Lotus 3 Eleven
Discussion
baronbennyt said:
over steer said:
Following this thread with great interest, please keep us posted. The 311 seems to be an amazing car for the money, and I've been seriously considering a race version for track days, as I'm approaching a point with my Exige where developing further will entail both a large sunken cost and 'ruining' it for the road by stripping it out and/or pushing the mechanicals to the point where they become unreliable.
The toss-up for me is whether the performance differential of a race 311 will outweigh buying a fully specced preowned 211 GT Supersport for half the money (and if I can handle the ball ache of having another car to maintain).
Is the Lotus 2-Eleven GT Supersport the GT4 race-spec track special? If so, that's an absolute weapon! Honestly, I've only driven a road-spec 2-Eleven and 3-Eleven over the course of a day, each on separate occasions. Based on this limited experience, personally I don't think a race-spec 3-Eleven is worth double a 2-Eleven GT4. I've seen the race-spec 3-Eleven at Bell & Colvill (see below) and whilst it's an epic thing, £130,000 is a huge amount of money. The difference in price would buy you a lot of tyres, fuel, track days etc. in the 2-Eleven GT4! Still, I can see why someone would be tempted by the race-spec 3-Eleven...The toss-up for me is whether the performance differential of a race 311 will outweigh buying a fully specced preowned 211 GT Supersport for half the money (and if I can handle the ball ache of having another car to maintain).
baronbennyt said:
SidewaysSi said:
Will you be wearing a helmet on road?
Yes. I'm conscious I might look a bit of a berk wearing a lid on the road but it's better than flies in the teeth or, worse, a stone in the face (it only has to happen once). baronbennyt said:
After a long wait the 3-Eleven has now arrived at Lotus Bell & Colvill, Surrey. It will have a paint protection film applied before the front winglets are attached early next week. It will then be ready for collection next Friday. Can't wait!
Oh my good golly gosh, that looks amazing. I'm very jealous, you must be incredibly excited. SpudLink said:
It looks fantastic.
Are you attending the next Sunday Service? Would love to see it 'in the flesh'.
Thanks. I won't be able to attend the next Sunday Service I'm afraid since I'm off to the Nurburgring that weekend in something else. I'll try to make another Service later in the year. In the meantime, I need to get the 1,000 mile running in distance covered off. I've got Goodwood and Castle Combe planned for the 3-Eleven so I need a few dry weekends to get the job done. It'll be tough! Are you attending the next Sunday Service? Would love to see it 'in the flesh'.
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