had no real preference. I did manage to take my mate and his son out for a run yesterday, so it was handy having the +2, he was loving it!