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Been across the ditch in Australia for a week on holiday (hence my uncharacteristic silence) but I'm back 
Loved the place for many reasons, not least of which was seeing a Yellow/Orange S1 Exige within 5 minutes of getting out the airport!!! given that an S1 Exige WILL be my next Car (in a year or two) I was amazed.... I've never seen one in the flesh before as there isn't (and never has been) any in NZ.... pics don't really do them justice
Australia definitely has its pluses and minuses over NZ and I may contemplate a move at some point in the mid-term future.... for now I just want to get back out there and enjoy some NZ roads in my liz again!.... that won't be happening for a good few weeks though as I'm stuck in the garage at the moment with a VERY dodgy rear toe-link.... time for another upgrade methinks.... just need to let my wllet recover from the Holiday first! 
Loved the place for many reasons, not least of which was seeing a Yellow/Orange S1 Exige within 5 minutes of getting out the airport!!! given that an S1 Exige WILL be my next Car (in a year or two) I was amazed.... I've never seen one in the flesh before as there isn't (and never has been) any in NZ.... pics don't really do them justice
Australia definitely has its pluses and minuses over NZ and I may contemplate a move at some point in the mid-term future.... for now I just want to get back out there and enjoy some NZ roads in my liz again!
.... that won't be happening for a good few weeks though as I'm stuck in the garage at the moment with a VERY dodgy rear toe-link.... time for another upgrade methinks.... just need to let my wllet recover from the Holiday first! Well almost constant sunshine, constant 29 degrees and lots of things to see and do made it brilliant Am glad to be home though.... missed Kiwi roads (everything's so straight and flat in Aus unless you REALLY go out of your way), missed my Liz (even though , as stated above, I can't drive her at the moment.... but I can still tinker) and missed the cat
Must make a holiday booking to go and visit Melbourne sometime later this year
I have to get saving for this roumoured "Lotus On-Track" NZ tour that's coming up later this year... hopefully might meet one or two of you on it
Am glad to be home though.... missed Kiwi roads (everything's so straight and flat in Aus unless you REALLY go out of your way), missed my Liz (even though , as stated above, I can't drive her at the moment.... but I can still tinker) and missed the cat Must make a holiday booking to go and visit Melbourne sometime later this year
I have to get saving for this roumoured "Lotus On-Track" NZ tour that's coming up later this year... hopefully might meet one or two of you on it
Hi Esprit,
Glad to here your well and had a great time in Aus. You say you missed your cat is that because its a sports cat?
Sorry to hear about liz i gather this happened at puke on the CLNZ day. Was it a massive failure or could you limp home? I was down at Taupo on the Friday but my back box slipped to the left, nearly off the cat pipe. I limped home with it banging against the diffuser. I tried to correct it on Saturday but then sheared the clamp bolt in half so i couldn't come up on the Sunday. Its all back together now and sounding good.
look forward to your posts now you've returned
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ps will try to catch up soon as my rims and tyres are at the dock and need collecting.
Glad to here your well and had a great time in Aus. You say you missed your cat is that because its a sports cat?
Sorry to hear about liz i gather this happened at puke on the CLNZ day. Was it a massive failure or could you limp home? I was down at Taupo on the Friday but my back box slipped to the left, nearly off the cat pipe. I limped home with it banging against the diffuser. I tried to correct it on Saturday but then sheared the clamp bolt in half so i couldn't come up on the Sunday. Its all back together now and sounding good.
look forward to your posts now you've returned
A
ps will try to catch up soon as my rims and tyres are at the dock and need collecting.
Hehe sorry to hear about your woes Andy, at least it's nothing too serious... a little bit of spannerwork and all will be fine again I hope.... my failure was a non-catastrophic one.... car got progressively sloppier throughout the day in the rear end.... ended the day with fastest Elise of the day, mainly because Dean's Honda S1 went home before there was a full dry line roger's Exige Turbo (which didn't blow up this time) was the only quicker Lotus.
I thought my rear-end problem (oo-err) was tyre related, until it started doing some weird things on the motorway on the way home... a quick examination revealed a loose securing bolt on the outer toe-link balljoint (AGAIN) and I've taken the decision to replace it totally than try to repair it as I'm clearly stressing it far in excess of its capability and I'd rather not take the risk of it snapping on me on-track.
Other than that all is well and I look forward to catching up with you shortly. I'm assuming you'll not be up in Auckland on Wednesday night for the CLNZ AGM/Prizegiving?
>> Edited by Esprit on Sunday 23 April 05:27
roger's Exige Turbo (which didn't blow up this time) was the only quicker Lotus. I thought my rear-end problem (oo-err) was tyre related, until it started doing some weird things on the motorway on the way home... a quick examination revealed a loose securing bolt on the outer toe-link balljoint (AGAIN) and I've taken the decision to replace it totally than try to repair it as I'm clearly stressing it far in excess of its capability and I'd rather not take the risk of it snapping on me on-track.
Other than that all is well and I look forward to catching up with you shortly. I'm assuming you'll not be up in Auckland on Wednesday night for the CLNZ AGM/Prizegiving?
>> Edited by Esprit on Sunday 23 April 05:27
Not been to NZ yet (been to Oz 3 times) but definitely a place I would love to visit (after all you only have to watch Lord of the Rings or Narnia to see how spectacular the place is).
Anyway ... it can only be with envy to see such great roads and so little traffic ... what an adventure
Anyway ... it can only be with envy to see such great roads and so little traffic ... what an adventure
Esprit - glad you had a good holiday pal. Are you upgrading to solid toe links? I've heard they are a great upgrade and it also gives the benefit of you being able to run Yoko 38's for track use 
S Works.... yes I will be... I'll be using the Eliseparts toe-link kit or similar... will be buying one as soon as the wallet recovers slightly from the Holiday! As far as I can see, the TADTS kit, the Elise-Shop kit and the EliseParts kit are all identical.
As for the sticky track rubber, it certinly opens up the options to use 038s/048s/R888s etc on track.... I've got the wide magnesium rims so I may as well put them to good use
As for the sticky track rubber, it certinly opens up the options to use 038s/048s/R888s etc on track.... I've got the wide magnesium rims so I may as well put them to good use
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