Liquid Yellow Exige V6

[ChrisBuer]

Here's a few quick driveby videos, mindful to keep the car within the speed limit so no more than second gear. But it gives an idea

https://youtu.be/8NTULsgRMns

[Beedub]

sounds fantastic but wow its loud! lol!! how awesome to be able to swap to the quiet version at the push of a button....

how easily is all the wiring integrated?? can you post a pic of this and where its mounted in the car please.

[ChrisBuer]

Beedub said:

sounds fantastic but wow its loud! lol!! how awesome to be able to swap to the quiet version at the push of a button....

how easily is all the wiring integrated?? can you post a pic of this and where its mounted in the car please.

There's no new wiring involved. The stock system that comes with the car is valved and this exhaust just replicates the functionality. There is a little button on the steering column that lets you open and close the valve manually, each time you do a little readout underneath the speedo shows you •Exst. Open" or "Exst. Closed".

The system automatically opens the valve at high revs in Touring mode, slightly lower revs in Sport mode and is permanently open in Race mode.

[Medic-one]

Awesome looking car and it sounds amazing!

Real question now is though, do you actually ever drive it with the valve shut, or is it too tempting not to

[ChrisBuer]

Medic-one said:

Awesome looking car and it sounds amazing!

Real question now is though, do you actually ever drive it with the valve shut, or is it too tempting not to

Yes, definitely drive it with the valve shut! Last night coming back from my friends house, I was on the motorway (average speed cameras) so stuck the cruise control at 70mph, shut the valve and put on some music

Also it's very useful when creeping back in late at night or going out early in the morning when I don't want to wake my wife, daughter or any of the neighbors

[Medic-one]

Fair enough.

Now if you excuse me, i'm back to the classifieds browsing for Exige V6's

[ChrisBuer]

A little polish and wax before the Lotus Festival tomorrow. Can't wait

[snoopy25]

loving this lotus and the paintjob is just fantastic!

Just read the BMW 1M thread and that looked a lovely car as well!

[Coker]

Absolutely superb! By far the best example I've seen.

[ChrisBuer]

Well seeing as it's the last day of the year I thought I'd post a quick update to this thread. The Lotus is currently tucked away on trickle charge as I've got a BMW M135i (on winter tyres) to use over the winter months.

That said, I'm missing it already and can't wait for the better weather to come back so that I can enjoy it fully. Being on sticky summer tyres, it's not the best car for driving in the colder damper roads this time of year and I'd rather enjoy it on a nice spring morning when the weather improves.

I've only covered about 2400 miles since collecting it in June which isn't enough so my New Year resolution is to drive more and attend some Sunday Service events to meet up with some likeminded petrol heads

For now, I'll enjoy the M135i and look forward to backing the Lotus out of the garage when the weather improves...

[Nobbles]

Great colour - just a detail, what if you changed the front emblem to the black one? The normal one looks lost with the yellow and yellow.

[Craikeybaby]

To be fair Yellow Exile and BMW M135i is pretty much my ideal fleet!

My plan for the winter was to leave the sports car (MR2) in the garage on the trickle charger and use the 1 Series, but as the weather has been warm and the roads not gritted I've had a few fun drives out in the MR2.

[ChrisBuer]

Nobbles said:

Great colour - just a detail, what if you changed the front emblem to the black one? The normal one looks lost with the yellow and yellow.

I did think of that and it's something I may still do, but I wasn't sure if it would look like a black spot on the end of its nose?

I've also thought about having the seat inserts (where a 4 point harness would go) finished in yellow rather than black.

Craikeybaby said:

To be fair Yellow Exile and BMW M135i is pretty much my ideal fleet!

My plan for the winter was to leave the sports car (MR2) in the garage on the trickle charger and use the 1 Series, but as the weather has been warm and the roads not gritted I've had a few fun drives out in the MR2.

I have to say that the M135i is superb. It's comfortable practical and fast. However when I get back into the Lotus is feels so much more angry, tight, agile and explosive

Edited by ChrisBuer on Thursday 31st December 10:58

[80sMatchbox]

I'd missed this thread until now, so glad that you posted an update!

In the photos the colour doesn't look nearly as good as it does in the flesh. I have only seen it on Renaults but I'm sure it looks fantastic on this.

A great car, sounds fantastic with the valves open.

[Nobbles]

What about yellow seat belts rather than painting the seat inserts? Great car though and I love your attention to detail.

[ChrisBuer]

Nobbles said:

What about yellow seat belts rather than painting the seat inserts? Great car though and I love your attention to detail.

I like the idea but I'm not sure how easy it is to change seat belts. Plus in yellow they might start to look dirty after a little bit of use. Definitely somethings to look into though.....I like your thinking

There aren't many upgrades on offer at the moment through Lotus (I want to keep the warranty) but I might do their airbox / filter upgrade, along with the black nose badge of course!

[gashead1105]

ChrisBuer said:

Well seeing as it's the last day of the year I thought I'd post a quick update to this thread. The Lotus is currently tucked away on trickle charge as I've got a BMW M135i (on winter tyres) to use over the winter months.

That said, I'm missing it already and can't wait for the better weather to come back so that I can enjoy it fully. Being on sticky summer tyres, it's not the best car for driving in the colder damper roads this time of year and I'd rather enjoy it on a nice spring morning when the weather improves.

I've only covered about 2400 miles since collecting it in June which isn't enough so my New Year resolution is to drive more and attend some Sunday Service events to meet up with some likeminded petrol heads

For now, I'll enjoy the M135i and look forward to backing the Lotus out of the garage when the weather improves...

You should be driving it at the moment Chris, Essex council aren't salting the roads at the moment so far as I can tell. I had mine out over the Christmas period a few times (although the white half of the paint job is more like brown at the moment!)

Hopefully catch you at a local meet later in the year. Will

[gregf40]

ChrisBuer said:

A little polish and wax before the Lotus Festival tomorrow. Can't wait

Can I be really cheeky?

My son is thinking of getting an Exige V6 and he's worried it won't fit in his 1930's single garage...but looking at your photo I would say they are similar sizes.

If you have a chance would it be possible to measure the width of the garage door and the internal width of the garage?!

We have measured his and compared with schematics of the car...but you never really know until you try getting one in...and then getting out of the thing!

Cheers!

[Diesel Meister]

This thing could be responsible for some irresponsible borrowing on my part!

I might have to unbookmark ;-)

[ChrisBuer]

gregf40 said:

Can I be really cheeky?

My son is thinking of getting an Exige V6 and he's worried it won't fit in his 1930's single garage...but looking at your photo I would say they are similar sizes.

If you have a chance would it be possible to measure the width of the garage door and the internal width of the garage?!

We have measured his and compared with schematics of the car...but you never really know until you try getting one in...and then getting out of the thing!

Cheers!

Of course, happy to help.

The garage door width measures 2.1 metres at the most narrow point as there are two baton style planks of wood the previous owner installed to reduce some of the gaps I'd imagine.

The internal width of the garage measures 2.49 metres.

Hope this helps

Oh and one more photo of the car with slightly better lighting