Six months in and first piss take!!!

[alt]

After having my Tamora for 6 months it had the piss taken out of last night by a bunch of Elise drivers!

I went to an Elise meet last night with an Elise driving mate from work. When we left the pub there were a crowd of them looking over the Tamora. I heard the usual comments of "don't like the rear end' and "too fussy" which a lot of TVR owners seem agree with.

Then when I went to get in the car they pointed to the 18" spiders and asked if I'd "got them off your Nova did you?" and "where's you cap Max Power boy?"

Wankers! Now as usual I didn't think of a suitable reply until I'd driven off! So what should I have said to belittle this bunch of so called British Sportscar enthusiasts?

Cheers.... Andrew (ex gb61390)

[M@H]

How about..

"yes, they did come off my Nova... and its good to see the engine from it's being put to good use in yours..!"

Cheers
Matt.

PS No offence Elise owning Phers

[wedg1e]

... and the difference between you driving a plastic sports car and them driving an alloy one is...?
At least TVR hasn't sold out to the Nips.
And the guy in charge isn't as crooked as a nine-bob bit.

Ian

[Bonce]

Oh dear. Which group were they?

[Bonce]

Ah, was it at The Red Lion In Hunningham?
If so, there's no badmouthing about the TVR that turned up in the Elise BBS.

They're only Jealous.

[pbrettle]

TVR owner - "where did your engine come from?"
Elise owner - "well its a high performance 1.8 used in all the best british sports cars"
TVR owner - "that will be the 115BHP engine from a Rover 25, 45 and 75 then?"
Elise owner - "well errr, not quite...."
TVR owner - "so you cant take it to a Rover dealer for servicing then?"
Elise owner - "well err yes, but thats not the point"
TVR owner - "...and you take the piss out of the wheels?"

I rest my case....

Cheers,

Paul

[alt]

Bonce, yes, it was the Red Lion in Hunningham and they were from www.british-cars.co.uk
It didn't really piss me off but did suprise me! Were you there?

M@H, like it! Wish I'd thought of it at the time!

Cheers... Andrew (ex gb61390)

[incorrigible]

How about

"I wanted a 1.8 shopping trolley too but they only had the 5 litre"

or

"I didn't think it would be the right thing to wear a cap to a hairdressers convention"

[eharding]

Should have asked them when the barbecue was - (OK - maybe slightly old news) a couple of years ago two Elises caught fire and burnt out within a few days of each other on the same stretch of the A329 a mile or so from where I am right now. In both cases, the driver was surprised to find flames suddenly shooting up from the engine compartment behind his head. It turns out Lotus had used the wrong size connector in the fuel line, resulting in petrol being sprayed around the engine after a while. I don't think this was an isolated incident, and they had a general recall. I wouldn't touch any of that dodgy Lotus stuff - best stick with your nice fail-safe TVR.

[noodles 4.2]

They were just extremely jealous I reckon.

What was the age of the twats in question?

[steve-p]

Just ask if they got their hood from Millets.

[N17 TVR]

You should have simply asked them if their wheels are standard Proton stock !!!

Who do they think they are ?

[caro]

alt - you should have been there a day earlier, on wed night. i was there with the caterham guys and girls, in mr caro's 7, arrived wearing my TVR motorsport cap just to make 'em concentrate, and had a good evening with a mixed bunch of folk. there was an elise driver there, but he seemed vaguely human so maybe they're not all bad...

[loudpedal]

You could have tried the old favourite:

'yours is nice, mate... but does your sister know you've borrowed it?'

[loudpedal]

how about (in your best Larry Grayson):

'Oooh, I didnt know Elise drivers were such bitchy queens!'

[Bonce]

I wasn't there no. I'm sure it was just a bit of good natured ribbing, same as if you take any Lotus or TVR to a Caterham/Westfield meet you'll be called a poof for having doors and a windscreen.

>> Edited by Bonce on Friday 6th September 12:13

[hansgerd]

Just stay calm and smile like a lunatic. That should drive them up the tree.

[pbrettle]

quote:
...same as if you take any Lotus or TVR to a Caterham/Westfield meet you'll be called a poof for having doors and a windscreen.

Kinda puts it in perspective doesnt it....

[david010167]

Or arrange for a wolf pack of TVRs to arrive at the pub for there next meet.

David

[RCA]

Now that I like the sound of!!!, count me in!