What will your next Lotus be ?

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:31 am

I voted S1 Exige duatec etc.... but.. an S1 elise lightweight would be my first choice.

What I really fancy a look at is the Z cars turbo bike engined sequential box monster....

Might build one from scratch. Going for ultra light weight rather than the current trend of mega power.
Start with written off car £?k
sell spare road car type bits on fleebay
Engine conversion onto bare chassis £?k..ish
Lightweight clams £?k..
Perspex. removable side windows £?
Roll bar. elect cut out. extinguisher... one seat..
Mag wheels

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:32 am

GregR wrote:100% 340R. Plan would be to do what Rossybee did - give the wife a capable barge, buy a garage, and laugh my tits off!

The wife doesn't drive the uberbarge either

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:38 am

Oh, my choice would be an RST-V8 Caterham (S3 chassis of course

)

That would go nicely with GregR's S1 Elise, and the Uberbarge

Unfortunately my wife's penchant for indecisiveness over houses should put a stop to that, (and my love for the Snot

)

duggiesmith · Post by **duggiesmith** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:38 am

Next car's going to be an aubergine Elise S - hopefully due this week - can't wait!

If anybody's got any tips about running in, I'd be interested to hear (I'm off to Aviemore for a week on Saturday, so plenty of chance to clock up some miles - if the roads aren't closed!)

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:43 am

Where's the Atom option

I'm taking a break from Loti for a bit (apart from shots in friendly Se'ers cars to keep the Loti itch scratched)

Still, I'll have a TSe badge on the Atom

Scotty C · Post by **Scotty C** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:36 am

340R with Honda

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:37 pm

Scotty C wrote:340R with Honda

Nothing without a supercharger!

Post by ed » Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:47 pm

Unlike me and you, he doesnt need one!

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:08 pm

ed wrote:Unlike me and you, he doesnt need one!

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:19 pm

ed wrote:Unlike me and you, he doesnt need one!

I'm not the one with one!
My driving is far superior

Titanium S1 111S (gla) · Post by **Titanium S1 111S (gla)** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:48 pm

Iâ€™d buy a S2 Exige because my second car is proving less reliable than the elise but would get the Ed esk soft top and would probably never use the HT. I know I should buy the 111R but I prefer the Exige.

Still never had the hart top on since the day I collected the car.

One of the great things about SE is that you donâ€™t have to work too hard to defend ludicrous car choices.

Andy D · Post by **Andy D** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:59 pm

Jeez....I've only just changed from a S1 to a S2 Elise and now you've all got me thinking of spending again....an S2 exige S in Orange or white with the black bits of trim..or...

mac · Post by **mac** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:13 pm

Lawrence wrote:

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What will your next Lotus be ? 
S1 Elise Honda/Audi/Duratec                   10%  [ 3 ] 
S1 Exige                                      13%  [ 4 ] 
S1 Exige Honda/Audi/Duratec                    6%  [ 2 ] 
S2 Elise                                       6%  [ 2 ] 
S2 Elise Honda/Audi/Duratec                    3%  [ 1 ] 
S2 Exige                                     37%  [ 11 ] 
S2 Exige Honda/Audi/Duratec                    0%  [ 0 ] 
S3 Elise                                      13%  [ 4 ] 
Europa                                         6%  [ 2 ] 
 
Total Votes : 29

So that's 5 for the kitcars and 23 for standard cars.

BTW who's the closet Europa fan? I only voted once

and where's the supercharged toyota option....

That would be me - There's already an S2 and caterham sitting outside - I think the europa would make a great addition.

Mac

gorrie · Post by **gorrie** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:38 pm

Andy D wrote:Jeez....I've only just changed from a S1 to a S2 Elise and now you've all got me thinking of spending again....an S2 exige S in Orange or white with the black bits of trim..or...

I've been cloned !!
Yellow 135R... check.
Joined SE in January... check.
Name, Andy... check.