Bought my first Lotus!

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And am very excited. I’ve sold my race car (classic saloon) to buy this, as my dad is retiring from racing, and I have free access to his (been in the family since 1971 and a competition car all that time, will never be sold), so using man maths have bought a 2013 134 BHP Elise. Deliberately bought the ‘slow’ one, as I want to be able to stretch it legally.

Will update when I get it!

Edit for typo!

Edited by ChevronB19 on Sunday 21st June 19:31

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Viperzs said:

Slow is irrelevant. When you get up to speed on fun roads you don't need it to be particularly fast, just enjoy how it flows.

I went out last night and was having great fun at 60/70. No need for any more than that as it's all so raw.

Yup. Precisely my reasoning. Race car picked up yesterday, Elise being delivered tomorrow.

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Yep, dad retiring. It would be silly to have two cars for the same series, and as we’ve owned the 100e for nigh on 50 years, it’s staying!

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giveitfish said:

So... pics, spec? Do you have it yet?

Going out tonight again in mine, second time this week. I was absolutely buzzing after 70 miles of Dales B roads. The 1.6 isn’t fast but it’s completely immersive in the right environment.

Got it today! I live right next to Hartside Pass, so that was the first trip. It’s a 134 bhp Toyota engined S2/S3 with black pack, soft and hard tops. 2013 with only 7k on the clock and 5 services.

Love it! Only changes I might make are a sportier back box and maybe change wheel colour to gunmetal as I’m not a big fan of black wheels.