Lotus 3-Eleven

[Munkeyfeet]

Just signed up for Silverstone national circuit on Sunday 11th February if anyone from here is going.

Will be doing a day’s tuition with David pittard so very excited.

Helmet should also be here in the next few weeks - went for the bell gp3 carbon.

Benny did you decide on any upgrades or did you manage to resist?

Despite numerous prestige cars in my time, nothing has got under my skin like the lotus. Am thinking of aim or gawr lcd dash and the tvs1500 or ex430 upgrade along with bc mono block wheels.....need to up my husband points badly I think!

[baronbennyt]

Munkeyfeet said:

Just signed up for Silverstone national circuit on Sunday 11th February if anyone from here is going.

Will be doing a day’s tuition with David pittard so very excited.

Helmet should also be here in the next few weeks - went for the bell gp3 carbon.

Benny did you decide on any upgrades or did you manage to resist?

Despite numerous prestige cars in my time, nothing has got under my skin like the lotus. Am thinking of aim or gawr lcd dash and the tvs1500 or ex430 upgrade along with bc mono block wheels.....need to up my husband points badly I think!

Enjoy your first track day of the year. Not long to go for you!

These are my track days for 2018:

- Friday 20 April / Lotus Club / Castle Combe
- Thursday 10 May / B&C / Castle Combe
- Friday 1 June / Goodwood own
- Friday 6 July / Goodwood own
- Thursday 19 July / Porsche Club / Castle Combe
- Monday 27 & Tuesday 28 August / DN / Nurbugring
- Thursday 27 & Friday 28 September / DN / Nurbugring (TBC)
- Saturday 29 September/ Goodwood own

[Esprit]

Love this thread, just read it through end to end. Lovely car, the thing dreams are made of!

Lovely bit of the country, Cobham. My sister in law lives there with her family and we stayed there last time we were over in the UK.

This is making me itchy to use my Lotus again, buried in the back of my garage under building detritus at present.

[baronbennyt]

Esprit said:

Love this thread, just read it through end to end. Lovely car, the thing dreams are made of!

Lovely bit of the country, Cobham. My sister in law lives there with her family and we stayed there last time we were over in the UK.

This is making me itchy to use my Lotus again, buried in the back of my garage under building detritus at present.

If you’re over here again and fancy meeting up, just let me know

[Munkeyfeet]

Booked the 24th March with lotus on track at goodwood.

Will aim to join you on the June date.

Looking forward to getting my car back and some decent weather!

If any of you fancy a Sunday blast at some point let me know

Edited by Munkeyfeet on Thursday 18th January 19:51

[baronbennyt]

Definitely up for a Sunday blast once spring has kicked in. Before that the 3-Eleven needs its annual service (end of March). Hopefully my ankle will have recovered by then. After breaking it around Christmas it’s taking an age to heal, haha...

[baronbennyt]

Whist convalescing I ended up cracking open the piggy bank for another rare British beasty: the Jaguar XKR-S GT must be the complete opposite of the 3-Eleven, save that they should both be great fun on Sunday drives and track days...but in their own very different ways of course!

[Rick101]

Had a look round that a few weeks ago. Interesting car.

[Munkeyfeet]

That looks a beast and I am guessing something that will want to go sideways very often.

The hammer to go with your scalpel!!

[baronbennyt]

I like that description, Munkeyfeet. I’ll use it from now I think

[Craikeybaby]

Very nice! I take it you have seen the Chris Harris film he did on these? I had a still from it has my screen saver at work. I have a massive soft spot for the XK as the screen was my first work project after uni, and this is the ultimate version of the XK!

[baronbennyt]

Craikeybaby said:

Very nice! I take it you have seen the Chris Harris film he did on these? I had a still from it has my screen saver at work. I have a massive soft spot for the XK as the screen was my first work project after uni, and this is the ultimate version of the XK!

Thank you very much, I really can't wait to drive it...hopefully in March once my broken ankle has healed. Should be a remarkably different driving experience compared with the 3-Eleven!

[baronbennyt]

I can't wait to collect the Lotus 3-Eleven from its winter storage on 3rd March. It's been an excruciating wait for the winter to pass so I can jump in the lightweight again. Weekend blasts and track days already planned for the summer. Also, the possibility of some tasty modifications by Lotus specialists Komo-tec/Hangar 111. Watch this space...!

[Munkeyfeet]

Very nice benny though I was expecting to see a “so I bought the 3-11 430 final edition”

Are you on the lotus forums? If so come join he track section.

Getting lots of lotus’ to the same days where possible.

[baronbennyt]

Munkeyfeet said:

Very nice benny though I was expecting to see a “so I bought the 3-11 430 final edition”

Are you on the lotus forums? If so come join he track section.

Getting lots of lotus’ to the same days where possible.

Hello! I must admit to feeling a bit sick when I first heard of the 430 model! But after digging a bit deeper there isn’t a huge difference between this and mine. Sure, a bit of carbon fibre, updated brakes, bigger splitter and 25 more bhp. But not enough to justify upgrading. Phew!

[Munkeyfeet]

Yeah it is the final eeking of power etc before they focus on the new models - Exige, Evora, Elise and now the 3-11 have all had it.

Excited to see whats next, hopefully some great last hurrah's to petrol before the inevitable move to electric hybrid and then full electric; race tracks will be an odd place when that last step happens.

Get on TLF benny, great crowd

https://www.thelotusforums.com/forums/topic/88555-...

[baronbennyt]

Munkeyfeet said:

Yeah it is the final eeking of power etc before they focus on the new models - Exige, Evora, Elise and now the 3-11 have all had it.

Excited to see whats next, hopefully some great last hurrah's to petrol before the inevitable move to electric hybrid and then full electric; race tracks will be an odd place when that last step happens.

Get on TLF benny, great crowd

https://www.thelotusforums.com/forums/topic/88555-...

Will do.

[CTE]

You can get your car upgraded to 430hp easily by Komotec, but as your earlier post, 475hp is now available....which will be completely mental!! You can upgrade the other bits if you think you need to.
I like the red rendering though...

[baronbennyt]

baronbennyt said:

Just posted ‘2018 Track Days - UK & RoE’ on Lotus Forums. Don’t know what I’m doing! Perhaps you could respond just to let me know I’ve done it right?!

Edited by baronbennyt on Tuesday 20th February 16:27

[baronbennyt]

Comment from I guy I know at Lotus: “Hi Ben, Thanks for the email and certainly not worth upgrading [from standard 3-Eleven] to 430 spec IMO….There are only a couple of differences I can make out which equate to 20hp, Alcon Disc’s and a 5KG weight saving….I would not worry about it, personally I am still scratching my head how they got a 2 second lap difference from this, I would suspect different drivers”. Double phew, that’s saved me a bob or two!