Love it or Hate It

[Lotus Lewis]

Just found this on the lotusbuzz forum what do you think love or hate

[bob1179]

Lotus Lewis said:

Just found this on the lotusbuzz forum what do you think love or hate

Is that in the US?

Looks God awful to me.

[Lotus Lewis]

bob1179 said:

Is that in the US?

What do you think
it was on the USA ebay site its a 2005 with 4046 on the clock starting bid $30,000,00 and a buy now bid of $33,995,00
......But didnt sell mmmmmmmm wonder why

Edited by Lotus Lewis on Tuesday 6th November 08:39

[bob1179]

Lotus Lewis said:

bob1179 said:

Is that in the US?

What do you think
it was on the USA ebay site its a 2005 with 4046 on the clock starting bid $30,000,00 and a buy now bid of $33,995,00

No suprises then...

How to spoil a decent car.

I don't know what the current fascination is with these 'Lambo' doors, though I liked the ones fitted to the Le Mans Allegro on here a while ago.

[Zebede29]

As if getting in and out of an Elise isn't hard enough already.....

[cej]

Still difficult to get in an out,now with the added bonus of head injury

[TonyHetherington]

The colour combination looks flippin excellent!!!

However, the doors I can't see are any advantage at all, what-so-ever. Surely they just add weight and make getting in with the roof on nigh on impossible?

[andy_s]

I think no doors at all would be a better option - lighter, easier to get out of in car parks, no electrics to go wrong, less polishing time.....

[Esprit]

A friend who got into my Exige the other day commented on how beautiful the door hinges were..... HOW MANY CARS GET COMMENTS LIKE THAT?!?!?!? Lambo doors are HIDEOUS (except on Lambos)... there's a VX220 here with them.... yuck

[cyberface]

I can understand the 'purity' argument and how it spoils the car, but assuming no weight penalty.... I think it's a damn good idea (if executed properly).

The single irritating point of my VXT (my old S1 Elise had a few more irritating points...) is that you have to open the doors wide to get in and out. In busy car parks (like where I have to keep mine) this invariably means resting the door on the car next to you, or struggling to get out while holding the door ajar without ripping the door card.

A vertically opening door, done properly, would allow the door to open fully in normal car parks without damaging other peoples' paintwork and give you more space to get out.

This particular conversion looks like the doors don't open high enough.... you'd run the risk of head injury with that one. But in principle, assuming it can be done without making the car heavier, it's a good idea IMO.

[Gooby]

Those doors would be useful in UK car parks - prevent a lot of door dings.

[RobM77]

Esprit said:

A friend who got into my Exige the other day commented on how beautiful the door hinges were..... HOW MANY CARS GET COMMENTS LIKE THAT?!?!?!? Lambo doors are HIDEOUS (except on Lambos)... there's a VX220 here with them.... yuck

I returned to my car at the Nurburgring this year to find two friends fascinated by how little force it took to close the door They'd pretty much concluded that a gant could fart on it and it would click shut. Make me whince even more when people slam the door shut like it's some great heavy thing off a Merc or something!

[Christian43]

I work for a race team and all of the people here when looking over the Europa comment on how well made the door and boot hinges are. They look like they are wire cut out of solid which to tell the truth is how we make most of the parts here as it gives such flexability along with good surface finish.