Pics from my weekend
Discussion
Well, I've had the Exige for a month now and have barely used it. Crap weather and busy work conspired against me. However, this weekend just gone, I put about 700 miles on her attending a trackday down in Taupo and fitting in a visit to my folks down in Hawkes Bay.
I've selected a few of my favourites and hope ya enjoy them.
Parked in pitlane
Parked in Pitlane, unloading
Waiting to go on track...
Chasing Down an Integra
Me, Exiting the second hairpin
Richard and I, at it hammer and tongs
Flat out down the back straight
I like this pic, Richard and I coming back in after our duel... colours looks awesome.
From the trackday, where the Exige performed BRILLIANTLY (bar the rubbish driving), I then headed off on the Napier Taupo road, 100 miles of remote, twisty tarmac to go to my folks place.... sadly, about halfway along it threw a crank pulley off.... thankfully I got it shut down before it did any damage, but the rest of the journey I had to finish on a low-loader
The following are a few photos I took last night on my way back to Auckland from Hawkes Bay. I took the back roads and endured heavy showers. Found myself in beautiful countryside under stormy skies during a wonderful golden sunset, I just had to pull over and take some shots. I'm no photographer but the last pic came out just awesome! These images are all straight off the camera, no post-editing done.
Despite the little breakdown incident I had, I had a FANTASTIC weekend. The Exige is everything I'd hoped it would be... it's so much more rapid than the Elise was and so much meaner.... on NZ roads, it's almost the perfect car when it's dry and you want to press on.
I've selected a few of my favourites and hope ya enjoy them.
Parked in pitlane
Parked in Pitlane, unloading
Waiting to go on track...
Chasing Down an Integra
Me, Exiting the second hairpin
Richard and I, at it hammer and tongs
Flat out down the back straight
I like this pic, Richard and I coming back in after our duel... colours looks awesome.
From the trackday, where the Exige performed BRILLIANTLY (bar the rubbish driving), I then headed off on the Napier Taupo road, 100 miles of remote, twisty tarmac to go to my folks place.... sadly, about halfway along it threw a crank pulley off.... thankfully I got it shut down before it did any damage, but the rest of the journey I had to finish on a low-loader
The following are a few photos I took last night on my way back to Auckland from Hawkes Bay. I took the back roads and endured heavy showers. Found myself in beautiful countryside under stormy skies during a wonderful golden sunset, I just had to pull over and take some shots. I'm no photographer but the last pic came out just awesome! These images are all straight off the camera, no post-editing done.
Despite the little breakdown incident I had, I had a FANTASTIC weekend. The Exige is everything I'd hoped it would be... it's so much more rapid than the Elise was and so much meaner.... on NZ roads, it's almost the perfect car when it's dry and you want to press on.
kevin ritson said:
Great photos, good to see you're having fun with the 'Zige. Fingers crossed the crank pulley problem was a one-off
Yup,... I'm guessing it wasn't torqued properly when the cambelt was changed. It's back on now, but as a precaution, it'll be getting a new cam-drive pulley and also a cambelt replacement at next service.... it's cheaper than a rebuild 
Jez O said:
Very nice pics. They seem to like their Hondas down there!!
I hope the registration number is temporary? I can't get Austin Powers out of my head when I see it and it looks a bit tacky on such a mean car!
The number plate is very much permanent I hope the registration number is temporary? I can't get Austin Powers out of my head when I see it and it looks a bit tacky on such a mean car!
It might be a bit Austin Powers, but it's already become known as "SEXIGE" by one and all down here so the name's definitely taken to the car.... on the whole people have thought it a pretty clever plate, so I'm pretty happy with it.The reason for the shedload of Hondas is that I was gatecrashing a NZHondas.com trackday. There's a few of us Lotus refugees that hand about in their forums, so they let us come and play.
Gooby said:
How did she deal with the rice rockets? Are you the meanest thing in NZ?
The pics are awesome!
Heh thanks. It dealt with the rice-rockets okay. Even given that I've still got some setup work to do on the car and that it was my first time on track in the Exige, it was a whole 5 seconds faster than the last time I was on that track in the Elise. I was the second-quickest car there, being beaten comprehensively by an SS2000-class Honda integra race car. The closest runners to the Exige were a couple of seconds a lap behind, and even then, most of these cars turned up to the circuit on trailers and weren't like the Exige where it drove the 250 miles to the track, circulated and then went home again... which is EXACTLY why I bought it, and exactly why it won out over the 340R I was also considering.The pics are awesome!
bjc388 said:
awesome pics ... thanks for posting 
And that weather looks glorious ...
Don't be fooled, we had hail and rain almost every day on my long weekend away... it's been a wild-weathered spring, with more on the way sadly. I just happened to choose photos that were snapped during the fine spells And that weather looks glorious ...
fatboy111 said:
Fantastic images, thanks for posting...if you have any more of the Zige and the NZ scenery would be great to see!
Oh plenty more of these to come.... will be touring in her over the Christmas holiday period and hope to take lots of stereotypically-kiwi summer shots Words cannot express how much I love this car. Before she arrived, I'd only ever seen Exige S1s in photos, but I still bought one.... I almost wept when I saw it for the first time, I was that besotted with the shape and the look..... and it's got the bark and bite to match them too I can tell you! I'm glad you all appreciate the pics too.... it's nice to have a car and be living in a place where you can take such photos at times.... ROLL ON SUMMER!
Esprit said:
Words cannot express how much I love this car. Before she arrived, I'd only ever seen Exige S1s in photos, but I still bought one.... I almost wept when I saw it for the first time, I was that besotted with the shape and the look.....
mate, I'm a car lover as much as the next PHer but, erm, this comment does give me concerns.Shnozz said:
Esprit said:
Words cannot express how much I love this car. Before she arrived, I'd only ever seen Exige S1s in photos, but I still bought one.... I almost wept when I saw it for the first time, I was that besotted with the shape and the look.....
mate, I'm a car lover as much as the next PHer but, erm, this comment does give me concerns.
I think what he actually meant, was that he punched the air and growled in a manly voice 'fukin get in my little beauty... grrrrrr !)crackthatoff said:
Shnozz said:
Esprit said:
Words cannot express how much I love this car. Before she arrived, I'd only ever seen Exige S1s in photos, but I still bought one.... I almost wept when I saw it for the first time, I was that besotted with the shape and the look.....
mate, I'm a car lover as much as the next PHer but, erm, this comment does give me concerns. I think what he actually meant, was that he punched the air and growled in a manly voice 'fukin get in my little beauty... grrrrrr !) Sorry, I don't know what came over me :P
Esprit said:
Oh plenty more of these to come.... will be touring in her over the Christmas holiday period and hope to take lots of stereotypically-kiwi summer shots
(stereotypically-kiwi) = Hobbits on an Exige? run the little fekkers over!Christmas + summer... You guys have it right in "upsidedown land".
Gooby said:
(stereotypically-kiwi) = Hobbits on an Exige? run the little fekkers over!
Christmas + summer... You guys have it right in "upsidedown land".
Heh "Stereotypically Kiwi" will hopefully mean me, my Exige and some fit (and flexible) young lady in picturesque, uncrowded locations being bathed in sunshine, quaffing good wine and tucking into a BBQ.... Kiwi summers have a lot to be said for them!... Just hope we get one this year... last years was almost as bad as the one you blokes have just had.Christmas + summer... You guys have it right in "upsidedown land".
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