Baby goes, and a new one comes

[mahju]

Hi all,

Sold my elise.


Its gone to a really nice guy Mike who will enjoy the cars as it should be... I really kept her as long as i could.

The money cleared on Tuesday, and ,ike got the keys off my wife Wednesday.

Mike, if my wife had a strange look on her face, its because she was just start off the delivery of the replacement...



... who arrived safely on Friday morning.

So Mike have fun and everyone else, thanks for all the chat & help over the last 2 years.

Cheers,
-matt

[bogie]

congrats on your new arrival, im sure you will back in a Lotus one day, once things have settled down

[Ordinary Bloke]

bogie said:

congrats on your new arrival, im sure you will back in a Lotus one day, once things have settled down

Yeah, in about 25 years

[mahju]

Ordinary Bloke said:

bogie said:

congrats on your new arrival, im sure you will back in a Lotus one day, once things have settled down

Yeah, in about 25 years

Thats guys...I will be one day, but not for a while.

oh, i didn't mention, its a girl, Ivy, 7lb 10oz, healthy, and lovely.

[odyssey2200]

Congrats
She looks a gem!



at 3 am you will wish you had an Elise instead

The Elise would be cheaper in the long run too.


And.... I would of thought that you would have called her Elise...

[filmo]

Aww.. she's gorgeous, congratulations. I'm sure you'll get far more pleasure (and probably pain) out of your newborn. Fiona certainly seemed confident that she was on the way that evening, I'm just glad that I managed to pick up the car in time!

Talking of the car, it's absolutely fantastic. A baptism of fire navigating my way out of central London in rush hour and a 250 mile hike up the M1, but it gave me plenty of time to get settled in. The feedback is quite stunning, you can feel exactly what the car is doing and the controls are so responsive. Even my Mum was won over as soon as she saw it, previously calling it a "death trap". The only downside so far is the poor weather but even that hasn't stopped me taking it out for a spin (quite literally at one point). The soft top is back on so I'm hoping for sunshine next week and a chance for some evening drives. 100% pleased and loving every minute.

Thanks again Matt, please pass on my congratulations to Fiona.

Mike

[filmo]

odyssey2200 said:

Congrats
She looks a gem!



at 3 am you will wish you had an Elise instead

The Elise would be cheaper in the long run too.


And.... I would of thought that you would have called her Elise...

You know, a friend of mine recently named his daughter Elise. After a ride in my Lotus he almost seemed prepared to swap.

[Ordinary Bloke]

Yeah, my friend is thinking of calling her new baby "A6 Diesel Saloon"...

[mahju]

filmo said:

Aww.. she's gorgeous, congratulations. I'm sure you'll get far more pleasure (and probably pain) out of your newborn. Fiona certainly seemed confident that she was on the way that evening, I'm just glad that I managed to pick up the car in time!

Talking of the car, it's absolutely fantastic. A baptism of fire navigating my way out of central London in rush hour and a 250 mile hike up the M1, but it gave me plenty of time to get settled in. The feedback is quite stunning, you can feel exactly what the car is doing and the controls are so responsive. Even my Mum was won over as soon as she saw it, previously calling it a "death trap". The only downside so far is the poor weather but even that hasn't stopped me taking it out for a spin (quite literally at one point). The soft top is back on so I'm hoping for sunshine next week and a chance for some evening drives. 100% pleased and loving every minute.

Thanks again Matt, please pass on my congratulations to Fiona.

Mike

Thanks Mike

Really happy that your using it, and that you made it up north safe - you'd had a long travel to get here in the first place! Long evening drives are fun... just let her warm up first, and dont lift off in the corners!

Oh BTW, Fiona wouldn't let me call her Elise, although I'm sure we'll have another child...

[TIPPER]

Congrats to you both on your new arrival - enjoy the sleepless nights;) but I promise you the first time she smiles at you you'll forget all about them

[Skyman]

A more than fair swap. Enjoy.

[Janitor]

Nice one Matt

Congrats to you all!

[dbroughton]

What I cant quite figure out is how you lasted this long. You can't of managed to get your 9 month pregnant other half in the elise! That means you had two cars so why sell the Elise?

My other half is 6 months pregnant and I have just managed to reach a car compromise going from 3 cars to 2 but keeping the Lotus

[MilnerR]

dbroughton said:

What I cant quite figure out is how you lasted this long. You can't of managed to get your 9 month pregnant other half in the elise! That means you had two cars so why sell the Elise?

My other half is 6 months pregnant and I have just managed to reach a car compromise going from 3 cars to 2 but keeping the Lotus

Same here, I take the elise to work and she potters about in the scooby. In an emergency she can put the baby seat in the elise and I can take the scooby to work. We've both decided that the elise is staying.


That reminds me, got to look for some car themed wall-paper for the nursery........

[DamienCBR]

My misses is pregnant, second one on the way, due in December. There is no way i am selling the Lotus, i will get a second job before that happens. Anyway my three year old daughter Amber loves it. The wife has only been in it a couple of time. hehe

Congratulation mate.

D

[hueandcry71]

MilnerR said:

dbroughton said:

What I cant quite figure out is how you lasted this long. You can't of managed to get your 9 month pregnant other half in the elise! That means you had two cars so why sell the Elise?

My other half is 6 months pregnant and I have just managed to reach a car compromise going from 3 cars to 2 but keeping the Lotus

Same here, I take the elise to work and she potters about in the scooby. In an emergency she can put the baby seat in the elise and I can take the scooby to work. We've both decided that the elise is staying.


That reminds me, got to look for some car themed wall-paper for the nursery........

Just done my sons bedroom in Roary The Racing Car and Disney Cars.Hd to mix the two themes as there were some things in one ie curtains but not the other ie border. I even found a formula one style car on tinternet that i have put in there.
If you are interested have a look on roarytheracingcar.com/pictures. My son is the 2nd picture and his name is Matthew.
The room looks great even if i do say so myself.

[MilnerR]

hueandcry71 said:

MilnerR said:

dbroughton said:

What I cant quite figure out is how you lasted this long. You can't of managed to get your 9 month pregnant other half in the elise! That means you had two cars so why sell the Elise?

My other half is 6 months pregnant and I have just managed to reach a car compromise going from 3 cars to 2 but keeping the Lotus

Same here, I take the elise to work and she potters about in the scooby. In an emergency she can put the baby seat in the elise and I can take the scooby to work. We've both decided that the elise is staying.


That reminds me, got to look for some car themed wall-paper for the nursery........

Just done my sons bedroom in Roary The Racing Car and Disney Cars.Hd to mix the two themes as there were some things in one ie curtains but not the other ie border. I even found a formula one style car on tinternet that i have put in there.
If you are interested have a look on roarytheracingcar.com/pictures. My son is the 2nd picture and his name is Matthew.
The room looks great even if i do say so myself.

Excellent, Our baby is due in november, I've ordered a boy but given the unreliability of the supplier I'm not holding my breath I'm thinking I might just do one wall in car wall-paper, roarytheracingcar looks like a winner