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charlescrawley

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968 posts

274 months

Tuesday 27th July 2004
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After living here in Luxembourg for over two years and never seeing a single Esprit...





...an Esprit S4s!

I left a note on his windscreen and the chap got in touch... Turns out that he's Italian and is a complete Lotus nut! Good man, sir!

PS: Sorry the pics are rather poor... The weather was nasty and that combined with the camera on a P900 doesn't make for great photography...

Edited to add: Mine's the Azure Blue one... His one is a rather fetching browny-burgundy colour, which looks rather pleasant in the flesh, so to speak. Can anyone hazard a guess as to the colour's real name? I've never seen it before.

>>> Edited by charlescrawley on Tuesday 27th July 14:05

rob.e

2,862 posts

300 months

Tuesday 27th July 2004
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Nice..! Its your twin too

charlescrawley

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968 posts

274 months

Tuesday 27th July 2004
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rob.e said:
Nice..! Its your twin too


Exactly! Couldn't believe it!

(His wheels are in better shape than mine though... )

unity1

271 posts

274 months

Tuesday 27th July 2004
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charlescrawley

Original Poster:

968 posts

274 months

Tuesday 27th July 2004
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unity1 said:


I hope you're not laughing at the fact that his wheels are in better nick than mine!

bacchus

601 posts

306 months

Thursday 12th August 2004
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Charles:

I think I saw you yesterday evening!? in Grevenmacher (Lux) am I right? I'm not sure, or was it Johnboys Esprit,
the car I saw was pale blue
at that moment I was in the Elise S2

we have not more than max 15 lucky Esprit owners here in Lux!!


hope to see your car some day in the flesh

mark_88_turbo

1,022 posts

277 months

Thursday 12th August 2004
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Know how good it is. Not seeing an Esprit for ages and then seeing your same model at the same time! It's something woman can't understand!

Mark
88 Turbo

charlescrawley

Original Poster:

968 posts

274 months

Thursday 12th August 2004
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bacchus said:
Charles:

I think I saw you yesterday evening!? in Grevenmacher (Lux) am I right? I'm not sure, or was it Johnboys Esprit,
the car I saw was pale blue
at that moment I was in the Elise S2

we have not more than max 15 lucky Esprit owners here in Lux!!


hope to see your car some day in the flesh


Hiya! Yes, I did see you... Almost too late! Your Elise is dark green? It looked like that anyway... Hope you saw me wavew back at the last minute.
I was out on a random run after work. I just pointed my nose out of the city and saw where it took me. There are some fantastic roads out that way.

15 Esprits, you say??? Where are they all?

charlescrawley

Original Poster:

968 posts

274 months

Thursday 12th August 2004
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mark_88_turbo said:
Know how good it is. Not seeing an Esprit for ages and then seeing your same model at the same time! It's something woman can't understand!

Mark
88 Turbo


You're quite right... I think their equivalent is seeing someone in the same dress at a party, but the reaction is rarely the same...

bacchus

601 posts

306 months

Friday 13th August 2004
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No it's gunmetal of course I saw you wave back, I started my tour at that moment... (Echternach,trough Müllerthal,Vianden,Diekirch,Larochette,through Müllerthal back to Echternach) great blast

have you already driven through the "Müllerthal" and the streets upwards Vianden imho the best driving roads in Lux

15 Esprits is not really much compared to +500 Porsche and +200 Ferraris and 80 Morgans!!!!! there are some Esprit owners in the Lotus Club Lux

if you fancy a blast just call me, I know the best driving roads, and the best pubs

cheers

yves

charlescrawley

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968 posts

274 months

Saturday 14th August 2004
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bacchus said:
have you already driven through the "Müllerthal" and the streets upwards Vianden imho the best driving roads in Lux


Not yet, though I have been to Vianden before with some friends... Must try it out.

bacchus said:

15 Esprits is not really much compared to +500 Porsche and +200 Ferraris and 80 Morgans!!!!! there are some Esprit owners in the Lotus Club Lux

Is the LCL worth joining? Are you a member?

bacchus said:

if you fancy a blast just call me, I know the best driving roads, and the best pubs

cheers

yves


Sure will... Probably not this weekend, but may be free for a honn next weekend... Just one though!

bacchus

601 posts

306 months

Monday 16th August 2004
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I'm an LCL member but it's not really worth joining 50euros membership for 3 or 4 newsletter a year

Next weekend will be ok! maybe early in the morning when the roads are all empty.....I'll drop you an e-mail later this week, If it's ok for you?

sorry for my english today, I had too much Coke-Whisky yesterday evening

charlescrawley

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968 posts

274 months

Monday 16th August 2004
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bacchus said:
I'm an LCL member but it's not really worth joining 50euros membership for 3 or 4 newsletter a year

Next weekend will be ok! maybe early in the morning when the roads are all empty.....I'll drop you an e-mail later this week, If it's ok for you?

sorry for my english today, I had too much Coke-Whisky yesterday evening



Yeah, I had a look at their website and I was left wondering what you got for the money...

Yup, please do... I'll have to avoid a heavy night if it's going to be an early morning hoon...
I might persuade a couple of friends (in Scoobies... Ahh well, we can't all have proper sportscars... ) to join us...

Votre anglais est bien meilleur que mon Français et moi n'avons pas bu la nuit passée! (I hope that's about right!)